# Words from a very smart man **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 26, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/words-from-a-very-smart-man/220023 "2012-01-26T11:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/words-from-a-very-smart-man/220023/21 "2012-02-11T19:26:34Z")
> [@slo ride](#): > > i’ve always had a problem with the argument that the earth’s insignificance- and that of its inhabitants and their actions- in comparison to the scale and scope of the universe is somehow a call to greater peace and understanding between those inhabitants. if the earth and the events that take place here are of so little import to the vast universe, why should any inhabitant of this planet feel their actions or the consequences of those actions are any more important? in a nutshell: 1 if humankind lasts for ions or if humankind completely dies tomorrow, it will have no significant impact on the universe. 2 Our actions and consequences have literally been engrained into our morality only to keep people from being punished. 3 if you keep saying and practicing the same things over and over it becomes ritualistic. over thousands of years ritualistic practices virtually become religion. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/words-from-a-very-smart-man/220023.md?page=1)