Alt text: They’re up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

  • w3dd1e ( W3dd1e@lemmy.zip ) 
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    10 months ago

    I don’t recall what I was reading, but I once read about a lot of things lined up perfectly for evolution on Earth.

    • In Sol’s habitable zone
    • Has a moon
    • Rotates on tilted axis
    • Stable rotation and orbit
    • Has magnetic field
    • Has Ozone Layer
    • Big planet (Jupiter) close enough to catch random asteroids, but not close enough to harm Earth

    It’s bonkers that it all worked out that way so that I could be here, right now, reading your post and responding. It really boggles the mind and I don’t want to waste my time.

    Welp, guess I’m gonna go look up random curse words in the dictionary. ಠᴗಠ

    • chuymatt ( chuymatt@startrek.website ) 
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      10 months ago

      Look up Douglas Adams’ puddle analogy?

      “If you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!"