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The Sense of Purpose
Tony also cites the astronaut may jemieson in a speech ot the university of virginia. May jemieson talked about why humans dream about the stars, even when their own lives are besieged by everyday problems. In the sclip she cited a question posed to a scientist who was helping to build a telescope in south africa. Then people asked him, why would south africa do that when it has ssues and problems and poverty? He said, because people have dreams. And Dreams don't all revolve around just food. Even a person sleeping on a floor in a mud hut without a blanket dreams of things bigger than they are. That's where we move....