seriously. i just wrote an entry about that in my journal (the odds!). i admit i don't know what "mass effect" is, but i get the exact same feeling simply when looking at the sky at night - what gets me in particular is the fact that i will never live to see and know how the universe really works and what it looks like from a non-terrestrial point of view. but whatever, we've got to come to terms with that sooner or later, there's nothing to do about it, as sad as it can be :\