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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Eldritch insanity level enlightement.

Imagine, you're a medieval professor, believing in geocentrism as the bible says, world is ours to take, human important and all that.
And then you learn that you're a mere moving something among billions others, that accidentally came to be on a speck of dust in the vast emptiness of the universe.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 12 points 10 months ago

Isn't that a form of outmost torture in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series? That you have to experience how tiny and insignificant you truly are.

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

A very similar enlightenment moment came to me as well long ago as an Intro Geology student

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Same except i was on acid