There HAS to be life on other planets..

[Fort Fun Indiana]

But it seems telling that not one single radio wave from an intelligent civilization has ever been detected despite the billions of years potential alien civilizations have had to emit them and travel

Also not too surprising. The energy of the radio waves decreases exponentially over distance. We should not expect to detect radio sources like our tv/radio transmissions from a civilization in even the closest galaxy to us.

Also, did we change lanes? I was talking about life in general. We shouldn't expect any radio waves from any life that hasn't formed intelligent societies.

This and the physical restrictions on soace travel are why the Fermi Paradox isn't really a paradox at all.

 

[braalian]

Also not too surprising. The energy of the radio waves decreases exponentially over distance. We should not expect to detect radio sources like our tv/radio transmissions from a civilization in even the closest galaxy to us.

Also, did we change lanes? I was talking about life in general. We shouldn't expect any radio waves from any life that hasn't formed intelligent societies.

This and the physical restrictions on soace travel are why the Fermi Paradox isn't really a paradox at all.

Well, if the physical distances are so immense that we’ll never no one way or another, isn’t it all just speculation?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Well, if the physical distances are so immense that we’ll never no one way or another, isn’t it all just speculation?

Isn't some speculation more well based and well informed than other speculation?

Einstein used theoretical evidence to speculate the existence of black holes.

 

[ding]

I know what "will" is. Do you?

I can describe it mathematically, and show you how it happens in the brain.

However you'd have to know a little about information geometry.... start here:

Information Geometry and its Applications to Machine Learning - Shun-Ichi Amari - MLSS 2012 Kyoto Slides - yosinski.com

yosinski.com

Still don't get your point.

 

[scruffy]

“The universe is really big” does not automatically equate to there being life outside of earth.

Maybe there is, maybe there isn’t.

All we know is that there’s been zero evidence of extraterrestrial life thus far

BULLSHIT

Complete and thorough bullshit.

 

[ding]

BULLSHIT

Complete and thorough bullshit.

How so?

 

[scruffy]

Still don't get your point.

My point is, human beings make God anthropomorphic because it's the only thing they understand.

 

[ding]

My point is, human beings make God anthropomorphic because it's the only thing they understand.

If you remove all anthropomorphic content from your conception of God: you remove all content of any kind. In the end, you are left with a God whose essence is unknowable and indescribable. Of what possible value is such a conception either to philosophy or religion or mankind?

 

[ding]

My point is, human beings make God anthropomorphic because it's the only thing they understand.

If I said God was every extant attribute of reality, what would that mean to you?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

In the end, you are left with a God whose essence is unknowable and indescribable.

Which would just be honesty. Frustrating for faithers, maybe, but honesty all the same.

 

[ding]

Which would just be honesty. Frustrating for faithers, maybe, but honesty all the same.

That's odd considering you seem to be the one frustrated most of the time.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

That's odd considering you seem to be the one frustrated most of the time.

Oh boy, I see someone else.broke you before I showed up today.

Will try again tomorrow.

 

[ding]

Oh boy, I see someone else.broke you before I showed up today.

Will try again tomorrow.

This is your normal MO. You offer absolutely no value whatsoever to almost any conversation you are involved in. You seek out conflict because your existence is pathetic and you think misery loves company. It doesn't. So take your childish behaviors and go make peace with your homosexuality.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

This is your normal MO. You offer absolutely no value whatsoever to almost any conversation you are involved in. You seek out conflict because your existence is pathetic and you think misery loves company. It doesn't. So take your childish behaviors and go make peace with your homosexuality.

Nobody wants to hear a grown man whine.

Sorry your god isn't a shoe salesman at Kohls or something.

 

[ding]

Nobody wants to hear a grown man whine.

Then shut up.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Then shut up.

Cry it all out.

So you're coming to the realization that the parameters you assign to your god also make him unknowable and undescribable.

This could be an important moment for you. Then you have to ruin it with a tantrum.

 

[ding]

Cry it all out.

So you're coming to the realization that the parameters you assign to your god also make him unknowable and undescribable.

This could be an important moment for you. Then you have to ruin it with a tantrum.

The only one crying is you. You do this all the time.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The only one crying is you. You do this all the time.

Take all the time you need.

So, back to the little subtopic. Try to keep it together, man.

Kind of a catch 22, eh?

 

[ding]

Take all the time you need.

So, back to the little subtopic. Try to keep it together, man.

Kind of a catch 22, eh?

How much longer is this going to go on?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

How much longer is this going to go on?

No time at all, tapout accepted.