We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the star…

Carl Sagan
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We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of ten billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing the long journey by which, here at least, consciousness arose. ✨ Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Book by Carl Sagan, 1980.
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We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of ten billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing the long journey by which, here at least, consciousness arose. ✨ Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Book by Carl Sagan, 1980.

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