Yup. That's actually what turbo posted. Fav'd.
ah, I should've actually looked lol
Why is significance measured by physical size?
it's a useful ego check because people are arrogant and tend to think the universe is entirely about us, the reality is that this entire planet could disappear tomorrow and on the larger scale of things, nothing will have changed.
along the same lines but even more powerful is taking a good look at the history of life on this planet. the apocalypse is a big topic now because of 2012 coming up, people tend to refer to it as "the end of the world" when again, the reality is that a planetary scale disaster could wipe us out and life will continue just fine. there have been mass extinctions in the past, and there will be more in the future