“Consider that you can see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum and
hear less than 1% of the acoustic spectrum. As you read this, you are traveling
at 220 km/sec across the galaxy. 90% of the cells in your body carry their own
microbial DNA and are not “you.” The atoms in your body are 99.9999999999999999%
empty space and none of them are the ones you were born with, but they all
originated in the belly of a star. Human beings have 46 chromosomes, 2 less than
the common potato. The existence of the rainbow depends on the conical
photoreceptors in your eyes; to animals without cones, the rainbow does not
exist. So you don’t just look at a rainbow, you create it. This is pretty
amazing, especially considering that all the beautiful colors you see represent
less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum.”
–Sergio Toporek
Our world is amazing.