It's depressing to think that we may never be able to physicallty travel farther than Mars

[thehighking]

Because it's very likely that there are not only boring rocks and gas giants out there. Just look at the Earth. We are the very exemple of this. It's also about the preservation of thte species through space colonization.

Simulations are cool and can certainly give you an idea of what to expect but ultimately they're just that : simulations.

I don't agree with preserving our species. We already fucked up one planet just let us die out and not infect the rest of the universe

 

[Sterling]

We are still developing technologically at a rapid pace, think about how far we've come in a matter of a few hundred years. There will eventually be thing's available we haven't even conceived of yet so we have no idea if it will ever be possible or not. Something like cybernetics could take us over the top and allow us to do thing's we never thought were even attainable. If we're still around 10,000+ years from now things could be entirely different.

 

[MusterX]

Indeed

Hell just the concept of the sun itself and other stars like it is crazy. It's a fucking giant fireball that has been burning and will keep burning at hundreds of thousands/millions of degrees for millions of years. It,s truly insane stuff when you take the time to think about it. The universe truly is a fascinating place. That's not to mention black holes , quasars , supernova etc etc. It,s just insane

There is no fire on the sun. Its nuclear fusion.

The sun is carrying out a much different process called nuclear fusion. Each second the sun converts 700,000,000 tons of the element hydrogen into 695,000,000 tons of the element helium. This releases energy in the form of gamma rays. The gamma rays are mostly converted to light eventually. This process does not require oxygen. It does require incredibly high temperatures and pressures.

 

[MusterX]

Not really sure where your logic is here, to boldly state there is no other intelligent life in a universe with trillions of planets. Ok.

If the Drake Equation is even remotely correct then there could be a hundred thousand advanced civilizations in the Milky Way alone. In 1959 a Harvard professor said this, although since then we have learned there are even more stars and planets than we thought.

Two months later, Harvard University astronomy professor Harlow Shapley speculated on the number of inhabited planets in the universe, saying "The universe has 10 million, million, million suns (10 followed by 18 zeros) similar to our own. One in a million has planets around it. Only one in a million million has the right combination of chemicals, temperature, water, days and nights to support planetary life as we know it. This calculation arrives at the estimated figure of 100 million worlds where life has been forged by evolution."[9]

Think of this. There are likely so many civilizations in the universe, we wouldn't even be able to catalogue them.

 

[MusterX]

 

[Grassshoppa]

Why is it so big?

 

[ShinkanPo]

When you get sick, do you meditate and hope it goes away? Or do you meditate to post here? Because most of us use technology which comes form science.

He will meditate and masturbate.

 

[loyalyolayal]

How fast could you transport your consciousness through quantum entanglement? That’s what I’m working on. I’ll get you to alpha centuri, my friend. Don’t you worry.

We found the Diaz bros dealer.

 

[Deleted member 220895]

I hope we'll eventually be able to send our avatars or holograms into other galaxies. Show all them deep space Aliens what type of sexy their missing out on.

I'd give em my deep space 9 inches

 

[robotsonic]

If the Drake Equation is even remotely correct then there could be a hundred thousand advanced civilizations in the Milky Way alone. In 1959 a Harvard professor said this, although since then we have learned there are even more stars and planets than we thought.

Two months later, Harvard University astronomy professor Harlow Shapley speculated on the number of inhabited planets in the universe, saying "The universe has 10 million, million, million suns (10 followed by 18 zeros) similar to our own. One in a million has planets around it. Only one in a million million has the right combination of chemicals, temperature, water, days and nights to support planetary life as we know it. This calculation arrives at the estimated figure of 100 million worlds where life has been forged by evolution."[9]

Think of this. There are likely so many civilizations in the universe, we wouldn't even be able to catalogue them.

Not just an ocean of space, we're also in an ocean of time. The likelihood of us being in close proximity at the same time as another sentient speciesis miniscule, they could be millions/billions of years ahead of us, in which case we would be like ants to them. Alternatively they could be bacteria at this point in their evolution and we'd ignore them.

Either way it ain't going to be like Star Trek

 

[SugarKrok]

Doesn't make sense trying to physically be present at these places. Best we could hope for is to send out some probes. Humans will never be able to survice a trip to another galaxy.

I think the idea we'll use wormholes is just imgaination. With the PC bullshit of today whose gonna send a monkey through to find out if survival is possible?

 

[Hog-train]

Sleeper ships. That's what we will do initially.

Those sleeper ships will hit a wormhole that takes them back in time to a galaxy far, far away. Those humans will, over thousands of years, eventually populate the new galaxy and become the dominant race. They will then discover something called "The Force."

But for some strange reason, all the descendants of those human settlers are white Anglo-Saxon males with mullets and 1 black guy in the entire galaxy. Also weird - all the alien races in that galaxy are humanoid in size and shape with the same basic morphology - fingers, noses and eyes. And all the aliens speak a language called "Basic" that is eerily identical to American English. Strange.

Then a few years later, all of a sudden, females evolved and became stronger, smarter, kinder and morally superior than all the men. Just better in every way with interesting purple hair.

And all the white Anglo-Saxon men with mullets started becoming butthurt and complained about it on something called the "Interwebz" and "Reddit" all day 24/7. The end.

 

[IamStryker]

Reason is space colonization for the preservation of the specie aka the human race. With the way things are going we're pretty much gonna be fucked u here on earthp at some point. If not by our very own hands then by nature. And since we've already colonized the whole planet there is only one other avenue and that's space.



Oh i do but scientific curiosity and exploring the unknown is fascinating to me. Also as i said for the long term and preservation of the species when shit goes down here on our beloved earth.

People will tell you that the human race isn't what matters. They will say that we should be glad to bring AI into the universe which will quickly surpass us and will be able to expand into the universe.

 

[moreorless87]

If the Drake Equation is even remotely correct then there could be a hundred thousand advanced civilizations in the Milky Way alone. In 1959 a Harvard professor said this, although since then we have learned there are even more stars and planets than we thought.

Two months later, Harvard University astronomy professor Harlow Shapley speculated on the number of inhabited planets in the universe, saying "The universe has 10 million, million, million suns (10 followed by 18 zeros) similar to our own. One in a million has planets around it. Only one in a million million has the right combination of chemicals, temperature, water, days and nights to support planetary life as we know it. This calculation arrives at the estimated figure of 100 million worlds where life has been forged by evolution."[9]

Think of this. There are likely so many civilizations in the universe, we wouldn't even be able to catalogue them.

Exact probabilities for intelligent life are still very much an unknown though, were finding the building blocks of life might be quite common but the environment for complex life is pretty specialised, rockey planet the right distant from the sun with a very large moon to stablise its axis.

The move from primitive bacteria to eukaryote cells(with mitochondria etc that make up all complex life) is a unique one as well compared to typical evolution, two bacteria cells somehow merging and we know it only happened once on earth in 4+ billion years.

 

[ralphc1]

On the flip side, I find it crazy we can look out and see things with telescopes so far away light takes thousands or millions of years to travel the distance

I don't get how it's done actually, telescopes essentially look back in time

You are correct. We see things not as they are, but as they were when the light started it's journey. For all we know, the stars might have exploded or burned out by now.

 

[TheNinja]

 

[ralphc1]

Um no, processor speeds have not plateaued by any stretch of the imagination “years ago”

This article is from late 2014.

Around 2005, the top speed of the high-end processors settled around 4 GHz and hasn’t increased much since then.

https://www.comsol.com/blogs/havent-cpu-clock-speeds-increased-last-years/

If you buy a computer today, you will find many still under 4GHZ.
https://www.gamingscan.com/best-cpu-for-gaming/

 

[Jumpy]

And yet competition breeds innovation and without it we would have never even gotten to the moon.


That's quite the imagination you have. Reality is humans are the most advanced, non-primitive form of life in the known universe. Not sure by what measure we are "primitive" except for these imagined worlds in your head.

The universe is a big place. No one should really speak in absolutes when it comes to the universe.
We don't know shit.

 

[rj144]

This article is from late 2014.

https://www.comsol.com/blogs/havent-cpu-clock-speeds-increased-last-years/

If you buy a computer today, you will find many still under 4GHZ.
https://www.gamingscan.com/best-cpu-for-gaming/

Yup, that's true. Besides reaching their engineering limit, they also get too small and start behaving more like quantum gates too.

 

[ralphc1]

No we shouldn't build replicators those shits took out the Ancients and the Asgard.

The ancients created the Replicators to eliminate the Wraith before they ascended to a higher level. The Asgard died off because they could no longer clone themselves. They gave their technology to the humans and exploded their own planet to keep others from getting their technology.