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Originally Posted by jayswin
If there's one take away from thinking about extraterrestrial life it's that we should really appreciate what we are (or what we perceive or understand ourselves to be). To be a sentient being that appears to be biological and of free thought and movement on a natural planet is a gift greater than any religion can bull**** up for it's followers.
Of course whether we are what we think we are is up for debate and there's a chance we're not at all what we think we are. But even if you believe in what we're told we are, enjoy the hell out of it and maximize every opportunity and be everything you can be.
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This is what made Carl Sagan focus on environmentalism as his career progressed.
As wondrous as the universe is, he acknowledged that we just so happen to be sitting right on something pretty amazing We know life exists here and should be looking after it better.