• nilloc
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    1 year ago

    I like the idea that intelligent extra terrestrial life knows we can’t be trusted, and has blocked our views of them.

    Maybe that’s what dark matter is—or artificial red shift—to make us feel hopelessly far from the rest of the universe.

    The asteroids and meteors in the article could be lobbed by pranksters and that was the only object they could get through the curtain.

    I don’t really believe any of this but it’s fun to imagine.

    • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      What’s more likely is the Dark Forest phenomenon as laid out in the Three Body Problem. Basically, it’s an existential threat to be seen by extraterrestrial life, so it’s best to keep quiet.

      • Cannacheques@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        More than likely a case of the best defense simply being to avoid offense, but to continue to contain or ahem farm us, almost like pets lol

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      1 year ago

      That’s as likely as saying Santa and the Easter Bunny are real, but magically make everyone forget once they stop being kids and implant false memories in the adults who think they bought the presents or hid the eggs themselves