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Why haven't we found Aliens yet?
Just some cool shit I'd like to repost.
Front page edit: That's my first time on front page so just send in some Dick pics or stuff :^)
ChildOfThanatos13
Honestly i think they came and did that thing moms do in a sketchy hood, quietly lock the car doors an gtfo of there.
TimeAndMemeLordOfGallifrey
Because we failed the space cash test...
JudgementalMan
Or maybe they are intelligent and close but their planet lacks the resources to advance technologically.
Zahnradfee
Or they just don't have thumbs. I mean - maybe the whales would love to travel space, but can't push the controls of a spaceship.
Koldfront
What do you mean "just meat?"
DogBoobs
Maybe we're like that tardy inbred cousin from alabama who no one wants to meet...
ConfuMeister
We can thank Jupiter for everything. Hail Jupiter the Giant Planet. Earth's good ol' fat Grandma.
sauerteig
Hey, Jupiter!
Lifeisharddeathissoftlol
Maybe the aliens on the other planet are still their own version of cavemen
Beepbeepimsheep
failurez
After reading Liu Cixin's "Remembrance of Earth's Past" I'm not really sure if we should try to make a contact too.
Metallica93
I think is from 'Weirdos From Another Planet', which is sitting but five feet from me :D
2muchpowertit
Wtf downvotes Calvin n Hobbes?! Always upvote Calvin n Hobbes!!
Anthroposapien
Hey I have that on my wall at work. Neat.
Amesang
utgort
They tried contacting us for 153,499,999 years. They stopped 1 year before we invented radio.
lonelystrandedalien
sort-of everyone is quite well aware of what you're doing, not the specifics, but the general idea. it's just that no one really cares.
ohjohnboy
hotdickjambori93
Or theyve been here, and some ppl have known it. While the M.I.Complex constantly covers it up. Dont see that possibility.
PennFifteen
Ding ding
lonelystrandedalien
i'm here, i'm here! i'm the only one though, sad as that is.
ijust12bcd8d
When intelligent life sees how we treat one another.. they probably just keep on going..
Zahnradfee
Yeah. Just imagine you are on safari and watch crocodiles in a pond. Would you want to go and talk to them?
IRateYourChristmasSelfies
For anyone curious, Google "The Fermi Paradox" for more information on any of these. Also, watch this: https://youtu.be/sNhhvQGsMEc
Starsnamesthename
I read this as the voice actor for kurzgeszagt
TheRickestRick
Excellent. I love his voice and the way he pronunciates.
UsernameAttempted
https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/ .
Ikingg
I am pretty sure we are in timeout because of some shit we did last time aliens visited.
hawkshot2001
REQUESTING CLASS - E AMNESTIC
wallmasterandfriends
I like the idea that God put our planet in the corner because we were the only people he'd created wicked enough to kill Jesus.
Csel
im pretty sure this was in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or something
stalkerofstorms
How many times does Will Smith have to apologize for that?!
DukeDarkwood
Welcome to Earth.
LadyD
Earth, the naughty step
KukuloPhoto
To add to "The Great Filter" there may be a point at which every civilisation destroys itself (upon discovering nuclear fission for example)
lonelystrandedalien
there are lots such points, lots and lots and lots, uncountable ones, and it never stops. technological advancement always stays a dangerous
IfYouWereFromBoatmurderedYoudBeDed
"I am become death, destroyer of worlds."
lonelystrandedalien
social experiment.
revelator
Existential crises. The deliberately commit suicide once they fully comprehend the meaninglessness of existence.
lonelystrandedalien
while i'm sure that has happened somewhere, this must be incredibly rare. i have never heard of a single case like this.
edgeofadhesion
They did send a signal to a star system 12 light years away, so in 2042, we might get an answer.
lonelystrandedalien
i'm afraid you're not going to get one, this is not how these things work at all
MrMcCookieMuffin
"new phone who dis"
canIuseyourtoilet
"Send nudes"
pauljs75
malakim
Or its the dark forest. Everyone else knows well enough to stay silent.
melwil
Read the Three Body Problem, have we? :D
melwil
PS: I agree, it's a very possible explanation as well.
fusselwurm
One of the scariest things I've read in a while, tbh.
lonelystrandedalien
what is that explanation?
fusselwurm
Trust-building is impossible in a relativistic universe. Whoever reveals themselves gets sniped out of existence (eg by kinetic weapon).
fusselwurm
detailed explanation: https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/18127/dark-forest-postulate-used-to-explain-the-fermi-paradox
repostmodern
Trust no Juan.
Thisoldmanheplaysbass
Praise Jesus
WetZax126
PAX
LiterallyYourMom
It's hubris to think we'd be significant to them, or that they'd be using our technology to receive/interpret our messages, let alone care.
LiterallyYourMom
We're also relatively in the middle of nowhere. When you visit a city you don't drive out to the boonies and knock on every door to say hi.
lonelystrandedalien
that sums it up quite well. spot on with the first three, though not so much your last point, that doesn't matter very much.
ohjohnboy
lonelystrandedalien
is anything wrong with my comment?
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LiterallyYourMom
That's assuming they've arrived at their science the same way, or that there aren't millions of other signals they can detect that we can't.
DrSparken
Not really - the most powerful signals we've ever sent would only be detectable from noise by truly colossal sensors (Arecibo would look 1/
DrSparken
like a toy) that are looking *exactly* at us. Distances are rather prohibitive. 2/2
Freakbeatagogo
How do you know we haven't found them?
PostedTheGifNowMainAccountIsBanned
Clinton couldn't even keep a secret about who he was sticking his dick in. Do you really think Trump would be able to go more than 2 seconds
Freakbeatagogo
Oh we don't tell those fecks - transient figureheads don't get to know.
PostedTheGifNowMainAccountIsBanned
without revealing it?
Freakbeatagogo
Honestly. I wish there was something to tell. But sadly I reckon there aint . probably the real thing about the truth is that it's mundane
KPopGirlKimi
As if anyone would tell trump anything so important.
Chainhealer
Do you really think if the government had such knowledge, they'd inform a temporary official?
PennFifteen
Right
CarrionLugganja
Take me to your dealer!
DukeDarkwood
All I can think of when I see that is "Wakko packs away the snacks, while Bill Clinton plays the sax." Can't decide if good or bad thing.
CarrionLugganja
I remember when the only thing i knew about American politics was “Clinton plays the sax”
GregStitz
We're likely not done with "Great Filters". Biotech and AI might be ones still ahead of us...
lonelystrandedalien
it never stops. it gets better, but it never stops.
IDoNotTotallyUnderstandWhatIsGoingOn
Don't forget just trying to survive with competing Governments. Just takes the push of a button.
theshells
Saying there are no aliens in the universe is the equivalent to dipping a cup in the ocean and saying, "Nope whales don't exist"
IWillAlwaysDoMyBestFromNowOn
What if it's like a statutory thing, like aliens can't come in contact with planets that can't fly out of their own solar system. Like 1/2
IWillAlwaysDoMyBestFromNowOn
We're too young for them to interact with. So if anyone gets caught talking to us it is kinda on the weird side of things for those aliens.
IWillAlwaysDoMyBestFromNowOn
I don't know, just a thought, I could be wrong, or maybe I didn't explain it right. I'd like to know if anyone cared enough to read this...
BeerStoreGuy
You mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive
JoshConstine
Came all the way down here for this
IWillAlwaysDoMyBestFromNowOn
Whole thing or not
butsir
i like it! intergalactic chris Hansen pops up behind Jupiter. tells the aliens to have a seat.
IWillAlwaysDoMyBestFromNowOn
Lol that's an idea for a future episode and or comedy special.
DynamicThreads
You watched Star Trek: First Contact, didn't you?
IWillAlwaysDoMyBestFromNowOn
Ibh, I've never seen star trek in any rendition, however I have been watching the Orville by Seth MacFarlane, its really a great show!
lonelystrandedalien
it's indifference, not some prime directive thing. you're one drop in a vast sea of "civilizations", as you put it. no one cares.
IWillAlwaysDoMyBestFromNowOn
Well maybe other civilizations understand how important it is to have that social structure and how significant it is to move on to the next
FilYouWithMe
But if we contact them, they'll want to come to the US too. Trump will have to build 3 more walls and a roof.
mrayetch
Only if they came from shitholes
Zixtank
I wouldn't be surprised if, if they ever come, the US will not be the place they visit.
Delta2Almanac
This is gold.
Zahnradfee
Just build the walls and roof around Trump and you're good. Cheapest solution.
DukeDarkwood
I saw that in a newspaper comic last year. Not Trump himself, but it was clearly lampshading him with the wall talk.
Lischu
What if they're silurians? Will he build a floor too?
gbombuh
I legitimately lol’d +1
GDSTEVE
As long as 75% don't claim federal benefits within the first 2 years of arrival, I think most would be fine with it.
twozerooz
Still less money than a new American child. Far better economically to get immigrants for population growth.
GDSTEVE
If the purpose is pure numbers rather than quality of life, why not go for an absurd system like communism? No thanks, we're full enough.
twozerooz
The purpose is economic strength. Population growth is a necessary component of that, and immigration is more economically efficient
GDSTEVE
If only there were laws to regulate the numbers and quality of those who enter. Does your house have locks?
StressedOut
The aliens will pay for the roof. He has the best negotiations, you know.
PowwerOrb13
I think the aliens would call it a cage instead of a roof. Just seal in the Americans until they learn their lesson and can join everyone.
Jonataurus
ImAFoxButNotReally
Rifneno
I'm really into this shit, and honestly, I think I'd rather never see first contact than see it when Trump is in charge. Fuck.
bogus1983
I imagine it'd be a bit like Mars Attacks.
DukeDarkwood
"Can't we all just... get along?" -President Dale (Jack Nicholson), last words
ToShellWithYou
No, at this point I'm all in on seeing it. I want to see how much further the shithole goes because at this point we've already lost lol
Rifneno
First contact with a decent leader: "Welcome to the galactic community!" FC with Trump:
StormWingDelta
Hence the reason they are likely just watching and ignoring us. XD Who wants to meet a race so self destructive to itself and others?
Kite469
There are two possibilities, we are either alone in the universe, or not. Both are equally terrifying
lonelystrandedalien
you're not. also, why is that terrifying?
denigreur
That's a quote from Asimov. It's just to consider the implication of other beings as freaky, and to consider that if we're alone : WTF.
lonelystrandedalien
rest assured then that you aren't freaky. out there is a sea of flowers, all wildly different, all very beautiful in their own way.
denigreur
Plot twist : That's an actual alien stranded here that answered that.
lonelystrandedalien
it is, and you're never going to believe that, or anything i say on this particular topic
denigreur
Actually, wrong sci fi writer : Arthur C. Clarke
Agifaloma
No one wold like to meet people who eat dishwasher pods.../s
authornotavailable
No lie my nephew threw a fit today because he wanted a tide pod
Amauri14z
They saw us for far away doing that and in unison they said "Oh No, It's Retarded".
hayo1995
well then it's time to turn the tide hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
EZMONEY98
Youve been eating our babies! - aliens probably
foxatomic
1) I have a theory that the tide challenge & antivaxxers are the universes solution to stupid &/ or genetically inferior people not only
foxatomic
2) surviving but thriving. Not good for evolution if everyone survives. As shitty as that is.
internetfox
all other intelligent life was not intelligent enough not to eat their detergent until extinction. It's a cultural difference, you won't...
AuntSharron
Put a tide pod in your dishwasher. I swear your house won’t fill with suds. Pinky swear. Honest injun.
MisterDr
Maybe we need to eat MORE tide pods??
Mechlai
I imagine they would find us amusing. Imagine a bunch of aliens laughing at this shit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTqmgFYYNI
PeroltaThatsEnough
Ha!
QuarterWatchCup
Or maybe that's the great filter. Any sufficiently intelligent life form wil eventually inadvertently produce poison that looks like candy.
BigTex1
But what if Todd pods are the only thing protecting us?
BigTex1
Dammit *tide pods.
Humanfrenchfry
+1 for Todd's pod
Imalwaysready
Why the sarcasm tag?
IMTHEONEWHOSTOLEALLOFTHECOOKIESFROMTHECOOKIEJAR
Because it's the Aliens that started the meme
MesserAuditore
Good thing we eat detergent pods then am I right fellas?
ShesMyWomanNordStyle
A tide pod a day keeps the aliens away?
Imalwaysready
Pod people.
Zedd990
and what if we reach some aliens, like Borg tipe ?
BluddLoard
We feed them all the politicians we can find until they leave in disgust and horror. Then we proceed with plan B.
Darksnider05
We all get free wireless.
XxCartsxX
Then we assimilate. Duh. I call shotgun on the giant cube
Freakingdoomguy
There are approximately 3,720 "shotgun seats" on each Borg cube
thedroidyourelookinfor
Freakingdoomguy
Very convenient username
AGROOVYASSASSIN
They all belong to OP, they called shotgun
JudgementalMan
From an alien perspective, eating tide pods is just as bad as drinking alcohol. Why would a rational being poison itself?
thesnood
If the aliens aren’t coming here to party they can fuck off.
Crowlands
Why would an alien race be rational? Who say they won't have their own vices?
Lavatoryman
I wanna try alien drugs.
GnomeDeGuerre
Some degree of rationality would be needed to develop and survive?
GeneralSturgeonWarning
In order to develop, some degree of irrational nature must exist. Think of all the crazy shit we have that took crazy thoughts.
eagleandy93
ok Spock, calm down
ihateimgurffs
Not really, just outfucking everything around you.
JudgementalMan
For a sentient creature, it can't just outfuck its competitors. Or else you'll be giving birth as you're torn in half by a smarter creature.
Imapancakenom
I'm sure alien races each have their share of rational straight laced individuals and drugged out partying individuals on alien drugs
Ufphen
Medicine is poison as well.
BenSnow97
Except it restores your body instead of eroding it, slowly or slightly faster
Sholan
Tell that to the meds eating my liver to counter the debilitating spinal pain
ArtArchive
You are technically correct. The difference is that medicine is used to treat more immediate problems instead of being used for pleasure.
JudgementalMan
no
KuraiChikara
Yes, Chemotherapeutic drugs kill healthy cells with cancerous one. Id call that a poison.
JudgementalMan
That's ONE kind of medicine
Imhereforthelurking
All forms of pharmacology is just balancing doses of poisons such that only beneficial side effects are invoked.
TomtheGrizzly
Pharmakôn is the Greek word for medicine and poison. Part of medicine is controlling the doses.
GnomeDeGuerre
Should a poison not act as a poison in order to get its name? Aka. No harm, not a poison?
JudgementalMan
In that case literally anything is poison so fuck off
Gizmodian
Do... do you wash your dishes with Tide?
SideEffectsOfJuice
Consider the fact that I have never heard of "tide pods" before they became a meme. They probably are not distributed in my country, >
SideEffectsOfJuice
> possibly in any neighbouring countries or their neighbouring ones either.
ChickadeeDooDah
There's similar little detergent things for dishwashers. They might have gotten them confused.
jjflash78
Forgot one option - The Great Conspiracy: Contact has been made, but the general public is kept unaware.
Allofyoush
There's also the theory that there are aliens, but that they may be blocking our signals or ignoring them because we aren't ready.
SirStylus
At least two options. A secondary version of "The Great Filter" except we haven't reached it yet instead of being on the other side of it.
lonelystrandedalien
it's partially right. in reality, you've gone through a vast multitude of them, and there are endless more ahead. this never really stops.
Spaminal
What about the fact that the tech required for "fast" interstellar flight far outpace any form of cloaking technology.
lonelystrandedalien
... likewise, if you were able to move stuff between stars, what you'd find would still be far beyond comprehension, and just as indifferent
lonelystrandedalien
why is everyone so fixated about moving stuff between stars? if power is broadswords, what power does a baby with a broadsword wield? ...
BeerStoreGuy
Because no matter how good your technology is, there is always waste heat generated, and in space even the tiniest change could be detected
AgentFoxMulder
That is fact.
lonelystrandedalien
i wish it was. then i could finally go home.
ArvisJaggamar
Username checks out
PissedOffImgurian
I got all ready to type a curmudgeon-y response, and then I saw the username.
Ersy90
Im 100% sure contact happend but its not going public cause of religion. People would murder cause god is a lie and we are not from adam eva
PennFifteen
Not just religion. We murder well enough with our gods as it is. Its a control mechanism if anything
Csel
either that or God is an ET, and our perspective of god has changed in 2000 years and doesnt live up to our grandiose expectations.
GCRust
Religion and Extra-terrestrials are not mutually exclusive concepts.
BIackNoir
As a Christian. I don't understand how this can ruin religion. Let me explain. The bible says God created the heavens and earth. 1/?
BIackNoir
I know not everyone believes in God so this just goes for Christians/Catholics/etc. Now, nowhere in the bible does it say that we are 2/?
BIackNoir
The only ones he created. What if he created multiple "Earths" and each one played out differently? For example, on another "Earth" 3/?
BIackNoir
Eve didn't eat the apple so from that point forward their earth is on a completely different path than ours. Interesting right? 4/?
LimeDudeHatesCats
Christian here. It doesn’t “ruin.” It is simply incompatible with a Biblical worldview and theory of origins. Best Biblical argument 1/2
LimeDudeHatesCats
is the clear imagery & analogy of God as husband to his people/church. Clearly only having one bride that He is faithful to.
LimeDudeHatesCats
Care to explain how you are 100% sure?
SomePeopleSayThatCucumbersTasteBetterPickled
he has faith
MashMouth
When people listened to ‘War of the Worlds’ when only radios existed. The country was going insane because they thought it was real.
pooponmychest6969
And it would be pretty difficult to hide and entire invasion from the public
onihige
I think he meant why you're sure contact has happened already. xD
lonelystrandedalien
i can attest that it hasn't. if it had, i could go home at last. i long for that day. but no one will "make contact". you're a drop in a sea
lonelystrandedalien
of "civilizations" like you, why would anyone care about you?
pooponmychest6969
They were going crazy because they thought there was a literal alien invasion. Contact does not necessarily mean invasion
TrumpisaMiniBoss
The early bird one is interesting. Imagine we survive long enough to build ships capable of traveling through space. If we discover other
SwagicalYololord
I like to think that though we may not be the first in the universe, we may be the first in our galaxy.
Satou44
The greatest civ in the universe has already moved beyond corporeal existence, and possesses fabricated bodies to incarnate. They exist at /
Satou44
a center of factory-type creation, where life forms and planets are designed and created, and then their seeds are sent to propagate space.
o11c
Early bird is the one that has been *disproven*. We're ahead of *some*, but there are still many planets with a 4 billion head start.
DrSparken
Early bird has by no means been disproven; it is only recently that the number of supernovae has dropped down to such a level that they 1/
DrSparken
aren't likely to be eliminating every evolution of life with GRBs. It is entirely possible that Earth, being between galactic arms, had 2/
DrSparken
one of the first opportunities for uninterrupted progression of life. 3/3
Zahnradfee
But all earlier planets have less heavy elements. Enough for carbon-based life, but maybe not enough for high technoligy?
o11c
Nah. The first known supernovas occurred at the 2 billion year mark. So life is feasible in systems that formed 11.8 billion years ago.
o11c
(admittedly, we can't be *sure* if many rocky planets existed befor the 5 billion year mark, 8.8 billion years ago - twice our age)
revelator
Nope. Sorry. People aren't going anywhere outside the solar system. We'll only ever send drones until we're inevitably wiped-out by A.I. ①
revelator
Space is too big for us to travel far anyway. First, the economics of it make no sense. And warp drives/wormholes are EXTREMELY unlikely. ②
Satou44
Consciousness can incarnate in other bodies, but they have to be specifically designed for this purpose. DMT flash might be one example.
richorelaxo
Why so sure? The big challenge is survival in zero/micro gravity, then energy and nutrients. Maybe we'll have to run from the A.I.
revelator
The big challenge is distance. Even at near-light speed, most places are too far away. And we don't even know of a way to go nearly so fast.
richorelaxo
Travelling at 0.2*c we could reach Alpha Centauri in 22yrs (direct line, doesn't take into account acceleration time).
revelator
https://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/04/near-light-speed-travel-increasingly-impossible-according-maths
richorelaxo
Excellent article, I love physics detail. The key is keep the speed well under c (3*10^8 m/s). Shielding will still be a necessity.
EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind
Well, there has to be a first civilization, and there has to be a most advanced civilization. For some reason we never assumed that was us.
lonelystrandedalien
i can assure you, it is not you, not by a very long stretch.
pgdave
Because if anybody comes to us then we know that they're more advanced.
twozerooz
Because the odds of that are essentially zero
pgdave
Meh, the odds of any particular configuration of DNA existing is essentially zero, but it happens all the time.
twozerooz
That's not a logical analogy. I dont think I need to explain why
pgdave
The odds of any particular civilization being the most advanced is nearly zero, and yet there exists a particular civilization that is.
SamySoosa
The universe is still very young. So is humanity in fact. Someone's gotta be first. Who's it gonna be? This guy!
BIackNoir
HOLY SHIT. I'M TRIPPING NOW. YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND. WE'RE LITERALLY ONLY IN 2018... ONE DAY IT'LL POSSIBLY BE 34,564 AD...
SamySoosa
Exactly! Better freeze yourself now while the tanks are still...uhm...COLD!
twozerooz
Maybe, but almost definitely not.
EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind
What makes you say that? As Dr. Behroozi explains, Earth was formed within the first 8% of all eventually "habitable" planets. (1)
EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind
Meaning 92% of planets haven't even formed yet. Theoretically, there's more chance of us being among the most advanced than not. (2)
twozerooz
And yet that doesn't disprove my statement: the odds of us being the FIRST in the entire universe is essentially zero.
TrumpisaMiniBoss
Life forms, we will eventually be their nightmares. Humans will eventually be the unstoppable terror of the universe.
ministerm
Or we might as a species stick around long enough to figure out how to prevent death by entropy. Give us something to aim for at least.
truematetrue
My belief is we will eventually all kill each other unless we manage to get off this rock before that happens...
dashers
You assume the non-star trek future where we don't mature as a species.
LeeroyTheBird
We should be finding new and intelligent forms of life! You know, fight them. - Grif, Red vs Blue
misanthropicallygregarious
The God-Emperor of Mankind approves of this post.
butsir
i want this future
Alfadorfox
r/HFY
TheGreyKnightsBANNED
YES!
Anyport313
Suffer not the xenos to live.
BootyWrangler69
Or the helpful traveler.
zeusdemigod131
Oooor we could not be assholes and lead the universe into a shining future together
Rossage99
We can't even work together, let alone with other species from other worlds.
HerrFraeulein
Oh hoooney
NotYourAverageCakeSlice
Humans not being assholes? Have you been on the internet?
zeusdemigod131
Why is it so many people's dream to be monsters?
YouKilledMeImADeadGhooostNow
Your MOM hasn't been on the internet!!!!!!!!!111one1... BOOM, got em!
Bancheis
We can't even be polite enough to let people on or off the freeway, or merge into our lanes. This is too optimistic.
sharkba1t
But people do have a habit of coming together for a common goal or in times of crisis. Like say a hurricane. I'd like to think something 1/2
sharkba1t
like ET would bring people together and exponentially increase importance on things like space travel.
DadSavage
We are a simulation.
Willybum84
There is no spoon.
PicturesquePitcherPlant
So why not enjoy it, take Roy off the grid.
DeafMatcH
saw a guy that found comouter codes in our dna..wierd
DrzBa42
Citation Needed.
deathventure
Reminds me of the plot to Star Ocean: Till the End of Time on PS2
adaylateandaeuroshort
so you can choose take the tide pod or not
ninjaguineapig
Why do you think that?
canIuseyourtoilet
Would you please shut up or do you want them to delete us, as we become self aware???
SjorsM
Are there no aliens allowed in this simulation?
AVoiceOfReason
Probably not.
TheSaucyCrumpet
Following Bostrom's two basic assumptions, it's actually highly unlikely that our lives are not simulations.
darksniperknight
For all we know, we could all have been 'born' 5 mins ago. All our memories could have been implanted or altered.
PizzaSlot420
The Church of Last Thursday is always accepting new members
AisforApple
'We' could just be a statistical anomaly in the universe, a 'mind' which has improbably coalesced to have 'memories' for just this instance
Mcknizzle
Possible but very hard to prove as every proof we have of the universe being real could be argued as being just part of the simulation. So
Mcknizzle
why not treat it as real until evidence proves otherwise?
LightningFIshLivesInTheDeep
Like we're actually a very sophisticated SIMs game, and the player hasn't bought the "Aliens" DLC yet?
IAmTiredOfRacismAndAnger
Our wobble might be very unique factor
IAmTiredOfRacismAndAnger
yes I know we don't really "wobble" as it is the angle that stays the same as we travel around the sun. #Relativity
cardboardunderwear
The earth does indeed wobble. What that has to do with the probability of life forming I do not know. But we do wobble.
PSUTerra
Earthlings wobble, but they don't fall down.
CatsAreAssholes
inside another simulation!!!
GreetingsPrograms
SHHHHH! Are you mad?! Let's get naked before discussing this. That way they won't listen
Fubardir
Inside another simulation!
WeylandYutaniCorp
Okay, but what's the recipe for concentrated dark matter?
Rifneno
What's funny is, this is actually a BETTER hypothesis than some of the stuff in the post.
RobertLoblaw
C'mon man (or woman). You can't just drop a soggy scope of noodles like that and not gives us any sauce.
Rifneno
1-I'm not saying there's anything even approaching evidence we're in a simulation. I'm saying there's nothing AGAINST it either, while some
Rifneno
3-to bother contacting us. Their colonization would be impossible to miss.
Rifneno
2-of the stuff in this post is just silly. The silence one, for example. The entire point of Fermi's Paradox is that aliens wouldn't NEED
TheSaucyCrumpet
Read up on Nick Bostrom's simulation argument if you're interested
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whatmeworkquestionmark
Nah, our line of code just expires.
owlest
no? we are just virtual constructs in a simulation
Begotten
What happens when people in The Sims die?
Zeldon567
kunsaka
LolaSupershot
BenSnow97
Send that to the tide pod people, shortly after a copy of Inception
limenode
Don't you put that evil on me...
paterfisch
I don’t like reading this on the toilet
Jasani
Now a nurse is cleaning your bedpan. Way to be.
FreDZOMKA
Why is this so scary
MrSmilingDeath
Because it could very easily be true.
BenSnow97
[INCEPTION HORN]
JohnnyPepperony
Such a pretty cat <3
Zeldon567
eodalf
Si good it made me angry.
CaptainObviouslikesthemthicc
On an enclosed flat plane?
GarthBlader
What, like a flat disc?
CaptainObviouslikesthemthicc
Naw, infinite plane
ProfessorThicc
minecraft
mac821
But aren't planes 2D?
OneDayIWillBeBeatToDeathOverAPunButTodayIsKnotThatDay
I just flew to Atlanta on one....can confirm it was 3D.
ChameleonFacedGoon
flat earth confirmed
Miklik119
I watched a video a while back that mentioned that our greatest evidence against life being a simulation is the number for pi. (1/2)
Miklik119
(2/2) Basically, for a program to use a seemingly endless number in its calculations is extremely improbable.
pauljs75
About as improbable as a simulation that uses a fractal algorithm.
wyt3fr0g
Oh that's a good argument.
DavidBrooker
Maybe we just can't conceptualize a transcendental-number based computer easily because of our stupid simulated brains.
pgdave
Eh, you really only need a few digits of it to calculate with accuracy down to the planck level.
TheOne11111
thats what they want us to think, makes it easier for them.
penguin002
the thing there is that it's only seemingly endless from Our perspective and using our version of mathematics, it's possible that pi is 1/2
penguin002
actually just a Data Dump, an endless stream of numbers created by the attempt to render something that cannot be rendered, longer you 2/3
HoldThatTHOT
Pi doesn't end because it's a linear expansive patch number. 3.1 then 4.1 then 5.92 etc. Circle =patch=Pi=universe=circle
penguin002
try the more numbers there are, continue to infinity, incorrect input gets incorrect output. 3/3
Disclaimered
You just need to look at kittens for proof.
arrbos
a) no such thing as pi, it's a human construct, just like numbers b) pi isn't privileged, it's one among infinity of irrationals.
BenSnow97
And if it's a simulation, why would it be running on x86? If there is an outside, we know nothing about it and its computers
SaxonsNowRedux
Can simulate a universe but not pi? Idk man.
Snowentific
The universe is absolutely gigantic, but not infinite. Pi is irrational and therefore infinite, and also infinitely larger than the universe
SaxonsNowRedux
The universe is most definitely infinite. You cant step outside and look 'inside' of it.
Miklik119
Is there really that much difference between the two? If it is a simulation, the universe is just a string of numbers. Just like pi.
bpetersen
Well that's why you don't program using electricity but rather particles, forces, and an initial conditions (big bang)
AVoiceOfReason
I don't agree. I can simulate pi in my own computer program. It's entirely possible that our parent universe also has pi so they (1)
AVoiceOfReason
went ahead and encoded it into our universe, or we have it by extension of their Pi. Mathematics easily allows for endless numbers.
damogen
any good programmer would cut it off after a number of digits were it is no longer relevant
MrSmilingDeath
But apple or cherry? That's the real question.