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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito
You never heard of the Fermi Paradox then?
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Yep. I have, and I don't necessarily totally disagree with it. Have you ever seen "What the bleep do we know?" It's a really cool documentary that kind of elaborates on something like this. I really don't believe aliens have been travelling to Earth. At least not now. I mean, if they are, I think they've already done it. But another part of me thinks that they don't have the technology to explore space like that. It's just too big and everything is so far apart. I really get into quantum theory because it's pretty much based on the idea that there is a probability that all possible events, no matter how crazy or silly, might occur. I mean, how do we know parallel universes don't exist? I guess that's one reason why I'm so intrigued with black holes. Oh, and this reminds me. Vito, I'm not sure if you're into the Twilight Zone, but I remember in one episode, there was this guy who woke up only to find that his wife doesn't recognize him. She screams at him to leave before she calls the police. When he wanders around town, he finds that his lifelong friends also don't recognize him, as if he never existed. Finally he visits his parents' house, but they too claim they've never seen him before. They told him that they've never even had a son. Without friends, family or a home, he just drifts around town, eventually falling asleep on the park bench, like a homeless guy. When he wakes up the next day, he finds himself back in bed with his wife. However, when his wife turns around, he's shocked to find out that she's not his wife at all, but instead, she's this strange woman he's never seen before. That was probably one of the best ones I've seen. I'm just bringing this up because maybe a single quantum event can separate two worlds, one in which you live as a normal, productive citizen, and another that is exactly identical, except that you were never born. And to be able to travel between these worlds is within the laws of physics. I mean, I know the probability of it happening is pretty small. It's just that the universe is so big, and so weird, that quantum theory gives us a picture of the universe much stranger than we've ever imagined. I mean, just think about it, our galaxy is smaller than a grain of sand compared to everything else that make up the universe. So, imagine how small that makes Earth. I'm open to a lot of things, it's just that I can't see why other intelligent life forms would be travelling here, or even know of our existence. And if by chance they have, I just think it's already been done.
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