JASON SILVA: So for human beings,
existential angst stems from the fact
that we are creatures of meaning.
We want to feel like there is a destiny to our
like there is reason why we're here.
And we've tried to address this existential itch,
this agitation, through the creation of beautiful stories,
We've created narrative threads, religions, systems of thought
that have placed the body mind in a larger context
that have made us feel like we are part of something
Well, ultimately, when you break it down,
when you shatter the myths, what are we left with?
And I read a great quote recently that said,
that actually, "we are dead stars
And when you consider, we look upon the heavens,
we have the Hubble Space Telescope blasting new tunnels
between the mind, and the other--
as Ross Andersen says -- and we back right,
and we are the remnants of those stars that died.
The periodic table of the elements, all of it
was manufactured in the furnaces of stars.
So we are dead stars looking back at ourselves.
I mean, this idea is just astonishing.
And if that's not enough of a story