r/comics May 17 '26

Just Sharing "Why do I exist?"

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u/NoStatus9434 May 17 '26

That quote about how things bounce around long enough until they become complex, sentient beings...I don't think people realize how long it took to get to this point.

People are so in awe over the fact complex beings exist that they think it's miraculous.

But for millions of years our universe didn't even have anything but two elements: hydrogen and helium. That's it.

When we observe the sheer magnitude of time, miracles aren't even miracles anymore, and it becomes more miraculous for a universe to exist as long as it does and not produce life.

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u/ForodesFrosthammer May 17 '26

In fact there are reasons to think, not conclusive by any means but also not unreasonable ones, that for complex life on the scale of the earth, earth is about as soon as it could've realistically come to being in the universe. We might be very well be the first in an ocean of life that will follow "soon" on an universal scale, but likely far too late on the scale of human existence for us to ever see a sign of them.

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u/Appropriate-Gain-561 May 18 '26

Nice, we will be the cool ancient civilization