From this vantage point, which philosophers refer to as the "galactic" or the "nebula's-eye" view (or the "cosmic" or "global" perspective , we and our fellow creatures seem trivial and foolish. We become only one of countless life forms. Life's activities seem absurd. The rich, experienced moments are lost in the great expanse of time. We sense that we are microscopic specks, and that all of life consumes but a flick of cosmic time.