The title of this piece comes from an article on the launching of an Iranian rocket yesterday. It’s a direct quote from a scientist, who had been asked to comment on the fact that they sent earthworms and turtles into space.
Anyway, I was thinking about it just now, as I was watching South African director Neill Blomkamp addressing a TED conference on the subject of what life might look like in outer space, and what the future might hold for mankind. If, like me, you can’t sleep tonight, I’d highly recommend it. It may give you freaky dreams, but it’s interesting stuff.
And, yeah, in the whole cosmic scheme of things, I do kind of think that we’re just earthworms who happen to be in way over our heads.
