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To: Michael Sphar who wrote (37136)	9/3/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

It's hard to imagine us making it even another 1000, isn't it? I mean if life weren't so inherently resilient, I'd give us zero chance. I heard an interesting theory once, that was said to support the existence of god or a creator. It was that the suns, and hence planets, are so far apart. It's more interesting than first glance. We know from earth/human experience, that wherever humans come into contact, they dink with each other. Pretty much mercilously. I'm willing to accept as believable that, as opposed to planetary and atmospheric flight, interstellar travel will never be developed in our big Einsteinian brew-ha-ha here. So it's possible we're inherently safe from cooties and bad guys. (And any help.) People won't think that; they'll tend to think and always worry that stuff is going to pop up (or down) (or out) from space ~ but what if it doesn't. Period. I'm willing to bet on that, given the size of "space." A study of space helps. I mean a concentrated look at size, before distance even becomes a word. So what if this is a characteristic of conscious design? This separation? The use of large amounts of space, to quasi-enforce isolation? It's easier than fences. ("Christo Does The Galaxy.") There's also some ultimate comfort, in knowing we're "quarantined" from the rest of the galaxy. I mean, that neither can we be cootied,of course, but neither can we cootie. Oh: And suppose you've got a universe full of other life forms? Billions of intelligent planets, of which we are only one? Are we significant, or insignificant. Huh? Really. Which is it. What is "humanity" then, when it is expanded to having developed, existing on trillions of planets, independently. (As is most definitely possible.) Not just trillions, either. And there have been many years for this to happen, and will be many, many, more. Who and what are we then? Where is our uniqueness? I think because we are "we," we always tend to think we are the only. Whatever we lay claim to, we lay claim to it exclusively. Like god. And intelligence. Suppose we're not alone, were never intended to be, how would we know? Except by suspicion? Intuition? "Intelligent speculation." Humility? Why to be unique, do we have to be alone? What the heck am I talking about? And who cares?