I think we are not representative of the most common stuff in the universe, which is a violation of the Copernican principle. We're orbiting an average star in an average galaxy. So I was going to complete the thought and say, given that we are unusual, we are average. And well, yeah, it is.
What is nothing? Does nothing exist? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore cosmological curiosities about the end of the universe, dark matter, and more!
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