Do you think Aliens exist?

[moklianne]

Originally Posted by Bardalicious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I never made the statement that science currently explains all facets of the universe. If anything, I've stated the opposite. Being skeptical through logical thought is not the same as being close-minded. I concur that deep-space travel is entirely within the realm of possibility.

However, I disagree that if an advanced species were capable of such a thing, they'd be using it to travel to Earth for any reasons that seem logical. And further, to do so without formally revealing themselves is a rather whimsical notion.

Further, we have groups tasked with monitoring for extraterrestrial communication, such as SETI. We're capable of mapping dark energy via cosmic microwave background radiation levels, capable of seeing beyond the scope of our own galaxy, but yet incapable of providing any definitive proof that we're being visited by life from another planet?

Sorry, I just don't buy it.

You don't watch much science fiction do you? Anyone who does already knows the answers to those questions. Or are you just trolling at this point?

[Azure]

Mathmatically proven that you can run a simulation wthin a simulation and that we could be a simulation within a simulation and that the matrix could be real...

relevant XKCD

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Morpheus: Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

Honestly... I've come close with lucid dreaming... taste, smell, touch, sound, vibration... shit most people don't normally get in dreams.

[Morpheus]

I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?

[Bardalicious]

Originally Posted by Azure [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Mathmatically proven that you can run a simulation wthin a simulation and that we could be a simulation within a simulation and that the matrix could be real...

Black holes are bad memory sectors in the hardware that runs our simulation. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On that note, though, we know we're coming closer and closer to creating lifelike simulations. And at a certain point, it would be near or entirely impossible to distinguish between our actual existence and an ultra-realistic simulation.

With that knowledge, I find it further unlikely that an otherworldly species that was advanced enough to reach Earth would actually care to do so for any sort of research purposes. Surely they'd have the technology available to create and study lifelike simulations of other planets without having to waste the resources and time going there themselves.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Bardalicious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Black holes are bad memory sectors in the hardware that runs our simulation. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On that note, though, we know we're coming closer and closer to creating lifelike simulations. And at a certain point, it would be near or entirely impossible to distinguish between our actual existence and an ultra-realistic simulation.

With that knowledge, I find it further unlikely that an otherworldly species that was advanced enough to reach Earth would actually care to do so for any sort of research purposes. Surely they'd have the technology available to create and study lifelike simulations of other planets without having to waste the resources and time going there themselves.

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Yeah lol... not to mention how does conciousness/perception change when unbound by normal physical reality and only by the bounds of said simulation?

The limitations on our perception/senses are creepy that way.

[Bardalicious]

Originally Posted by Azure [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Yeah lol... not to mention how does conciousness/perception change when unbound by normal physical reality and only by the bounds of said simulation?

The limitations on our perception/senses are creepy that way.

The theory of special relativity and our limitations on faster-than-light travel is simply a limitation on the hardware we are simulated on. Such as moving a large file from one part of your hard drive to another, there is a limit to the speed in which we can be transferred.

/tinfoilhat

[Azure]

Though not sure about black holes myself, I'm up in the air on them being anomalous or destructive/entropic to information. I've read some articles/papers that kind of argue otherwise.

[Sweetbaby Jesus]

They absolutely exist. More cross over the southern border of the US everyday.

[Sweetbaby Jesus]

Also Lron is a tranny. That is all.

[BigHurb]

Originally Posted by Sweetbaby Jesus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also Lron is a tranny. That is all.

i feel accomplished knowing this is the sentiment here