It is unacceptable that we don't have the answers to certain questions. And it boggles my mind how the vast majority of people ignore the mysteries of life.

ivilizations come and go. Perhaps it's been this way for tens of thousands of years -- maybe much longer. And when you consider that the Earth is over 4.5 billion years old, it's not hard to fathom that somewhere over that deep time, a brief epoch of say 100,000 years trans-pired, where other sentient beings could have existed, but got lost in the archeological record. Particularly, when you take into account giant impacts and other natural disasters that may have terraformed the surface of the planet numerous times. Obviously, after any of these events, all evidence of previous advanced societies could vanish without a trace -- even styrofoam eventually disintegrates.
-- Think about it, while the oldest records (we know of) on Earth are etched in stone; when rock returns to magma everything is erased.
-- Considering the brevity of homo-sapien existence, one would think that there would be more of a focus on enlightenment than selfishness and greed. Human behavior has probably doomed the species (and now this planet) to an endless, repetitive cycle that leads to ignorance, self-destruction to ultimate annihilation.
-- But I reckon it's not all our fault. Genetics also plays a big part. Like seedlings that grow into a predictable forest, so human DNA can pre-determine the outcome of future generations. Biology, physics and mathematics can answer all of the eternal questions. Reality is the religion of the 21st Century, and scientists are its prophets.
--But who cares? Does anything really matter? If everything we build and create is ultimately destoyed, why bother? Why push the brain beyond the pursuit of food, sex and shelter? And aren't all of the religions just support groups for hypocrits?
--What else is there... Love, relationships, family, spirituality, astral projection and ultimate detatchment from the body? Don't forget, you need a power source to keep your soul alive and connect with the Great Cosmic Consciousness. Better figure out how to tap into (and ride) the Universal Wavelengths before you kick over.
-- We may be standing on the precipice of human extinction,
- Then again, our whole existence may be a computer simulation, or dream state; or, maybe the known universe is really just a 'micro-verse' in a petri dish; or worse -- religions may be true -- and we're like pets, and we'll have to bow down and worship some dictatorial diety for all eternity.