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Another explanation, possibly unrelated to the slides: It's hubris to (a) know the universe is probably infinite and (b) assume that life evolved anywhere with
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
Another explanation, possibly unrelated to the slides:
It's hubris to (a) know the universe is probably infinite and (b) assume that life evolved anywhere within our slice of it.
Infinite! The universe seems to be infinite. If that's true, it seems just as likely that all intelligent life in the universe is completely alone.
- smilliken 9y agoConsensus in physics is that the universe is finite[1]. Even if it weren't finite, it's likely still a moot question because the speed of light will inhibit us from every seeing outside a finite radius. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe
- sillysaurus3 9y agoThat's likely our observable portion of the infinite universe. It doesn't mean the universe is finite.
- oceanswave 9y agoIf your definition of infinite is also includes that the portion of the universe that actually has energy in it is 1/∞ then sure