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Because humanity thinks itself important.

We are not the measure of anything, except we make ourselves so.....

Life existed before us, the Earth existed long before we came along, and life and the Earth and the rest of the universe will still be here long after humanity's days have ended.

Also, one could say we are 'trapped' inside our own range of human perception. We can't overcome our own boundaries in interpreting the world. Combine this with the belief that there is no greater conscience than ourselves. Then for at least humanity itself, it has the be the measure of all things.

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