Lithic fair

(painfully lame, I know) Here's an interesting video on what the world looks like from a rock's perspective (worksafe).

Am I the only one reminded of the lithic principle?

There is something stunningly narrow about how the Anthropic Principle is phrased. Yes, only certain laws and constants of nature are consistent with our kind of life. But essentially the same laws and constants are required to make a rock. So why not talk about a Universe designed so rocks could one day come to be, and strong and weak Lithic Principles? If stones could philosophize, I imagine Lithic Principles would be at the intellectual frontiers.

Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

I also notice that insects are far more prolific than humans, so god's probably a big cockroach, with three antennae!

By the way, if you get a chance, you should catch Sagan's Cosmos on the Science Channel. It's from 1980, but it holds up amazingly well, philosophy and astronomy being timeless.