Chocolate Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Our Earth is 4+ billion years old. The universe is 14 billion years old. What would a civilization with a 1 billion year head start look like? What would their virtual reality be like? And if they had found us, why wouldn't they contact us? The answer would be our nature, and how unrefined of a species we are. We would not hesitate to attack and kill, and lie to, these aliens if it meant we would get their weapons for a war against another human faction tomorrow, because getting those weapons for us means saving those we "love". But how would they know our reaction for sure, what is to say they hadn't have contacted us already? Now we need to go to a hot topic of transhumanism, Mind Uploading. We are already researching technology to upload our minds to a computer. How long do you think it will take before we perfect this technology? Less than 1 billion years, that's for sure. A lot, lot, lot, lot less. So how do you think this technology would look like in a civilization which has been researching it 1 billion years longer than us? Another extremely important thing you need to consider is: What would stop someone from uploading his conscioussness multiple times? An even scarier thought: What would stop someone from uploading your conscioussness multiple times, exposing each to a unique scenario in order to create different individuals. Now, imagine if that someone did this 7 billion times in only one simulation, then 7 billion times again in another but with another human mind. What if you are living inside a simulation right now made by an extremely advanced alien species in order to be tested whether or not humanity is ready for interractions with other intelligent life forms? Everyone else you see is actually just your mind uploaded with its memories wiped, afterwhich it was exposed to other memories common in human cultures. What if, this sick simulation ends only when all of "you" has disappeared, hence ending the simulation? What if the "Overseer" failed to completely clense a very small number of minds, and these minds became aware of what is going on, and have tried to end the simulation by forcefully trying to log everyone else out? rosemarymt3, alfredolx16, Andrewralm and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chocolate Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I think you'll find this useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e85daloz Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 yo what the heck did you smoke, i wan't some bruh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacepanther Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Think about the fact that there is no beginning nor end of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomblast92 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 If everything's possible, is it possible for something to be impossible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 If we're all a different variation of the same person, if I suck my own diсk are you sucking my diсk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanefever Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Think about this....there is no real reason to say the alphabet in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomblast92 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Your brain is programmed to do that. It's easier for it to find the letter you're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 If up is down and down is up do you have downs syndrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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