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What if aliens live on a different timescale than us, such that blinking their (presumably proverbial) eyes takes centuries? The speed of light suddenly feels a
by vanviegen 6y ago
What if aliens live on a different timescale than us, such that blinking their (presumably proverbial) eyes takes centuries? The speed of light suddenly feels a lot faster!
And why would these life forms need to be biological? Do they need to have a limited lifespan? Could they send their consciousness in a droid? There seem to be options!
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoRe: your last point, that's something I find the most realistic; Von Neumann probes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft), self-replicating robots that spread across the universe, possibly carrying traces of the civilization that once built them.
- V-2 6y ago"What if aliens live on a different timescale than us, such that blinking their (presumably proverbial) eyes takes centuries? The speed of light suddenly feels a lot faster!" I think it's reasonable to assume that natural selection wouldn't favor that timescale. For one, cosmic catastrophies - and resulting extinction events - would be much more often from the perspective of a "slow motion" lifeform. On the other hand, from the perspective of "super fast living" creatures the universe would appear as a much more peaceful and friendly place.