I don't think you make a case for why the great vastnesses of the universe are horrifying for us. Why shouldn't we be perfectly happy knowing that we are very small in comparison with the size of the universe or that we live a very short time in comparison with its duration? I believe that this is something that humans have always known, anyway. So what exactly has changed so that these vastnesses are scary now but weren't in the past?
Because the inhuman vastness of the universe makes nonsense of our intuitions, which is humiliating. To adapt to the vastness of nature, we'd have to update our naïve sense of pride. That's the point of my exploration of humanist philosophy.
I don't think you make a case for why the great vastnesses of the universe are horrifying for us. Why shouldn't we be perfectly happy knowing that we are very small in comparison with the size of the universe or that we live a very short time in comparison with its duration? I believe that this is something that humans have always known, anyway. So what exactly has changed so that these vastnesses are scary now but weren't in the past?
Because the inhuman vastness of the universe makes nonsense of our intuitions, which is humiliating. To adapt to the vastness of nature, we'd have to update our naïve sense of pride. That's the point of my exploration of humanist philosophy.