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> That would lead me to speculate that if we were looking for messages from the previous universe (in the style of the movie/book Contact) then we should look t
by civilitty 3y ago
> That would lead me to speculate that if we were looking for messages from the previous universe (in the style of the movie/book Contact) then we should look to the signature of the background radiation (CMB).
That was the premise behind the Stargate Universe TV series.
<spoilers> The Ancients detect a pattern in the cosmic background radiation that hints at an intelligence that existed before the beginning of time and send a fleet of automated ships with FTL to research it. Millions of years later, the US Air Force manages to send a team on a one way trip to the flagship and hijinks ensue.</spoilers>
- zoogeny 3y agoMore proof that there are no new ideas under the sun! It is interesting to me that they chose the CMB as well. Although, looking at the Wikipedia synopsis it seems to speculate: "This discovery suggested the possibility of life before or immediately after the Big Bang, and Destiny was launched millions of years ago to study and gather data regarding this possibility." I wonder if they were going towards a purposeful communication plot as well, or even a plot suggesting a recurrence theme. I think of it sometimes like the ouroboros/eternal-return mystical philosophy. Like, the advanced life that we end up creating in this universe knows that the only way it can recreate itself is to recreate us, like we are just some kind of bootstrap for the universe's final form.