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Ever tried to convey your sense of wonder of the vastness of the universe to someone, and getting an empty, indifferent stare? Like, showing JWST images to someone, and getting an "oh my god, who cares" kind of reaction? Getting ridiculed for being a geek, or being someone preoccupied with something so incredibly niche and irrelevant? Or even getting scolded for being interested in space, when we "have real problems on earth"? All these happened to me, and I have learned to pick my audience more carefully.
I used to find this profoundly annoying. Fucking narrow-minded idiots.
But I think I get it now. Our unlikely, precious exisence is too abstract for 98% of people (and it's not like I truly get it myself). The light of (now possibly noneexsitant) galaxies 13,7 lightyears away seem very distant (litterally and figuratively) when you're raising kids and arguing about what grafician quote is the most conceited.
And it probably is an evolutional advantage to not worry about things irrelevant to your existence, so there's that.
Having said that, outside of religion, I think thoughts about your place in the universe will give you the ultimate perspective on your life. Life is meaningless, until you define your own meaning. And stuff.
- Both stances are validdrgs
- I realized that.jagara
- Yes. Absolutely.monospaced
- You’re being generous with the 98%Gnash
- lol gnash, yup. Who’s got time for space when we’ve got more important things to worry about like who the jardashians are dating or the latest TikTok thing_niko
- I read somewhere that unless you live in the country and get to look up at the night sky and see the wonders of the universe first hand it’s too out of mind_niko
- For people in urban areas where theres way too much light pollution it’s hard to grasp our insignificant place in the cosmos since we have no reference point_niko
- But jaguars I feel the same way as you but I don’t care, I take every chance I get to show my family the jwt, space launches, pointing out where the planet are_niko
- In the night sky, totally geek out even if they roll their eyes I’ll keep it up to show them how important it is. I also find that knowing our place in the_niko
- ...universe brings a sense of calm and peace, that we’re here for a fraction of a blink of an eye and that we should be happy and enjoy life while we have it._niko
- What's the correlation between kid-rearing / grafician-criticisin... and a lack of interest in the greater universe? Je suis offensé!Nairn
- I just last night took out my mobile to try and work out if the single point of light in the London night sky was a star or a planet for my 3½ year old.Nairn
- I was so proud of her when she suggested it was a planet rather than a star after asking what it was and I responded with the simpler answer.Nairn
- "I was born on earth therefore I will die on earth, the rest is meaningless" was one response I got from some really old cunt! Paraphrasing of course.Ianbolton
- The good thing about kid-rearing is it really forces you to check your own assumptions about how much and well you understand concepts. Gotta'splain 'em simplesNairn
- @Nairn you think these two aren't the same level of importance? ;Djagara
- there's a bell curve for everything and bell ends on both sides.imbecile
- The stars are a holiday from the shit show. Real talk: If I were born today, I'd hate my parents for shoving into this world by 2030.garbage
- It's a tiny cruel speck that's just going to get crueler, but at least we have the shiny lights to look at.garbage
- The real problems on earth bullshit I scold back.cannonball1978
- you can't do it with an image, you can take them out into nature on a clear sky night and let them experience it irl lying on the earth and watching the stars.uan
- If you're in the middle of the bell curve, does that make you a bell end?sarahfailin
- Damn i did not read. Imbecile beat me to it.sarahfailin