Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave

Re:Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave by jbrennan on Sunday September 05, 2010 @01:01AM (#1664029)

I think kind of the opposite, more in the Pale Blue Dot mindset, that in the immense vastness of the universe, Earth is all we've got, and should be treated with the utmost significance.

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Re:Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave by ihodes on Sunday September 05, 2010 @01:06AM (#1664038)

I absolutely agree with that sentiment as well. While we, as a species, are relatively inconsequential, Earth is all we've got (for now!) and it's a special, precious, thing indeed.

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Re:Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave by ars on Sunday September 05, 2010 @02:15AM (#1664117)

How can you say inconsequential when as far as we know we are the only beings that can even appreciate this supernova?

Size != Importance.

We might be small, but we are quite important.

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Re:Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave by aw3c2 on Sunday September 05, 2010 @05:05AM (#1664251)

You are not important if only you think so.

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Re:Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave by Jach on Sunday September 05, 2010 @05:59AM (#1664296)

Important to whom? The universe itself is incapable of assigning 'importance', so saying that something is unimportant to the universe is just as wrong as saying something is important to the universe. Humans are important to humans, and that's what matters. If only I think I'm important, then I am, to me.

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