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johnnyFive  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Please allow me to introduce myself

That's an interesting thought. But I do think humans can be big in the sense of impact (sometimes for good or ill), and perhaps in terms of nobility, etc. Or if a human saves the universe from existential doom :)

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but I also don't think a story has to have major impact in order to be big.





user-inactivated  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I guess I'm starting to follow: it's the emotional impact that matters, right?

johnnyFive  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Right. Or I guess it's more of a one-hand-clapping thing. Can the movement of the universe be momentous without a consciousness there to appreciate it? By the same token, doesn't everything connected to thinking beings matter?

user-inactivated  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Both are interesting questions, posing some very interesting answers as one might expect. That's something I'd like to discuss in free-form at the Hubski IRC department. If you catch me being online in it, ping me.