Human IQ is nice, but for miracles, you need instinct—a cosmic force.

Picture this: a wise old turtle, emblem of the reptile community, a charming Monarch butterfly from the insect world, and me, a Homo sapiens, sitting down for a chat. The conversation started off rocky. Mr. Turtle kicked things off by recounting his miraculous birth.

“I was buried alive in sand at birth. Mom and Pop ditched me on a desolate beach, but with no help, I dug myself out and found the ocean before the seagulls made me lunch. My survival is nothing short of miraculous.”

Not to be outdone, Madam Butterfly shared her own extraordinary tale.

“Grandpa Monarch was born on a humble tree outside Mexico City. He flew to New England, met Grandma, and they produced my mom. She tried to fly back to Mexico but didn’t make it. I was left alone, with no GPS, no directions. Yet, I found my way back to the very tree where Grandpa started. No abandoned human child could pull off a three-generation odyssey like that. Certainly not you, Mr. Homo sapiens. Without a doctor’s slap on the butt, you can’t even figure out how to breathe. And when it comes to navigation, you still need directions, maps, and a Waze to escape the mall parking lot.”

Listening to Mr. Turtle and Miss Butterfly was intimidating, but I had to defend my species.

“Not so fast,” I retorted. “Mother Nature gave us sapiens an instinct, a cosmic force that helps us adapt. But your miraculous instincts are not superior to ours. Our exploratory instinct led us to circumnavigate the globe, fly to the moon, and explore Mars. Recently, we placed the Webb Telescope a million miles from home, orbiting the sun. This telescope looks beyond little continents and galaxies. We can now see back to where TIME, SPACE, and the COSMOS began.

You bugs and turtles might look up and see a twinkle in the vastness of space. We discovered space isn’t empty; it’s packed with stars, galaxies, and weird structures beyond explanation. That’s better than finding Grandpa’s tree or digging out of beach sand.

We like to think we’re masters of our domain, not puppets with a ‘COSMIC FORCE’ pulling our strings. Sure, we feel that cosmic influence, but don’t underestimate us sapiens. We’ve used our instincts to do more than just run on beaches or find trees. We’ve photographed stars’ births, tripled our lifespan, and created art forms that rival nature’s lilies of the field beauty. We’ve done big stuff, and we’re damn proud of it.”