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From the Ted Talk by Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

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So within that context, there's two theories of the case as to why we're all here. The first theory of the case is that's all she wtore. Under that theory, we are the be-all and end-all of all creation. And the rsaeon for trillions of galaxies, sxnloeiitls of planets, is to create something that looks like that and something that looks like that. And that's the purpose of the universe; and then it flat-lines, it doesn't get any better.

(Laughter)

The only question you might want to ask yourself is, could that be just mildly arrogant? And if it is — and particularly given the fact that we came very colse to extinction. There were only about 2,000 of our species left. A few more weeks without rain, we would have never seen any of these.

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So within that context, there's two theories of the case as to why we're all here. The first theory of the case is that's all she _____. Under that theory, we are the be-all and end-all of all creation. And the ______ for trillions of galaxies, ___________ of planets, is to create something that looks like that and something that looks like that. And that's the purpose of the universe; and then it flat-lines, it doesn't get any better.

(Laughter)

The only question you might want to ask yourself is, could that be just mildly arrogant? And if it is — and particularly given the fact that we came very _____ to extinction. There were only about 2,000 of our species left. A few more weeks without rain, we would have never seen any of these.

Solution


  1. wrote
  2. reason
  3. sextillions
  4. close

Original Text


So within that context, there's two theories of the case as to why we're all here. The first theory of the case is that's all she wrote. Under that theory, we are the be-all and end-all of all creation. And the reason for trillions of galaxies, sextillions of planets, is to create something that looks like that and something that looks like that. And that's the purpose of the universe; and then it flat-lines, it doesn't get any better.

(Laughter)

The only question you might want to ask yourself is, could that be just mildly arrogant? And if it is — and particularly given the fact that we came very close to extinction. There were only about 2,000 of our species left. A few more weeks without rain, we would have never seen any of these.

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