Flilix said:
To which extent can I trust my senses and my knowledge? I can think that my bed is made of wood, and I believe that wood can't move, but I can't be sure of either. It looks and feels like wood to me, but that idea is created in my head. I can never tell something with absolute certainty about the object itself. I can only tell things about how it appears to me. And even if it is actual wood, I can't know for sure if it's able to move or not. According to science it can't move, but I'm 'only' 99.9999...% sure that I can trust science. You could argue that aliens visiting the earth is more likely than my bed moving, and that's probably true (although there's no way to actually calculate the likeliness). However, both are so unlikely that it makes absolutely no sense to believe either. |
I told you where your error lies. I repeat, you do have a very clear picture what your bed contains, there are no unknown factors. It is a different story when it comes to science and the universe. However, you pretend you have the knowledge to determine how unlikely an extraterrestrial explorer is, that the human race is the pinnacle of intelligent life, we know all there is to know and we won't advance further - no matter the timeframe - 1 year, 1000 years, 10.000 years, that's it we are at the end of the line. Why pump money in all those sci fi technologies, if it's not going to lead anywhere? Sure, let's call it a day and be satisfied with what we have.
Hell, the universe propably doesn't exist anyway and we just imagine shit (including aliens).
https://futurism.com/cern-research-finds-the-universe-should-not-actually-exist/
Hunting Season is done...
