10 unsettling answers to the fermi paradox

[nullnor]

for a while i've been looking at people like they are one organism. which is actually kind of hard. i've noticed that music is like life getting together to perform one thing.

different individuals combining to perform something. to sing a song or create a note.

as the universe is so spread out, you only feel lost when you think you are alone.

[onejayhawk]

I was thinking it's probably the size of earth!

The big red spot is about 3x the Earth. That should give you some scale. Note that the big spot is shrinking and getting rounder compared to photos from 50-100 years ago.

for a while i've been looking at people like they are one organism. which is actually kind of hard. i've noticed that music is like life getting together to perform one thing.

different individuals combining to perform something. to sing a song or create a note.

as the universe is so spread out, you only feel lost when you think you are alone.

Someone said the world was made so we would have a place to stand. It is sufficient to say I do not feel lost. What is unique is often also valuable.

J

[Steve 2.0]

What is unique is often also valuable.

Go on.....

[onejayhawk]

Go on.....

I am valued and appreciated. I hope you are too.

J

[Steve 2.0]

I am valued and appreciated. I hope you are too.

J

But I'm not unique.

[TranaGreg]

But I'm not unique.

because of the whole alternate-universe thing, right???

[Ken]

because of the whole alternate-universe thing, right???

Or is it because of Steve

[Kevin Seitzer]

because of the whole alternate-universe thing, right???

Duplicates make biological links across universes, kind of like that Star Trek episode Mirror, Mirror.

[The Feral Slasher]

Duplicates make biological links across universes, kind of like that Star Trek episode Mirror, Mirror.

I disagree

[Steve 2.0]

because of the whole alternate-universe thing, right???

Mostly just because there are a lot of people on Earth.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Mostly just because there are a lot of people on Earth.

The rent is too damn high!

[Ken]

Mostly just because there are a lot of people on Earth.

But only 2.0 Steves.

[Steve 2.0]

But only 2.0 Steves.

Some would say that 2.0 too many.

[onejayhawk]

Some would say that 2.0 too many.

I thought it was 2.0 many Trumps in the deck.

In any event, I am often assured that I am unique.

J

[The Feral Slasher]

I disagree

…..I disagree