‘The size of the universe is the distance that light can travel in 13.8 billion years. The size of the earth is a fraction of a light second. If we want to think about the universe is terms of space & time, the mind needs a different model of imagination.

Current models would struggle to grasp time from a psychological perspective. It requires exponential notation & abstract concepts to approximate these ideas of time & space.These massive factors difficult to comprehend do not equate to humans being insignificant to time & space on a cosmic scale.The mind is a beautiful model of cellular patterns and a vast amount of processing units. Despite being physically small in comparison to the dimensions of the universe, these units process approximately billions of thoughts in a human lifetime & that is not insignificant.’

Thoughts from Prof Frank Wilczek (Nobel Prize winning physicist at MIT) on The Lex Fridman Show.