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> Could the curled up dimensions string theory postulates be actually be another consequence of powerful entities doing wide-scale manipulation of the universe?
by ythn 10y ago
> Could the curled up dimensions string theory postulates be actually be another consequence of powerful entities doing wide-scale manipulation of the universe?
So what you are saying is that there is a chance Godlike beings with advanced mastery over physics could exist?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoGodlike power is a function of technology and what the universe allows. The universe allows for splitting atoms, and thus we've packaged that ability into a bomb that's l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶L̶a̶n̶g̶h̶o̶r̶n̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶R̶a̶k̶u̶r̶a̶i̶ a bigger direct display of power than almost anything the God of the Bible did post deluge. Or consider we've fucked up the climate change problem and Earth suffers from runaway global warming. We all die. 500 years from now, an alien probe from Proxima Centauri passes through the Solar System. The aliens would see Earth and wonder how a Venus-like planet formed in (what we call) a habitable zone. Maybe they'd end up reconsidering their models of planetary evolution ("Surely it couldn't be aliens", they'd say, "that's ridiculous! There's no proof of other life out there except our own!"). Maybe the wide-scale manipulation of what we today consider fundamental physics is possible. Surely, a lot of popularly accepted sci-fi technologies would be able to do that if one would follow them to their obvious conclusions at scale (one shovel can dig you a ditch; a thousand shovels will dig you a great canal). And if it is possible, what's to say it hasn't already happened?
- baddox 10y agoNote that Venus is in what we call a habitable zone. So is Mars.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoThanks for the correction! I hope the general intent of my example is still somewhat clear though.
- eveningcoffee 10y agoWe should send carbon sequestration probes and contaminate it with life.
- pwg 10y ago> Godlike power is a function of technology and what the universe allows. Your comment reminded me of Author C. Clarke's third law: 3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws
- Declanomous 10y agoIf you read the article, you'd notice that this reference is made in one of the first few sentences.