Photo of the Universe - Do you feel insignificant in the grand scheme of things?

Insignificant? Not in the least.

I feel very privileged to be able to know more about the universe than any of the people who died before I was born.
My significance lies in knowing that this planet, our home, is a very special place; the only place, as far as we know, in the entire universe where we can survive without a space suit. Our chance of finding another home like this one within travelling distance is zero.

Consequently I am required to protect my home planet to the best of my ability. That is my significance.
 

C50 said:
On a cosmic level we are nothing but a speck, especially at the individual level we are barely measurable.

They say the universe is still expanding but into what? It boggles my mind to think about the edge of the universe. The universe as we know it on this side so what's on the other side? The idea of nothingness is more then my tiny brain can grasp. But oh man do I want to see it!
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Nothing there to see. ;)
 
Years ago, my son sent me a power-point called fantastic trips pps., and it is a fascinating show of just where we as a planet are in space. However, giving a lot of thought of whether I am significant or not in the scheme of things never entered my mind, since I felt there must be a reason for our being. Thus, no, with the OP's question, I am not, nor are any of us insignificant. Ponderables re: the vast universe and our relation to it all are endless. Space-time is circular as opposed to linear since what we see through our wonderful telescopes are all past tense thus, if we could observe it in linear time, or as it appears today, it would still be there but quite changed in appearance. We live in linear time as we are a mass that changes forward as time marches on, but beyond, who knows if our significance is carried into other dimensions in space to either a past, or a future we know nothing of as yet.

As I am, I am not insignificant at all.
 
I don't think I feel insignificant when I contemplate the vastness of space, mostly just awed and happy to be here. What makes me feel very insignificant is the vastness of time compared to my time. Heck even just seeing that Merrill Lynch added a year 2070 target retirement fund this month makes me feel practically gone already, but compared to the sun expanding and the earth's water and all life being gone and then just the little rocky ball (assuming it remains) just floating in space forever...gee my time is so tiny.
I try to feel better about it all by my molecules continuing to exist for a long long time, but that is cold comfort. Like some of our molecules being stardust of an sun gone nova, kind of cool, but my time to use those molecules is too short.
 
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