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RE: A thought struck me today...
To tell is too much or not we need to know what is ok amount of seriousness) But to answer your question I will qoute Niel D. Tyson:
We have come to define significance as "I am special and everything else not". But top 4 ingridiens of life (and our bodys) is - hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen. And top 4 chemically active atoms in the Universe are also hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen. So upon learning that you are not special because you not contain special ingredients is the same fact that includes the idea that while we are living in this Univers, the Univers lives within us. We are special becouse we are the same as the Universe.
I could make a counter argument using the same logic: if everything is made of these four elements, then what would make me so special?
Well what is the most significant thing? The Univers isnt it? And we actualy are made of the same stuff. Like small version of the greatest thing possible. In scales of 7.5 x 1.000.000.000.000.000.000 its hard to thing about yourself as special if you are just have some guinness world record or you are a president of USA or you are a new Mozart. The only thing in this scales what matters IMHO is how can you relate yourself to something so magnificent like the Univers. And it comes out we can do it! And thats what makes you special.