Was reminded how Epstien not killing himself was/is so accepted yet it’s still a conspiracy theory. Is there any similar ones you guys believe to be completely true ?

  • khannie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We’re either alone as an intelligent species in this galaxy or the great filter is true

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter

    Even with our current level of technology which has gone from first flight to landing on the moon in just 66 years we could colonize the entire galaxy in 200 million years which is a blink of an eye.

    I think life is common but humans are special or we’re fucked.

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      Or maybe there’s a bunch of civilizations that are currently 10 million years into their timeline and just haven’t reached us yet!

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      How is that a conspiracy theory? Surely that’s philosophy/science extrapolation.

      Whenever this comes up I remember the story of someone going to the Amazon and asking a tribe how to communicate long distances. Like future sci fi technology. They used drums to communicate so all they could come up with was really big drums that can go further than their current ones.

      If they were looking for intelligent life they couldn’t even imagine radio waves nevermind understand it or search for it.

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      And if you pick up a dime on the sidewalk and it takes a second, you’re making $8640 a day bro!

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      We feel alone, but that’s because all other intelligent life is staying away.

      Nobody wants to meet meat.

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      There is no filter, other forms of life are already here. UAPs are real and confirmed by the US government and military personnel.

      People just can’t accept it. We aren’t special and we never were.

      • ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works
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        UAPs could be anything, we have no idea what. No evidence was presented that they are aliens, and the ex-intelligence guy who claimed that they are aliens also believes the Vatican is involved in the cover up, not exactly credible.