Originally submitted to the John Locke Essay Competition Roughly fourteen billion years ago, matter burst into being in an expanding universe. One septillion stars radiate across this void, stretching in every direction. Some of those stars harbor planets. Some of those planets may hold life. But when we reflect on this cosmic immensity, it seems absurd that the creator of this concerns itself with us. Whether we fall in love, wage wars, paint portraits, or murder each othe
Welcome to Root of Thought! My name is Fiza Syed, and I'm currently a high school sophomore. I started Root of Thought as a space to share my opinions and explore the relationship and intersect between cognitive science and anthropology.
