Humans are awesome.

[hoveringsombrero]

We fascinate me.
An entire race of "poke it and see what happens"
And always a small number of us who take it further with
"poke it again, see if the same thing happens."

And yet, there are some things we're still doing, fundamentally the same,
once upon a time some caveman threw one rock against another,
just.to.see.what.happened.
And now we have particle accelerators,
throwing one microscopic "rock" at another.
just.to.see.what.happens.
I'm simplifying, yes, but still.

Many years ago, when we wanted something translated,
many monks sat in front of many desks for years,
sometimes lifetimes to get it done.

And today? we have the lolcatbible,
same concept, except just regular people who think it's funny,
sitting at at many desks for many hours, translating.

If there is some more advanced race out there,
and we meet them some day, I hope this is what they judge us on.

Particle accelerators and lolcatbible.