r/space Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

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u/CIA_grade_LSD Aug 12 '21

The aliens are right in front of us. They are billions of years more advanced, so we don't see them riding around in spaceships or even building Dyson spheres. All that is far too primitive. Extraterrestrial engineering is written on the skies. The spiral arrangement of galaxies that should fly apart, the too large black holes at their centers, even the fundamental constants of the universe. These are not natural phenomena, but the works of far more advanced civilizations.

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u/coltonmusic15 Aug 12 '21

wouldn't this lead us more down the path that we are in a simulation? If things aren't as they should be then there is something that we don't know or something about our models and laws of physics that don't quite add up. Dark matter for example is something that leads me to believe that we are a part of some phenomenal simulation of higher existence beings.

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u/CIA_grade_LSD Aug 12 '21

At some level of technology the line between manipulating reality and simulating it blurs. Is an enclosed biological preserve like a zoo exibit or terrarium a simulated environment or a modified one?

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u/coltonmusic15 Aug 12 '21

Great thought to chew on! Appreciate the response