40. Observation

    - the scope of the cosmos’s {[remarkable] support} for life is not restricted to life’s creation
      and stability [over periods] on the (relatively short) scale of geogenic time
        : ad `life’s creation.+geogenic time`s : like that observed in the fossil record
        - it also includes support for stability on the longer scale of cosmogenic time,
          notably a safehold [well|much|highly] fit for [securing] the long-term survival
          of beings (like us) that have mind (noons|cogitants)
    - instrumental (if not indispensible) to our survival [over periods] on that longer scale of time
      are, taken together, the following properties of the cosmos

        • a stable environment
        • lots of habitable space
            ⁃ stars numerous
            ⁃ stars well interspaced
        • stars visible
        • a speed limit