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ballaratdragons
Sorry you have seemingly taken so much offence to this simple statement. Somehow I think both of us might be slightly at cross purposes here.
My response was more the do with mills was saying;
"Alexander we are here because we are here, there is no meaning, we live and we die. That's all to it, there is no greater meaning period. Sorry to all the religious ppl but that is a fact of life."
All I'm saying is "The universe wouldn't be here if intelligent life wasn't here to observe it." Like you, curiosity (of the universe) is the very reason of intelligent life existing - something to learn and aspire too that makes us improve. If humans had nothing to learn and no sense of wonder - then humankind would be like the Stoics - believing humankind simple "lives and dies." Like you said, and I totally agree, "My curiosity covers things like, 'how far, how big, why do we have flies, etc."
Well really so does mine and I think almost everyone interested in astronomy....
So to perhaps paraphrase what I said;
"...because we like to imagine what the world and the universe would be without us."
I more meant;
"...because humankind likes to imagine what the world and the universe would be without intelligent life to observe it."
Is that more acceptable?
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