I could have answered this last night but as I often do decided to see
how others responded to the idea or your question. My immediate
response would have been the same as salyavin's: it gets us to reality.
But then their is Jr's interest in finding other humanoid species to
communicate with. What about learning to communicate with the other
intelligent species we have right here on earth? We know that dolphins
and whales are very intelligent and I don't think they are our inferiors
just because they don't build tall buildings or use computers (though
given a proper interface they might). And then there was the news item
the other day that dogs brains are wired like human brains. Or that
cats see humans as just bigger cats. IOW, we are just beginning to
understand our fellow creatures.
Or as a computer scientist I enjoy seeing the predictable discoveries
made trying to create intelligent machines. Just the other day I was
reading about the robots which can build something with minimal
intelligence just emulating how termites build their mounds. I would
take it a step further to say that insects are nothing more than organic
machines. Or possibly further that animals may be nothing more than
organic machines. And that would include humans. And finally that
"God" may be nothing but something recognizable as a mathematical
equation (and possibly a simple one) that due to it's formula just
creates this illusion of "worlds."
Just sayin'.
On 02/23/2014 06:03 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote:
You are placing too much value on the human species. We are probably
just a blip in Earth's history. A million years from now something
else maybe better will have taken our place. They may only find
fossils of our existence. So it goes.
Sure, and where does this theory get us?
On 02/23/2014 05:14 PM, jr_esq@... <mailto:jr_esq@...> wrote:
Share,
I was thinking along the lines of life, including the existence of
human beings, as a reflection of the abundance of life in the
universe. If this is so, then what are the mechanisms for making
this happen at such disparate places. Perhaps the holographic theory
of the universe may be true.
Also, even if we can detect the existence of humanoids in these
exoplanets, is it possible for us to communicate with them or even
visit their worlds? At this time, our technology is not advanced
enough to make this happen.
