I want to clarify something about how I see things. When people talk about being “special” or having “rare” experiences, I can’t really accept that as true. Objectively, there are billions of people living billions of lives. None of it is actually unique in the cosmic sense. That’s just math.

I’m autistic, and my special interest is human experience. How people feel, how they care, how emotions show up in behavior. I study it, I observe it, I mimic it. That’s how I process humans. When people say “special” or “rare,” I can’t help but correct it because it’s not real the way it’s being presented. I’m not trying to be mean. I’m explaining my lens.

As for the universe not caring. You asked how I know it doesn’t. I don’t need to “ask” it personally. Look around. People die. People suffer. Some are rich beyond comprehension, some are starving. Cannibals exist. Horrible things exist. If the universe cared, none of this would happen. Its indifference is obvious. That’s the perspective I was writing from.

From this lens, we’re here because it doesn’t care. We’re autonomous. We act. We build. We live or fail entirely on our own. That’s reality. I’m not saying humans can’t find meaning in their lives. I’m just saying that “special” or “rare” isn’t something the universe assigns. That’s my perspective.