If we were to construct a time-line (left to right) wherein every quarter inch was equal to a million years, the Big Bang (suspected beginning of our universe) would be 287.5 feet (13,8 billion years) to the right of zero. That is just short of the full length of a football field. First life on Earth would be 79.2 feet (about 26,4 yards) to the right of zero and the tick mark for the first Homo sapiens would be 0.075 inches (less than the thickness of a credit card) to the right of zero. My point is that there is no point or purpose to either life or, more certainly, humanity. Our entire existence--everything humans have ever done, built, written, or dreamed--fits into a sliver of time so thin it barely registers on the timeline. We are insignificant in a pointless universe. A tiny footprint in time and space. However, we are the only known species capable of reflecting on and asking questions regarding existence. Does the fact that we are the only species that can contemplate our insignificance make us significant?
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