How insignificant are we in the universe?

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How insignificant are we in the context of a potentially infinite universe?

We have come to define significance as, "I'm special and everything else isn't." Religions think they're special. Cultures think they're special. Individuals think they're special. The top four ingredients in life, in your body, top four atoms in order:

1. Hydrogen

2. Oxygen

3. Carbon

4. Nitrogen

Those fours atoms. Do you know what the top four ingredients in the universe? The top four chemically active atoms in the universe:

 1. Hydrogen

2. Oxygen

3. Carbon

4. Nitrogen

You ARE the universe. Upon learning you aren't special because you do not contain special ingredients is the same fact that includes that the idea that while we live in this universe, the truth is, the universe lives within us. We are special because we are the same.

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Significance level: 0/10

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The_Helloer wrote:

Stop.

Please clarify.

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PhD_in_everything wrote:

How insignificant are we in the context of a potentially infinite universe?

We have come to define significance as, "I'm special and everything else isn't." Religions think they're special. Cultures think they're special. Individuals think they're special. The top four ingredients in life, in your body, top four atoms in order:

1. Hydrogen

2. Oxygen

3. Carbon

4. Nitrogen

Those fours atoms. Do you know what the top four ingredients in the universe? The top four chemically active atoms in the universe:

 1. Hydrogen

2. Oxygen

3. Carbon

4. Nitrogen

You ARE the universe. Upon learning you aren't special because you do not contain special ingredients is the same fact that includes that the idea that while we live in this universe, the truth is, the universe lives within us. We are special because we are the same.

U left out:

Chlorine

Sodium

Potassium

Calcium

Flourine

Phosphorous

Magnesium

Iodine

 

also the order of the top 4, are O 65%, Carbon and Hydrogen, then 4% nitrogen

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Some Phd... that is Bio 1001

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Where'd you find this made-up list? Calling Nitrogen "reactive" is a bit of a joke. 

Some of the ratios of elements in the human body match well with the levels in the Earth's crust, but not all of them. 

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Uh, in my biology textbook...yeah

 

nitrogen reactive??

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kaynight wrote:

Being British is special. End of.

Special needs, yes.

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Punk, as in Sid vicious?

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Besides I'm already outside the UK ...