The thing I love about astronomy is how it put’s myself, and humanity as a whole into perspective.
We are relatively microscopic. That has always made me think if we could look at our planet as though it was a small creature. A living thing, which in a way it is. We would consider our species as a parasitic infection of the kind that reproduces uncontrolled and eventually overwhelms the host.
The other thought I have relates to science fiction stories of the War of the Worlds kind where humans are rounded up and treated as a food or energy source. It would be terrifying if it were to happen. But isn’t that how we as Humans treat every other life form on Earth. As though we own it.
I believe Human Beings to be an extremely arrogant and ignorant species. The ‘We can fix anything’ attitude. But we tend to stuff a lot of things up to put it simply. That’s what is going to get us in trouble, and has caused us trouble in the past.
I’ am a Human Being by the way.
