FADE IN
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 10:00
Looking out of the window, Peter sees the cloudy day.
PETER (V.O.): In any event, I'll swim at Golden Beach.
Peter checks the Quora App.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Meanwhile, let me offer some help to my Quora fans.
We see on screen an answer request: What's it worth to be "late" on the time scale of the universe?
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Earlier, I shared my thoughts on cosmology and humankind. I'd be delighted to elaborate.
We see on screen another answer request: Oscar Wilde was thought to be fascinating company. What are your thoughts on this person?
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Earlier, I interpreted a poetic simile by Oscar Wilde. But he was born in 1854 and I was born in 1954. Anyway.
Peter types and posts his answers.
Act 2
EXT. GOLDEN BEACH - 13:00
Seeing sunny intervals and the calm sea, Peter smiles.
PETER (V.O.): On my way here, it was mainly cloudy with a few showers.
Towing a cyber green safety buoy, Peter begins to swim towards the outer limit of the swimming area.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The beach water quality is superb. About 75% of Earth is covered with water.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): About 97.5% of the water on Earth are salt water. And I'm enjoying it right now.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Earth got its water from icy asteroids and comets crashing into it.
Peter looks up at the sky.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It so happened that Earth's orbit is within the Sun's Goldilocks Zone. And life may thrive.
Peter sees a little sunshine.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm swimming in the sea. There's a sea of space in the sky.
Peter reaches an outer limit corner with three orange buoys tied together.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The nearest planet having Earth-like conditions is about 500 light-years from Earth.
Peter swims towards the other outer-limit corner.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Regarding the Quora answer request on our presence in the time scale of the universe, I've used the cosmic calendar analogy to bring out my point.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The cosmic calendar compressed the history of the Universe into a single year.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If the Universe began on Jan 1, the Milky Way was formed in May.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The other planetary systems are formed in June, July and August.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The Sun and the Earth are formed in Mid-Sept. Life arose soon after.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Humans appear on the cosmic calendar so recently that our recorded history occupies only the last few seconds of the last minute of Dec 31.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): We're now living and evolving on the last day at 23:59:59 of the cosmic calendar.
Peter arrives at the other corner.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As to my remarks on Oscar Wilde, a 100 years apart is a bit more than 0.2 seconds ahead in the cosmic calendar. I can catch up.
Peter begins to swim closer to the shore.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): On average, a single human lifetime would last about 0.2 seconds, as a day on the cosmic calendar is 38 million years.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): How small humans are over time and space!
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Isn't it stupid if humans think they're the centre of the universe?
Act 3
INT. STUDY - 22:30
The TV is showing a program on Black Hole.
PETER (V.O.) : From the cosmic perspective, every being is precious. No life should be wasted.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I speculate that the human form is a microcosm of the universe.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's a fact that the Universe is vast and I'm insignificant. But I feel the innate harmony in us.
Having taken a look out of the window, Peter continues to watch the TV program.
THE END
FADE OUT
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