fry@fry.gs to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWebb's data confirms Maisie's Galaxy as oldest ever observedinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down14 cross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkWebb's data confirms Maisie's Galaxy as oldest ever observedinterestingengineering.comfry@fry.gs to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink cross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
minus-squarehabanhero@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year ago Shouldn’t this awareness of our insignificance be unbearable? Why would it be? I personally find it humbling.
minus-squarefiahlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agosome people find it incredibly depressing to realize that nothing they do matters at all, when considered in the context of the entire the universe
minus-squareZerfallen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoThose people need to check their ego and recalibrate to find contentment. Or double-down on their preferred alternative reality.
minus-squarehabanhero@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhat does it mean to “matter” in the context of the scale of the universe?
Why would it be? I personally find it humbling.
some people find it incredibly depressing to realize that nothing they do matters at all, when considered in the context of the entire the universe
Those people need to check their ego and recalibrate to find contentment. Or double-down on their preferred alternative reality.
What does it mean to “matter” in the context of the scale of the universe?