People think they are much more important than they actually are.
The Earth could explode tomorrow and the universe wouldn't even notice.
We are so tiny and insignificant in the universe that it's not even funny.
For example, look at these pictures.
Now look at the Earth:
And now look at Earth compared to Jupiter and Saturn... pretty wild.
…but then you compare it to the sun and the earth is a speck of dust.
And you might think, "The sun is quite impressive"—actually, it isn't. Compare it to these other stars in the Milky Way galaxy...
Let's take a look at how large Arcturus is in the image above (which is smaller than our Sun) compared to some larger stars in the Milky Way.
Antares must be a gigantic, impressive star, right? Let's take a look at it in the Milky Way... I bet it stands out!
Is the Milky Way an impressive galaxy?
Not really. There are trillions of others in the observable universe.
We humans like to think we are important, but on a large scale we simply are not.