I just LOVE things like this.
A little perspective:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347
Extremely relaxing.
RELAXING? Until that, I was sure that the universe was created by the big bang. Something about my understanding was constant. Then I realize the universe is far, far larger than we can see, and the only basis for the age of the universe is how far we can see.
But now? How do I know the "big bang" wasn't just a seed from a far bigger entity in the vastness we can't see? Sigh, at least my insignificance is comforting.
EDIT: But maybe we humans are not insignificant. Assuming the Universe is an entity with knowledge of all things, then it would also hold that such a vast entity would be limited in its ability to comprehend and influence events in the short term. Such an entity would then create a smaller, more responsive, but far less intelligent entity that could effect change in a short period of time, measured in years instead of eons. I propose Humans are in fact that lesser entity utilized by the universe for short-term change, the "responsive element" that can be used by the universe to "fix" long term plans and be fully congnizant of a significantly tiny area, as opposed to the Universe which knows what happens everywhere, but at the cost of realization. Kinda like how a person can only know one topic throughly or know a tiny bit about everything, or how it takes time for infomation to be retrieved and transfered from point A to point B.