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Occam's Razor says that we are alone in the universe. (Feel free to downvote me, flag, etc., for speaking heresy.)
by otabdeveloper4 5y ago
Occam's Razor says that we are alone in the universe.
(Feel free to downvote me, flag, etc., for speaking heresy.)
- elsonrodriguez 5y agoCurrently alone in time and distance, most likely. Uniquely sentient across time and distance, impossible.
- aksss 5y agoAdding infinite resources enables absolutism.
- 0_gravitas 5y agoAnd yet there's reason to suspect so
- aksss 5y agoThere's reason to believe many things if you sprinkle on some infinity-dust.
- tantalor 5y agoI dunno, "we are special and unique" doesn't sound like the simplest possible explanation.
- bhelkey 5y agoWe are alone doesn't necessarily imply that we are special, we could be the first.
- tantalor 5y agoBeing first is special. Only one can be first.
- otabdeveloper4 5y ago"We are alone" is the default assumption, barring any obvious evidence for aliens. Attaching 'specialness' to the default assumption is just your emotional reaction and unwarranted.
- booleandilemma 5y agoOccam’s Razor also says all planets orbit the earth because we are God’s finest creation and what other way would it be?
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoYou misunderstand Occam's Razor. The idea is that the least informationally complex theory should be the default. So, > Occam’s Razor also says all planets orbit the earth yes > because we are God’s finest creation no
- nr2x 5y agoFermi would like a word.
- thamer 5y agoIn the tiny bubble of radius ~130 light-years that we've managed to send radio waves to, maybe. The radius of the observable universe is about 46.5 billion light-years, who knows what else is in there. The ratio between these two numbers is about 1 in 358 million. Saying that we're alone because we haven't heard back after emitting radio waves for only 130 years is like being at a point in space, looking half an inch around us (1.3 cm) in all directions and declaring that Occam's Razor says there's probably nothing within a radius of 2,900 miles (4,650 km). Does that seem reasonable? :-)