We live on a fraction of a small planet called the Earth. Earth, is a small and relatively insignificant planet in our Solar System. The sun, our star, is a relatively insignificant star in our galaxy. In our relatively insignificant galaxy alone, there are at least 200 Billion stars. In the observable universe, there are at least 100 billion galaxies.
Our galaxy seems to be average in size, so we can assume that there are probably at least 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in our observable universe. I don't know what that number is, but it's a lot and it takes a long time to write.
We know that planets are very common, so we can assume that for all of the stars, there are likely to be a number of planets.
Even if we said, on average, that there is only one planet per star, that's a of a lot of planets.
If we said conservatively, that only 1% of those planets is capable of fostering life, that would be a fuck of a lot of planets.
If we said that only a miniscule percentage of those planets had evolved life, that's still an incomprehensibly large number of planets in the universe that have at some point evolved life to a comparable level as life on Earth. Billions. There are probably billions of other "intelligent"species in our universe, pondering their existence as you read this. Looking for ways to further themselves and expand their knowledge.
We are insignificant as far as the universe is concerned, like a mere fraction of a piece of dandruff in an enormous ocean.
Armed with this knowledge, with this scale of our insignificance, what do we concern ourselves with? What else could capture our imagination, provide a suitable outlet for our energy and intellect?
Lets have a look shall we? http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/3241227/Anna-Paquins-love-life-No-comment
Well that's sorted then.
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