Every now and again, I get thinking about the deeper things in life. Human consciousness really confuses me.
We think of time flowing ever forwards. We are a mere dot in history. We are a on a small planet in the universe. Some estimates are that there are 1 trillion planets! At the moment there are almost 8 billion people alive on our planet. I do not know how many humans have ever existed.
And yet we are self aware.
Religiously, I am agnostic not knowing what I believe. We may have our whole view of the universe turned on its head in the next 100 years.
And, of course, this is just what I experience. For you, it might be completely different!
Life, consciousness, the universe and us are real puzzles!
See https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/planets-universe/.
