Saw this while drinking my first cup of coffee today...

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

https://theconversation.com/youve-h...he-big-wheel-heres-why-its-significant-252170

And this instantly popped in my head, and is stuck there.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Kinda puts shit in perspective. How can someone even believe an entire galaxy among the largest ever recorded for a spiral galaxy doesn't harbor thousands to even millions of species every bit as sentient and capable of creating complex technology as we are, or possibly more so?

Edited because I just got my new glasses and can see what I f'd up.