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All of the was in "The Size of Our Work!"
and all the star' s you can see in the sky
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#10 - cpjt (08/19/2012) [+] (6 replies)
and yet, despite of the sheer volume of planets out there, humans are obnoxious enough to believe we are the only intelligent life-forms in the universe?
#18 - mcronq (08/19/2012) [+] (1 reply)
Thinking about this makes me really sad that I don't have any faith in an afterlife. I would love to see it all. Sail the cosmos for eternity, there is so much to experience we can never even fathom.

Too bad all religion I've seen is so utterly and fallibly human.

<- mfw I ponder it all...
#1 - N. Korean citizen (08/18/2012) [-]
That's why it's so naive to ask "are we alone?" Fuck no.
#21 - driken **User deleted account** (08/19/2012) [-]
Please excuse me while I go play Sins of a Solar Empire.
#20 - awsomecode (08/19/2012) [-]
Saw the title, only thought of this.
User avatar #7 - lfunnymanl (08/19/2012) [-]
pale blue dot
User avatar #5 - evanthebrony (08/18/2012) [-]
if i ever graffiti or make some shit like that, it will be earth at a scale in witch you can see shit like this.
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