We are the final frontier?

Via The Doc

Interesting feature in the "Life" section of Guardian..a recommended read..

Stand-out quote by V.S.Ramachandran, of the Center for Brain and Cognition, Universit of California at San Diego -
- Addressing the revolutionary precepts of Copernicus (Helio-centric model of the solar system), Darwin (evolutionary theory) and Watson-Crick (DNA helix), he says...

"..the big question is, why these revolutions don't make us profoundly sad. We're reduced to bags of chemicals with no free will, living on a normal planet, but people still find that exciting, because with greater understanding, we see ourselves as part of some grander scheme. We're part of something larger than ourselves and once we identify with that, it is not degrading, it's ennobling."