The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light.
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The latest example of the Pale Blue Dot we all live on
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- Messenger peeks at Earth!
- The latest example of the Pale Blue Dot we all live on
- Napoleon and Hitler
- I guess it's a philosophical thing.
- An insignificant speck on an invisible dot (n/t)
- re: Pale Blue Dot
- The latest example of the Pale Blue Dot we all live on
