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Lots of pat answers from the smart kids here at HN. I dunno guys, maybe the universe is a lot stranger than we can get our heads around, and we should admit th
by carsongross 15y ago
Lots of pat answers from the smart kids here at HN.
I dunno guys, maybe the universe is a lot stranger than we can get our heads around, and we should admit that we don't know.
- cousin_it 15y agoEmbracing ignorance is not the right answer to ignorance. For an example of a genuinely strange resolution to the Fermi paradox, see Paul Almond's "Civilization-level quantum suicide": http://www.paul-almond.com/CivilizationLevelQuantumSuicide.pdf http://www.paul-almond.com/CivilizationLevelQuantumSuicide.p...
- carsongross 15y agoAdmitting our own limitations in the face of a bizarre situation is not embracing ignorance. There are a lot of scientistic answers in this thread that are as scientifically valid as "God created us uniquely in his own image". Admitting that would be a good first step. MOAR DOWNVOTES!