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There are human beings who devote their lives to studying rocks.

Doesn't tell you much at all about how much we value rocks.



No, but valuation wasn't what OP and I were getting at. OP said "We're no more interesting than your average gas cloud." and that we are nothing special.

I disagreed and said that even in the eye of much more powerful or advanced species, we would still be considered a curiosity.

At least to some. It's entirely possible that we could be blown away by the next being. But at least some members of the same species would regret that.




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