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Full Disclosure

Admin — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 13:00:02 +0000

Should providing information that is not readily available or easily known be a goal of our collective human knowledge?

Our Dillema Of Limits

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:29:28 +0000

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Scenarios

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:06:43 +0000

Social science can be empirical and produce results that are both highly correlated and valid. Pilots that are cleared to carry, and potentially deploy, sophisticated weapons payloads are considered to be among the most rational, capable and intellectually stable people. Eyewitness testimony from these pilots must be carefully considered. Further, significant amounts of descriptions of unidentified aerial phenomena from other credible people should not be dismissed. Consider that the stigma around the subject of "UFO's" is so potentially damaging to these witnesses, yet they still make their claim despite this intense social pressure. Certainly this combination of the sheer amount of credible witnesses despite the socially discouraging stigma indicates that a significant amount of people truly "believe " that they have seen something that is not easily explained.

Consequences

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:05:58 +0000

Clearly, significant amounts of people have seen objects that cannot be identified. So, unidentified aerial phenomena "exist". We seek a scientific explanation that this aerial phenomena is/are "real" or can/could be explained and/or identified. But potential explanations cover a wide array of possibilities. Our civilization's best estimates indicate that the size of our Universe is ~93 billion light years in diameter. Surely, the vastness of our Universe contains intelligent life. So, what is the likelihood that our space and our time are experiencing more than one form of intelligent life?

When?

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:05:46 +0000

Just because a claim seems fanciful does not mean that it is not worthy of investigation. The first radio broadcast in America occurred in 1906. So, if those early radio waves were powerful enough to escape into the vacuum of space, then those original radio broadcasts would have reached galaxies of ~100 light years away. Could there be intelligent life somewhere between Earth and 100 light years away?

Before Space and Time

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:04:07 +0000

What is existence? Existence of God.

What was there before the Big Bang?

As we contemplate our own reality one of the first questions to consider is what was there before the Big Bang.

Let us start with the notion that space and time are real and they exist inherently and regardless of our human consciousness.

As the prevailing concept of the beginning of our space and time, the Big Bang is generally considered to have occurred approximately 13.8 billion years ago as an almost unimaginably hot and compact point of matter.

So, several questions of interest include;

What was the “time” before the Big Bang minus one? (-1)
What was the space that was “outside” of the point of matter?
Were space and time able to exist separately before what we now know as spacetime?
Most importantly, what was Before Space and Time?

Let us please discuss these important questions.

Our Narrow View

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:03:25 +0000

Let us consider a thought experiment. As we look out amongst the stars we are seeing the universe as it used to be. The light from many of the stars that we can observe left their “place” so long ago that by the “time” their light reaches us the very thing we are seeing is not actually there. So, what has taken the place of what we are “now” looking at?

The point of this exercise is to illustrate how narrow of a view we have of space and time.

Questions to consider include:

1.Do we (humans) “see” small better or big better?

2.What other life exists?

3.Does intelligent life (other than humans) exist? If so, how “advanced” are the lifeforms?

The Dilemma of Limits

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:03:08 +0000

As our consciousness began to flourish we humans began to create concepts. This began with elementary principles such as off and on, up and down and so on. Most of these early concepts were observable, practical and based upon rational thought.

As our belief systems matured we invented ideas that are more abstract and some even irrational. Take for example the concept of everything

We humans have created concepts that are seemingly “impossible” (there is another dilemma!) So, with our current conventions of limits will our minds even be capable of thinking and/or comprehending the concepts related to limitless?

What We “Know”

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:01:25 +0000

The very essence of “knowing” or “to know” is to have an awareness either through information and/or observation. But which type of observation is suitable to scientists or society in order to develop a proof?

The scientific method relies on empirical methods of data collection through experiments. The more we can replicate these experiments and get similar results the more “valid” they become.

High Technology

Admin — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:59:52 +0000

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