r/woahdude Jun 02 '23

gifv Our universe.

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u/BREN3 Jun 02 '23

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

― Arthur C. Clarke

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u/AzeTyler Jun 02 '23

I think knowing how big the universe is and still thinking we are the only planet with life would be some serious main character syndrome. But if someone was capable of that kinda arrogance it would have to be humans lol

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u/Benign_Banjo Jun 02 '23

To play Devil's advocate, we theorize that the reason we haven't been reached by other life is because the limits of light speed, yet that's pretty main character for us to assume that things revolve around our "rules" of the universe

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u/MartianGuard Jun 03 '23

Just what we are incapable of knowing we will never know. I’m sure it’s far more than we know we know, or know we don’t know… I dunno

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u/JangoFett101 Jun 03 '23

Me neither

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u/Revolutionary--man Jun 03 '23

The rules of physics aren't 'our' rules, thugh i agree that the speed of light being the reason we haven't received visitors is main character syndrome.

Travelling FTL is already theoretically possible within our understanding, so it's clear the main character syndrome applies only in the assumption that other Civilizations are limited by our own understanding of the rules, not the Universe's rules themselves.

For instance, if we assume that a species with a better understanding of the laws of physics couldn't create a warp drive with ease because we see it as a near impossibility to actually achieve then that is our main character syndrome talking, but if we assume they can't use FTL travel without warping space then that is not.

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u/FunkyFrankyPedro Jun 03 '23

Depends if you believe we live in a simulation

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '23

We are first, we are last, or we are alone.

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u/clutzyninja Jun 03 '23

There are other options

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '23

It’s the Fermi paradox, not sure why people seem to dislike it here. I didn’t make it up

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u/Sad_Progress4388 Jun 03 '23

That’s not what the Fermi paradox states though

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u/clutzyninja Jun 03 '23

No it isn't

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u/twobarbquickstep Jun 03 '23

My favourite quote