Cockroaches in the museum.

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Cockroaches in the museum.

ER — 4/7/2014 2:12:17 PM (archived)

That's how I sometimes think of our place in the universe.

We scurry about in the dark in a vast museum, feeding on the oils and canvases of great masterpieces, totally blind to the beauty and wisdom about us, while busily congratulating ourselves on our power and cleverness.

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Clarke's Third Law - ER - 4/7/2014 3:07:20 AM
- Spam deleted - podrock - 4/19/2014 1:17:07 AM
- Spam. - ER - 4/18/2014 6:15:35 PM
  - I figured that was just one of you Hispanic minions - FrankC - 4/18/2014 8:22:25 PM
    - They're selling soccer team jerseys. - ER - 4/18/2014 9:08:11 PM
- You are speaking from an intelligent perspective. - Jody - 4/9/2014 2:08:59 AM
  - Every day in every way - FrankC - 4/9/2014 1:03:52 PM
    - The worlds of Napoleon and Genghis Khan . . . - DanS - 4/9/2014 4:19:36 PM
- I doubt there is any limit to what we might know... - FrankC - 4/8/2014 9:01:07 AM
  - There probably is no limit to what we can know... - ER - 4/8/2014 12:33:17 PM
    - OK, you two. - bowser - 4/8/2014 6:08:19 PM
      - What good are atoms? - ER - 4/8/2014 7:18:30 PM
        
        They can be used to kill each other. - bowser - 4/8/2014 8:38:58 PM
        
        H.G. Wells' "Things to Come" . . . - DanS - 4/9/2014 12:35:51 PM
        
        Or save each other. - podrock - 4/9/2014 12:43:20 AM
        
        Effects and side effects. - bowser - 4/9/2014 4:30:28 PM
- There are some things we do not need to know. - bowser - 4/7/2014 7:14:59 AM
  - I completely agree. - Jody - 4/7/2014 4:18:59 PM
  - "... anything not necessary for survival on Earth is superfluous, and may well get in the way of our using what we do need." - ER - 4/7/2014 1:26:04 PM
    - You couldn't agree more. - bowser - 4/7/2014 9:48:53 PM
      - "There will always be wars and the rumors of wars." - Jody - 4/8/2014 1:42:43 AM
      - The problem is some people mistake personal achievement for personal satisfaction. - ER - 4/7/2014 10:03:17 PM
- A quote from one of my favorite s/f authors - podrock - 4/7/2014 3:32:54 AM
  - Cockroaches in the museum. - ER - 4/7/2014 2:12:17 PM
    - not necessarily our place in the universe... - FrankC - 4/8/2014 9:09:10 AM
      - I like that Frank!!! - Jody - 4/9/2014 1:44:04 AM
    - ....and that is of our own doing.... - Jody - 4/7/2014 4:17:27 PM

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