Life Beyond the Pale Blue Dot
Our own oasis of life in the cosmos is blue, but will others be?
Blue has become the default color of a living planet, a cosmic oasis, a life-harboring, fragile, and tiny jewel sitting in space. But there’s a catch: The very science and technology that gave us the Pale Blue Dot in the first place is undermining what we thought blue meant.
http://nautil.us/issue/26/color/life-beyond-the-pale-blue-dotAn interesting article about our colour preferences, space and perhaps an irrational affinity for Blue.
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Whenever ego kicks in, I think of this.
In short, we're nothing. I am nothing, I am just one tiny particle living it's life thinking I matter in the cosmos. It keeps me humble.