Ever since I became acquainted with the work of Carl Sagan, his words, compassionate demeanor, and appreciation, understanding and reverence of the cosmos have become an integral part of how I have grown and developed my perspective about life and humanity's role in the universe. In his TV series, Cosmos, his description about the processes that theoretically took place over billions of years in order for humans to have come into being made me appreciate how amazing our species is. Based on what we've been able to observe about the universe, it seems to be extremely unlikely that lifeforms evolve to the point of gaining sentience and the inte