are we the fish?

Biblioklept

I don't know where I'm going with this or if it's too much for this forum but I read something online a few days ago and it's kept me awake wondering and thought others might have opinions on it. 

If you think of a big fish swimming around in the ocean its whole entire world is in that ocean, it is a big ocean full of places and things it probably will never see but it could never imagine that it's a tiny fish in our giant universe, as to the fish, its universe is the ocean. Even if it could survive out of the ocean it wouldn't comprehend the vastness of the world outside the ocean.
How do we know that we're not just fish in something else's ocean?

Ross_Alumni

I certainly feel like a fish sometimes with the amount of things I forget  

Very thoughtful question though, thank you @Biblioklept. I like to think that on another galaxy there is another David Atonborough narrating documentaries about humans  

leeCal

Yes I think it’s a fair metaphor, we are like those fish but in a cosmic sea. 

Personally i I think people should spend more time being concerned with the planet and the welfare of the people’s of this planet. We actually rely on each other a lot more than most people think, we are interrelated as shown by the effects of the war in the Ukraine. The war also shows how narrow minded and selfish some people can be, wrapped up and concerned only with how things can benefit them, ie Russia. 

Unless people see the bigger picture things will not improve for the human race. It is said that those who do not learn from past mistakes are doomed ... to repeat them.

Biblioklept

your posts are always so insightful thanks @leeCal!