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That's the feeling of "insignificance", the lack of agency, and seeing the pointlessness. None of those are humility.

When I contemplate the vast cosmic scale and look up in the stores, my jaws drop open like a kid, and I go "whoa..." That's the sense of awe and profoundness. It doesn't have to be about humility or about insignificance.

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