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> - How unusual are we in the universe? If a tree falls on a planet 15 billion light years from Earth, does it matter to us? I think what really matters is how
by anonymouskimmer 3y ago
> - How unusual are we in the universe?
If a tree falls on a planet 15 billion light years from Earth, does it matter to us? I think what really matters is how unusual are we in our galaxy and its neighbors.
- randallsquared 3y ago"in the universe" could be read as "in general", which means specifying our galaxy and its neighbors implies a specific difference between our local conditions and conditions elsewhere that may not exist. Why import conditions?
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoI wouldn't assume uniformity until it is demonstrated. We already know beyond doubt that most galaxies are in far denser neighbors that ours is, and a few are in even more rural neighborhoods. Also, for this question it really matters who we will ever meet, or could ever meet, even in artifact form, or vice versa. Galaxies far enough away are effectively in parallel universes for all intents except physics.
- macintux 3y agoI'm interested in the answer universally, pardon the pun. Even if we never meet them in the distant future, I'd like to know that someone else is out there.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoThis is a never-ending series of questions. Is there a multiverse? Did life exist in universes before ours? Will life be created billions of years from now in our own universe?
- macintux 3y agoI’m sorry my curiosity bothers you.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoIt doesn't bother me. I just wanted to speculate on some of tangents.