"Kepler 62’s newfound worlds are not quite small enough to be considered strict replicas of Earth, but the results have strengthened the already strong conviction among astronomers that the galaxy is littered with billions of Earth-size planets, perhaps as many as one per star, and that astronomers will soon find Earth 2.0, as they call it — our lost twin bathing in the rays of an alien sun." NY Times
Strange, isn't it? So much that is awful in this world emanates from a past that is rapidly fading away - yet still people cling to it - because what else do they have, right? At this point it's a virtual statistical certainty that there's life elsewhere in the galaxy, never mind the almost inconceivably vast universe, which pretty much renders all earthly notions of a God illusory, dreams of a restless sleep - yet who believes that we as a people have it in us the strength and wisdom necessary to deal with the future that is madly rushing towards us?