Poll: Which of thes do you find the most depressing/unnerving?
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If we're really the best the universe has to offer (no fucking way we're alone) I will be disappoint.
Like, seriously universe? That's the best you've got?
Like, seriously universe? That's the best you've got?
I picked the fifth option. Being the "last in the universe" sort of implied to me that when life on Earth goes extinct, then there'll be no other life, ever.
I picked this option over the first one because to be the "last in the universe", that means that other life existed before us. If they eventually died out, it makes our own extinction seem more inevitable than it would if we had always been alone.
I picked this option over the first one because to be the "last in the universe", that means that other life existed before us. If they eventually died out, it makes our own extinction seem more inevitable than it would if we had always been alone.
Hm. I wonder why I got a message saying one of you guys quoted me, but not the other. Oh well, who cares.
I'm saying the first and third things. I don't care because the information would interesting, but it is not useful; it is trivia, no more. It doesn't affect any of the problems I have to deal with here, on this world, so it doesn't affect me in any meaningful way.StBishop said:
you know I rad this article once which I think said somthing along the lines of
given how many plantets there are in the universe there is a fair chance of life on other planets..however we have not made contact with any other life forms...which implies that a species dies out before it can acheive space trale or space travel is impossible
much like Mass Effect?
given how many plantets there are in the universe there is a fair chance of life on other planets..however we have not made contact with any other life forms...which implies that a species dies out before it can acheive space trale or space travel is impossible
much like Mass Effect?
The most depressing for me isn't an option. The fact that there's a chance for there to be other intelligent life but we will most likely never reach them just because of the sheer distance. That's just the universe taking the piss if you ask me.
Last is definitely most depressing. It means in addition to worrying about wiping ourselves out we need to make sure we clean up properly first, pay up and cancel all the bills, we have to sort out returning the keys, no fucker can remember where we put the scrap of paper with the alarm code and cleaning the oven is going to be nasty. Right up until the bombs drop we'll be worrying about if we left any of the lights on.
This notion is sort of ridiculous. Don't let science fiction fool you, space is goddamn enormous, and even with the capability of interstellar travel, that is by no means a guarantee you'd run into another intelligent species. There could be dozens or hundreds of space-faring species traveling from one star system to another in our galaxy and the chances would still be very remote that they would run into us or each other. Though there is obviously no proof, but I feel confident that we are neither the most advanced nor least advanced intelligent species in our galaxy, and especially the universe. Some destroy themselves, some are wiped out, and some thrive, but the notion that because they haven't made contact with us, they don't exist is ludicrous.Vault101 said:
The loneliness, by far. The rest are fascinating ideas. To find out the infinite expanses of the universe are completely uninhabited save for this one spec? Lame. To find any other life, advanced or otherwise? Kick-ass.
Either alone or the last of, I mean come on, that's just depressing. Do I really need to explain why?
I chose "forgotten test subjects", just for the sake of voting, but in reality i don't find the ideas that much unnerving. Shit happens, live goes on, and if we can count on some fun it's not that very bad.
If we're the most advanced thing in the universe, we will likely remain the most advance species. If we find an alien species we'd probably enslave them or destroy them. Our race needs to be obviously weaker than another so we don't rush in and try to conquer everything. We suck as a species.
My second choice is we're the last life forms in the galaxies. Mostly because we fucked up. We're probably going to wipe ourselves out. Then everything will be big and empty.
My second choice is we're the last life forms in the galaxies. Mostly because we fucked up. We're probably going to wipe ourselves out. Then everything will be big and empty.
I'm torn between a,b and e for similar reasons:
I simply don't have faith in our race's ability to reach the stars before we kill each other, whether that by via a ww3 or simply the result of dwindling ressources caused by our own greed and short sightedeness in regards to our environment (followed by a war over remaining ressources of course). People like to skip ahead to the "yeh we are in space, lets conquer lesser races" part, but we ain't gonna get there by magic.
So in all these cases, I do sincerely hope we ain't the most intelligent life out there because that might not be the case for long.
I suppose the absolute worst would be e. This would mean that other races died for us and that we squander their sacrifice so easily would be the greatest tragedy.
Kinda like having the refusal ending of me3 then it being made clear all that was for nothing as next cycle gets wasted anyways (and there would be no more life after that cycle).
I simply don't have faith in our race's ability to reach the stars before we kill each other, whether that by via a ww3 or simply the result of dwindling ressources caused by our own greed and short sightedeness in regards to our environment (followed by a war over remaining ressources of course). People like to skip ahead to the "yeh we are in space, lets conquer lesser races" part, but we ain't gonna get there by magic.
So in all these cases, I do sincerely hope we ain't the most intelligent life out there because that might not be the case for long.
I suppose the absolute worst would be e. This would mean that other races died for us and that we squander their sacrifice so easily would be the greatest tragedy.
Kinda like having the refusal ending of me3 then it being made clear all that was for nothing as next cycle gets wasted anyways (and there would be no more life after that cycle).
