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 there's a problem with what we call intelligence: we soon conclude that nothing makes sense.

(if, for instance, the size of the Universe makes sense to you, either you are a god or you are insane. You choose.) this is the most fundamental problem of them all. (note: it's not possible to look beyond our galaxy "in every direction". there's a "cone of visibility" up and down; looking "sideways" our visibility is blocked by the "local stars". millions of them.