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		s__s on Aug 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Is There a God?” By Bertrand Russell > If there is a "god", we are still nothing special, just more stardust... How did you arrive at that conclusion? With or without a god, and barring any new evidence, sentient life seems to stand out as mind-blowing special and amazing. > looking at the sheer size of the universe, supposing that we have any special place in it is sheerest hubris. I don’t think it logically follows that our physical size relative to the size of the universe can tell us anything meaningful at all.

JohnFen on Aug 31, 2023 [–]

> sentient life seems to stand out as mind-blowing special and amazing

"I used to think that the brain was the most amazing thing in the universe. Then I remembered what it was that was telling me that."

-- Emo Phillips

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