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Cake day: December 26th, 2023

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  • Isn’t this the same argument as “if women can’t have abortions, they will stop having sex”?

    Nobody gets married under the assumption they will get divorced. Marriage is supposed to be a gesture of a life long commitment.

    On top of that, there are financial benefits to getting married.

    I highly doubt this would stop anyone from getting married.

    People should stop getting married because it’s a government contract based in religion - it’s gross and I don’t want either of those things being involved in my relationships.



  • I’m pretty much on board, though how much anyone can agree is a matter of relativity.

    We know about the closest stars and the planets within them, and based off spectrometry, we’re confident the planets “close” to us haven’t had life, though they might be capable.

    The chances of there being no mass extinction events in the millions of years following abiogenesis is arguably smaller than surviving the five or so we’ve had. Given everything we know about astrophysics, we owe the asteroids a few clean hits, we have been astronomically lucky, and that’s not even taking into consideration every other cause of mass extinction.

    15 billion years is still considered early in the grand scheme of things, it’s likely that we are the early ones. A billion years head start is plausible, sure, but it’s certainly less plausible than our existence.

    All of this is to say that life is rare enough without them being a stones throw away.

    And this is all disregarding any possible intent behind a visit. Any being capable of space travel does not need our resources.

    Unless they’re sex tourists, which would explain all the anal probing.

    On second thought, I choose to believe.


  • Zozano@lemy.loltoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlDo you believe in Aliens?
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    The chances of extra terrestrial life to have visited earth is very, very small.

    The chances of life to occur are small enough,

    The chances of evolution to pass through multiple extinction events and producing a being capable of higher intelligence is even smaller,

    The chances they have done this faster than humans is smaller still,

    The chances they have evolved close enough to us to have visited is near impossible.

    The universe is huge, there’s almost certainly life elsewhere - but to ask whether they visited earth is like speculating on whether ghosts exist.

    Also the universe is expanding at such a fast rate that unless we develop faster-than-light tech, we will never reach another solar system.



  • Two things:

    1. It sounds like you are blaming yourself, which is hard not to do when everything seems futile - but how you frame things is part of CBT.

    You are responsible for the choices you make, but there’s a difference between learning, and beating yourself up.

    Once you understand the underlying causes for your decisions, you become a different person, and it becomes harder to associate those old thoughts to who you are now.

    1. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Be cautious of anyone who will accept the task.

    I used to think my parents had shit figured out, then I realised how dumb they were.

    Then I thought I had shit figured out, then I realised how dumb I was.

    Then I thought I found my own guru who had shit figured out, but then I realised how dumb they were.

    If you get lucky and find someone who provides valuable insights, understand this is gambling - eventually they will give bad advice.









  • For the same reason people still use Facebook and Twitter, despite the algorithm feeding them rage bait; it’s engaging.

    Sometimes I miss the old 4chan days, when you would argue about dumb shit while also assuming the other person is fucking with you, it creates a weird dynamic where you’re in competition to see who can create the most convincing strawman.

    Then, some would actually announce they were just trolling, which everyone else knew was a sign that they were actually serious, but wouldn’t admit it. Like any of it mattered, since nobody had usernames lol.

    I miss the old internet sometimes…