At this very moment in the universe, life is proceeding as usual: people are living their daily routine, workers labor and toil in the hot sun, scientists research and discover, students read and write, planets orvit around their stars, planets are born; perhaps life elsewhere in this vast, dark emptiness of space persists in a form similar to that on Earth. Most people live, some people die, but the universe as a whole maintains its constant state of equilibrium, of normality, despite this. The truth is we humans occupy merely a smal, insignificant space in the massive entirety of the universe; our lives mean nothing when compared to the universe as a whole. This view may sount cynical, I know, but it is the truth. If the sun were to explode at this very moment and engulf the Earth in a maelstrom of fire and flame, the universe would continue to persest as normal―as if nothing in the slightest ever happened. If other life forms do indeed exist elsewhere in the universe, the untimely destruction of Earth would not affect their lives in any considerable way. The only left of Earty would be satellites blasted into space however long ago to aid scientists in their understanding of the universe. These satellites would be the only surviving artifacts that extraterrestrial life would have to know that a great civilization once existed somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy.
The point that I am trying to make with the hypothetical situation of Earth's destruction is this: Humanity does not occupy an exclusive position in the center of the universe. The universe doe not revolve around Earty; it does not revolve around human needs and wants. Rather, the universe operates according to its own destined schedule, and if this involves the destruction of Earth ot any other planet, then so be it.
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