When we look back on the history of humanity from this point of view, we seem to see ourselves perched on a toppling Jenga tower of incredible coincidences. So many factors had to line up perfectly for us to come into existence; change just one and we would not be here. The effect is vertiginous, reminding us that everything we take for granted about our world is in fact radically contingent. Not only do life and human life not need to exist; it would be immensely more reasonable for them not to exist.

A few weeks ago i read the article The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet? in the Guardian. Over the past years i have read posts and articles abut the Fermi paradox, which asks why, given the vast number of stars and potentially habitable planets in our observable universe, there is no clear evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations.

I enjoy reading the Guardian article. I enjoy seeing videos on Tiktok about these subjects. I follow many different science channels on Tiktok and Youtube. And cats of course. So here is an example of a tiktok post from Brian Cox.

@brian.cox368 Why Every Civilization Might Destroy Itself…#LordOfTheRings #ArchitectureDesign #BrianCox #usa #unitedstates ♬ original sound – BrianCox

Today i watched the third prequel Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. As far as i remember, i only saw it once or maybe twice before. It was my post of last week about The Art of Storytelling which made me wanna see it again and take a months subscription to Disney+. That and The Bear, a series i do enjoy lots.

That’s it for now. I will leave you a video with the Star Wars theme, a cat and a fluffy dinosaur. Enjoy!

@julesthetuxedo Dino trying to impress Jules ‍⬛ with his spaceship. ‍⬛ #funnyvideo #catsoftiktok #tuxedocat #jules #fyp ♬ The Imperial March (From "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back") – Geek Music