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Reading the wikipedia article about homo sapiens is such a strange feeling... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 days ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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I feel so strange just reading about the tech that has been invented, the human brain that was evolved... Like... a bunch of atoms floating in space (Earth is in space technically), being self-aware of its configuration in this vast and magnificient universe. So... strange...

Like a sort of "out of body experience", metaphorically speaking.

Now these weird creatures have magic pocket glass that can talk to another weird creature using radiation and electrons. And also built machines that can observe other planets. Transported a human to another celestial body (moon landing).

(Also I love how the wikipedia article was written in 3rd person, as if the writers themselves arent human lol)

I think I might be having another existential crisis again. 🫠

Sorry if I'm being weird

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[–] cloudless@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Humans sit roughly in the middle (in terms of scale) between the tiniest things (like subatomic particles) and the largest structures in the universe (like galaxy superclusters).

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

but waaaaaay closer to the absolute coldest things than the hottest things

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

That's ice cold brother man.