@EnoughYour87905 @FBranney57985 @NightSkyToday Right now we know there’s life on at least one planet. If we assume that is expected in a universe our size, that means the probability of life forming on a planet is about the same as flipping a coin heads 85 times in a row. I think life should be more rare than that personally
@MagicallyViral@NightSkyToday If we can figure out the origin of life on earth, we can simulate earth forming over and over and obtain an estimate for the probability of life forming. This wouldn’t tell us for sure, but it would tell us with confidence whether or not we’re alone. It would take a while though.
@NightSkyToday There’s 10^25 planets in the universe. If we’re alone that means the odds of life forming are about the same as flipping a coin heads 85 times in a row. If aliens exists, the probability is likely higher. My intuition tells me life should be more rare than that
@forallcurious The only thing this proves is that quantum mechanics works as expected. The multiverse interpretation is just one of infinitely many unprovable explanations for why quantum mechanics works this way.
@elonmusk@BrianRoemmele Would you give me funding to make a movie about you leading us to mars and starting a civilization and then 100 years later earth and mars go to space war over your data centers. YOLO just saying
@AstronomyVibes If you couldn’t see, hear, touch, smell, or taste anything, would you be able to think? What would a thought even be? I think the lack of an answer to this question is proof enough that thoughts are not created by you, they are just computations performed on some input
@Luke_Flyswatter@AstronomyVibes If free will existed it would have to exist for fundamental particles on some scale as well. It really should have nothing to do with consciousness or thoughts.
@Wisdom_HQ There’s 10^25 planets in the universe. If we’re alone, a good guess for the probability of life forming on a planet is (1/10^25), which is the same odds as winning 85 blackjack hands in a row. Idk about you, but I think life is much more rare than that. Ain’t no aliens imo.
@CoCoKruszynski The most interesting thing in the universe is consciousness.
No one ever said “the meaning of life” and was referring to trees. We are talking about the experience of being alive that no one can explain. “Life” in the sense of Biology and Statistics is solved