But we know about it and we can't exchange on how unspecial we are, you maybe in the US and me here in China.

Potentially, one of us could even decide to stop being a parasite and scale down, move to the forest and live naked as a result.

My personal theory is that we're nature way of extending beyond earth. Yes we're a funghi, but a clever enough one we can be the earth's tentacle to go spread beyond.