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Alone?
Does Ming the Merciless really live on the planet Mongo, or do you think we all alone in the universe?
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Re. //I think there are many more than one of him out there somewhere.//
According to Martin Rees - The Astronomer Royal, he, (Ming) could be right here ! He states there might be a three-dimensional universe just a millimetre away from us, and if that millimetre was measured in a fourth spatial dimension we would be completely unaware of it. He goes on to say "That reality may include aliens existing right in front of us, but if they don't have humanoid features we might never recognise them." Any takers for this?
According to Martin Rees - The Astronomer Royal, he, (Ming) could be right here ! He states there might be a three-dimensional universe just a millimetre away from us, and if that millimetre was measured in a fourth spatial dimension we would be completely unaware of it. He goes on to say "That reality may include aliens existing right in front of us, but if they don't have humanoid features we might never recognise them." Any takers for this?
Given the millions of stars and planets out there it stands to reason that we are not alone but if the others have the same problems as we have with space travel I doubt if we shall ever meet any of them. So don't worry, khandro, short of some kind of miracle you are perfectly safe from Ming the Merciless and the (shudder) Clay Men.
Its a slightly anthropocentric question isnt it Khandro? Are we, as a planet full of a myriad of different species of organic, thriving life, alone in the universe? It would seem extremely unlikely, given the sheer vastness of numbers of galaxies and stars and planets within the universe.
Are we, humans, as a conscious, intelligent species, alone in the universe? Slightly different question. Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe? Probably. Just playing the numbers game should guarantee that. But at a stage in their civilisation where they can focus on such things as spaceflight and interaction with other races? Assuming, of course, that their drives and motivations are broadly similar to our own.Given the vastness of the universe, and the limits that form the basis of our current understanding of interstellar travel, that would seem extremely unlikely.Are we ever likely to meet and have meaningful, useful interactions with such a species? Much, much more difficult to say.. Should such an interaction occur, it seems far more likely that it would be at the instigation of an advanced alien species.....
As to the multiverse thing - its a theorectical construct, but regardless of the "thinness" of the "walls" that separate the various multiverses, communication or travel across such a boundary would be even more hypothetical, even less likely that developing FTL travel............
Are we, humans, as a conscious, intelligent species, alone in the universe? Slightly different question. Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe? Probably. Just playing the numbers game should guarantee that. But at a stage in their civilisation where they can focus on such things as spaceflight and interaction with other races? Assuming, of course, that their drives and motivations are broadly similar to our own.Given the vastness of the universe, and the limits that form the basis of our current understanding of interstellar travel, that would seem extremely unlikely.Are we ever likely to meet and have meaningful, useful interactions with such a species? Much, much more difficult to say.. Should such an interaction occur, it seems far more likely that it would be at the instigation of an advanced alien species.....
As to the multiverse thing - its a theorectical construct, but regardless of the "thinness" of the "walls" that separate the various multiverses, communication or travel across such a boundary would be even more hypothetical, even less likely that developing FTL travel............
Maybe we should drop this discussion...
Ming: "Every thousand years, I test each life system in the Universe. I visit it with mysteries, earthquakes, unpredicted eclipses, strange craters in the wilderness... If these are taken as natural, I judge that system ignorant and harmless - I spare it. But if the Hand of Ming is recognized in these events, I judge that system dangerous to us. I call upon the great god Dyzan, and for his greater glory, and for our mutual pleasure, I destroy it utterly."
[From the movie 'Flash Gordon', 1980]
Ming: "Every thousand years, I test each life system in the Universe. I visit it with mysteries, earthquakes, unpredicted eclipses, strange craters in the wilderness... If these are taken as natural, I judge that system ignorant and harmless - I spare it. But if the Hand of Ming is recognized in these events, I judge that system dangerous to us. I call upon the great god Dyzan, and for his greater glory, and for our mutual pleasure, I destroy it utterly."
[From the movie 'Flash Gordon', 1980]
