they often say, Oh, tiny. I feel tiny and insignificant.

They're going to be small.

This is not insignificant.

What if that Copernican insignificance was actually all wrong?

And suddenly, in this canvas of infinity, Bharat felt insignificant.

You've all learned that in school how small the Earth is compared to the immense universe.

So life might be insignificant in size, but it is not insignificant in time.

This tells us that that insignificance paradigm that we somehow got to learn from the Copernican principle, it's all wrong.

The future is very uncertain.

I think the WorldWide Telescope will convince you that we may be tiny, but we are truly, wonderfully significant.

And half the time, what's happened is it's related this kind of sense of insignificance to humankind, to the Earth in a bigger space.

So even if you flung a million of these things out of orbit, the chances that one would actually hit us is fairly remote.

And so it seemed to us that they are just too small to have an impact on the environment if they simply act as individuals.

This was my mental model of the world exploding population, small planet it's going to lead to ugly things.

On Wednesday, David Christian explained to us what a tiny instant the human race represents in the time span of the universe.

And the answer is, these social problems are massive in scale, our organizations are tiny up against them, and we have a belief system that keeps them tiny.

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

And it was really the beginning of my understanding the power of language, and how what we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.

Anchor He offers no hope of cleaning it up.

How Sisyphean this task was of mending, and yet aware of that complexity, humbled by it, he wasn't paralyzed by it.

not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

One is the large global economy, the large globalized economy, and the other one is the small, and very limited, capacity of our traditional governments and their international institutions to govern, to shape, this economy.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

However, it was also noted that items continually held in abeyance had little prospect of serious consideration.

Even though the Governments make efforts in this field, estimates are that the prospects of quickly solving the problems of accommodation are weak.

On the other hand, the report promotes the concept of security, which is more vague and makes the Charter's centrality less clear.

However, the outlook remains elusive, as that sector is expected to be the one most affected by the federal tax changes mentioned earlier (see para.

Obviously, if the application for World Heritage is viewed from the economic perspective, a heritage will be taken as a golden bowl , while its future will look grim no matter how good it is now.

neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith

neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith

Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith so do.

Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith so do.

Protracted displacement with little hope of solutions in sight remains the situation of millions of displaced persons worldwide.

My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.

After World War II, when the world was divided into nuclear armed camps threatening each other with mutual destruction, Russell did not take the view that our insignificance, when considered against the vastness of the universe, meant that the end of life on Earth did not matter. On the contrary, he made nuclear disarmament the chief focus of his political activity for the remainder of his life.

While statistically that may be the case, the possibility of such noble intentions being realized will continue to remain elusive, if current regional group voting practices are anything to go by.