That, and for every "scientist" that ever told you you weren't special, there's a dozen Youtube channels telling you exactly the facts you want to hear. If you told me I needed to communicate with Alpha Centauri A, I'd say "the best way to do that is to launch a probe at Alpha Centauri A." Ignoring slowing down to capture orbit, the Juno spacecraft would get there in about 18,000 years according to Wolfram Alpha. So maybe we create a 100GW laser and launch kleenex at it. But now I have a 100GW laserbeam pointed out into space and what could go wrong. What's gonna be funny is when we find out Oumuamua was fukin' Rama.One of the reasons that I think the Flat Earth people are popping up again is because it makes the earth, and thus by proxy Humanity, special, unique and just oh-so-wonderful.