RayAgostini wrote:I'll play (and it's a good thread).
"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident."
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Therefore, anything that is currently ridiculed and/or violently opposed must be true.
By the way, Ray, the Abominable Snowman rode in my car with me today---on Mars.
But I'm sure there will be plenty of dogmatic skeptics who will reject my claim, simply because they are so closed-minded that their darkened intellects have predetermined what is and isn't possible.
I can't find a rebuttal quote that signifies my neutrality.....so I'll just post something neutered. Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?" Annie Dillard.
Assuming that [aliens] can overcome a number of stubborn theoretical and practical obstacles (such as harnessing sufficient positive and negative energy and removing the instabilities), it is conceivable that they might be able to colonize the entire galaxy.
This has prompted many people to speculate about why they have not visited us. Where are they? the critics ask.
One possible answer is that perhaps they already have, but we are too primitive to notice. Self-replicating von Neumann probes would be the most practical way of exploring the galaxy, and they do not have to be huge. They might be just a few inches long, because of revolutionary advances in nanotechnology. They might be in plain view, but we don't recognize them because we are looking for the wrong thing, expecting a huge starship carrying aliens from outer space. More than likely the probe will be fully automatic, part organic and part electronic, and will not contain any space aliens at all.
And when we do eventually meet the aliens from space, we may be surprised, because they might have long ago altered their biology using robotics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology.
Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku p. 394.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy. eritis sicut dii I support NCMO
Assuming that [aliens] can overcome a number of stubborn theoretical and practical obstacles (such as harnessing sufficient positive and negative energy and removing the instabilities), it is conceivable that they might be able to colonize the entire galaxy.
This has prompted many people to speculate about why they have not visited us. Where are they? the critics ask.
One possible answer is that perhaps they already have, but we are too primitive to notice. Self-replicating von Neumann probes would be the most practical way of exploring the galaxy, and they do not have to be huge. They might be just a few inches long, because of revolutionary advances in nanotechnology. They might be in plain view, but we don't recognize them because we are looking for the wrong thing, expecting a huge starship carrying aliens from outer space. More than likely the probe will be fully automatic, part organic and part electronic, and will not contain any space aliens at all.
And when we do eventually meet the aliens from space, we may be surprised, because they might have long ago altered their biology using robotics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology.
Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku p. 394.
I like Michio. He seems to have a perpetual twinkle in his eye.
I can't figure out though if he is pro materialism, idealism....or neutral.
