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There Has To Be Something Out There.
- Thread starter Slipknot666
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all they'd have to do is tap into our radio signals to learn that humanity would fuck them, kill them, and eat their brains to gain their knowledge.
and not necessarily in that order.
everything we've ever seen a scary alien do on screen, we've done it 10X worse, to another human being.
I saw this video a few weeks ago, and it really made me question that maybe just maybe, we are really alone.
And is depressing.
But amazing video, everyone should watch it.
If you really think about it, there could be a member of one of these other highly advanced civilizations out there, trying to learn about humans by accessing Reset Era dot com and posing as one of us on these boards
It could be the OP
It could be me
No one will ever know!
But honestly it would be so cool to make contact with some other civilization or at least confirm it somehow. Sadly we humans are such a small blip on the history of the universe that it would be insane odds if we managed to do so.
It could be the OP
It could be me
No one will ever know!
But honestly it would be so cool to make contact with some other civilization or at least confirm it somehow. Sadly we humans are such a small blip on the history of the universe that it would be insane odds if we managed to do so.
Threads like this remind me how small and irrelevant we are to this universe. And at the same time how awesome this article is: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html
Embrace the void,darkness and futility of life while it lasts, my friends.
Embrace the void,darkness and futility of life while it lasts, my friends.
Out of the billions of life forms that existed on earth we're the only ones that have language etc.
There's almost certainly life elsewhere but intelligent? I'm not so sure.
There's almost certainly life elsewhere but intelligent? I'm not so sure.
First page nailed it. Our Universe is a Dark Forest - full of life but nobody is talking because they are all prey.
I subscribe to the Great Filter idea. Essentially, each civilisation encounters something that becomes its make or break event. It's possible that we've already beaten our Filter event, but it's looking like climate change is the one that will decide whether we make it to becoming advanced or not.
So with that in mind, I'm of the opinion there is intelligent life but not any (or many) advanced civilisations because few make it past the Great Filter.
So with that in mind, I'm of the opinion there is intelligent life but not any (or many) advanced civilisations because few make it past the Great Filter.
I'm actually a believer of the great filter, in that while there's definitely life on other worlds, we're probably one of the only species capable of space flight in the Milky Way galaxy. Thus, it's on us to become a space faring species.
Pisses me off that we spend trillions of dollars on the military instead of exploring space. We went to the moon 50+ years ago and we haven't done shit since. The ISS is an achievement, but we should be colonizing other planets at this point.
Pisses me off that we spend trillions of dollars on the military instead of exploring space. We went to the moon 50+ years ago and we haven't done shit since. The ISS is an achievement, but we should be colonizing other planets at this point.
I like a spin on a scifi trope. Perhaps we really are the only ones and it's up to us to seed the galaxy with life. And when we're long gone and other intelligent life is thriving and seeking answers to their existence, we will be the race of legends, the mysterious Ancient Ones, The Creators or something like that.
Sure, the odds are very much in favor of there being other life out there.
Ya wanna get really crazy, imagine that there might be a planet similar to ours that was formed around the same time. Then imagine that life started forming around the same time that it did here on Earth. THEN imagine that this similar planet did NOT have any extinction level events that took out most life forms. How advanced would they be? Could very well be something like that out there. I suppose we'll probably never know, at least not in our lifetimes, but it's fun to think about.
Ya wanna get really crazy, imagine that there might be a planet similar to ours that was formed around the same time. Then imagine that life started forming around the same time that it did here on Earth. THEN imagine that this similar planet did NOT have any extinction level events that took out most life forms. How advanced would they be? Could very well be something like that out there. I suppose we'll probably never know, at least not in our lifetimes, but it's fun to think about.
Sorry to break it to you OP, but we're the only ones. And this —well, this is as good as it gets.
I also think it's pure statistics. The universe is so fucking huge it's implausible to me that this is the only planet that ever had life. Whether life happens to be on a planet we'll ever reach as humanity or vice versa, that's a whole other question.
There are a lot of thought experiments, such as the fermi paradox, that seem to provide a "logical" explanation for why signs of other civilizations haven't been observed.
Funny thing is though, if there's one thing scientific exploration of the world and the universe has done time and again, it has been to knock humanity off its pedestal.
The world was not created for man. The sun does not revolve around the earth. Humanity is like all other life on this planet. The conditions for physical existence are the same throughout the universe. The discovery of exoplanets now increasingly provides examples of the same principles playing out countless times across the universe.
The pattern suggests that life is hardly unique either, and that includes intelligent life. If anything, I'm willing to bet this:
That not just life, but forms of intelligence, are entirely common in the universe. That life is everywhere. And if humanity hasn't detected or correctly interpreted evidence of this in just a century of pointing stuff at the sky, the fault is with humanity for simply not understanding something yet.
Funny thing is though, if there's one thing scientific exploration of the world and the universe has done time and again, it has been to knock humanity off its pedestal.
The world was not created for man. The sun does not revolve around the earth. Humanity is like all other life on this planet. The conditions for physical existence are the same throughout the universe. The discovery of exoplanets now increasingly provides examples of the same principles playing out countless times across the universe.
The pattern suggests that life is hardly unique either, and that includes intelligent life. If anything, I'm willing to bet this:
That not just life, but forms of intelligence, are entirely common in the universe. That life is everywhere. And if humanity hasn't detected or correctly interpreted evidence of this in just a century of pointing stuff at the sky, the fault is with humanity for simply not understanding something yet.
Sentient life out there at some point - certainly
Sentient life out there right now - very likely
Sentient space faring human intelligence or above life out there at some point - likely
Sentient space faring human intelligence or above life out there right now - moderate maybe
I just doubt space fairing intelligent life would care interacting with us very much. Plus they may be bound by a Trek like Prime Directive
Sentient life out there right now - very likely
Sentient space faring human intelligence or above life out there at some point - likely
Sentient space faring human intelligence or above life out there right now - moderate maybe
I just doubt space fairing intelligent life would care interacting with us very much. Plus they may be bound by a Trek like Prime Directive
Without Near light speed travel and a shit ton of time surviving in space the barrier to exploring another earth like world is fucking massive
Odds are still very much stacked against life for finding each other across the cosmos
Odds are still very much stacked against life for finding each other across the cosmos
We're all alone in a computer on some derelict starship somewhere like an ant farm. The aliens came and took over a long time ago but no one bothered to notice.
Yes, so we can also drain all of their resources and destroy them with pollution and global warming.
We should be investing that money in technologies to preserve Earth first.