Originally Posted by
Valort
You know, the universe is nature. Nature doesn't care about humans. We're insignificant to nature. Nature has no notion of years, months or human lives. So if the Sun blows up tomorrow, it wont care if you die or not. The huge amount of known (not to mention the unknowns) extinction events possibly happening in the near future. Or that have already happened and haven't reached us yet because of the distances, are mind-boggling to think. If it does happen in 2012, 2015 or 3084, it doesn't matter.
Humans are so insignificant in the whole picture, that once you realize it, you'll see how petty everything we do is.