How oxymoronic is it to complain about the arrogance and self-centredness of 'some humans', when your post is full of your own opinions, presenting them as if they are right!? It's rhettorical, answer is 'very'. I beleive our achievements should be considered magnificent by how much entropy we get rid of. It might sound calus because entropy=disorder, ie the natural way of things. But i'm not talking about destroying plants and animals, i'm talking about going against the will of nature (to turn everything to disorder) and controlling the destiny of the molecules and atoms that make up our planet. By that definition the internet is magnificent, as literally trillions of transistors (our computers) are connected together in a meaningful way that allows us to do all sorts of things (include bitch to other members of trials-forum). I think you like to feel special by having a different meaning of magnificent to everyone else. What is your definition of magnificent then?