theedgeofthefreud
theedgeofthefreud t1_j96oj6k wrote
Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in AI - Artificial Intelligence by FreshAirCoolWater
So you acknowledge that there very well could be alien life, beyond a distance at which we could interact with or detect it? Thanks, I think we agree now.
theedgeofthefreud t1_j96nvn6 wrote
Reply to comment by meshtron in AI - Artificial Intelligence by FreshAirCoolWater
Very eloquent! Hey, if you like thinking about this, have you ever read the Issac Asimov "Foundation" series? u/just-a-dreamer might enjoy it as well. I also like to wonder about these questions and Foundation was just awesome!
theedgeofthefreud t1_j96l2n6 wrote
Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in AI - Artificial Intelligence by FreshAirCoolWater
🤦♂️ so anyway. I was just saying that we don't know if there are aliens or not, but you are now half tree and shooting dna to foreign stars. Can you tell me some of your other ideas? I'm bored.
theedgeofthefreud t1_j96g3bs wrote
Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in AI - Artificial Intelligence by FreshAirCoolWater
Even if an alien civilization did inhabit all of its own solar system, we would be currently unable to detect them. We can't actually observe any of the world's they would inhabit. Also, what makes you think that we would inhabit half the galaxy? A quick Google search informs me that currently a trip to proxima centauri would take 80,000 years. 80,000 years is a long time. Consider how humans lived 80,000 years ago, and try to envision how they will live 80,000 years in the future. It's pretty close minded to be so sure that there is nothing alive in such a vast place as this universe. Perhaps you've seen that picture describing the reach of our radio transmissions? https://www.planetary.org/space-images/extent-of-human-radio-broadcasts
theedgeofthefreud t1_j96cxni wrote
Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in AI - Artificial Intelligence by FreshAirCoolWater
You do recognize that exo planets are detected by the rotation of their stars, not by direct observation, and that the closest star is 4.25 light years away? How in the universe could we say if there are aliens or not? Especially considering that there are at least 100 billion stars in our galaxy and that there are likely 125 billion other galaxies.
theedgeofthefreud t1_j6b3mpt wrote
Reply to comment by Spitzplar in TIL that Albert Severin Roche, who was initially rejected by the French Army for being "too puny", was publicly called "the first soldier of France" by General Foch in 1918 for his heroism in WWI by AnselaJonla
You know, I haven't actually heard the song yet. Is it good?
theedgeofthefreud t1_j96qdvb wrote
Reply to comment by just-a-dreamer- in AI - Artificial Intelligence by FreshAirCoolWater
If you understand how, "There could be," is different from "There are no," then my work here is done. Check out "Foundation," I can tell you would like it!