Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"This notion religion has of humans as the be-all end-all of the universe is as immature and self-absorbed as a baby who feels itself to be the center of existence. We're still in the baby stage, we humans. Probably the vast majority of us. Everything revolves around us, it's all for us. Aren't we just so special.

"I wonder how long it'll take us to grow out of this illusion of central position."

-- JohnB 2008-06-18

"Well if it took humanity 200,000 years to mature to the age of a two-year-old, then we can conclude that one humanity year is roughly 100,000 person years. So it'll be another 1,600,000 to 1,900,000 years before humanity as a whole reaches anything like an adult level of empathy and impulse control, and we will have to wait until humanity has been existence 2,500,000 years before our cosmic car insurance rates go down."

-- ndt, 2008-06-18 (replying to above)

"This notion religion has of humans as the be-all end-all of the universe is as immature and self-absorbed as a baby who feels itself to be the center of existence. We're still in the baby stage, we humans. Probably the vast majority of us. Everything revolves around us, it's all for us. Aren't we just so special.

"I wonder how long it'll take us to grow out of this illusion of central position."

-- JohnB 2008-06-18

"Well if it took humanity 200,000 years to mature to the age of a two-year-old, then we can conclude that one humanity year is roughly 100,000 person years. So it'll be another 1,600,000 to 1,900,000 years before humanity as a whole reaches anything like an adult level of empathy and impulse control, and we will have to wait until humanity has been existence 2,500,000 years before our cosmic car insurance rates go down."

-- ndt, 2008-06-18 (replying to above)