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Wow, a paper said this so it must be true. What is the point of research like this that can never be tested? Genuinely curious. Shouldn't we find non-Earth life
by darkhorse13 3mo ago
Wow, a paper said this so it must be true. What is the point of research like this that can never be tested? Genuinely curious. Shouldn't we find non-Earth lifeforms FIRST before even trying to make these conclusions?
Edit: Wasn't trying to be harsh here. To be clear, I do believe in consciousness. This sounded a little clickbaity. I also think string theory is a meaningless pursuit.
- toxicunderGroov 3mo agoWatching tech people grabble with philosophy is hilarious.
- zahlman 3mo agoThis is a philosophy paper; it doesn't appear to be posturing as "research".
- baxtr 3mo agoYes philosophy can say anything it wants
- JumpCrisscross 3mo ago> a paper said this so it must be true Who, other than you, claimed this? Coming up with a dumb thing someone else could say, but has in fact not, is not rhetoric. It’s not insightful. It’s beating a straw man like a piñata.
- dist-epoch 3mo agoSo, like string theory?
- darkhorse13 3mo agoExactly like string theory.
- baxtr 3mo agoReally? I was under the assumption that there are 1-2 constants that could help falsify string theory?
- frotaur 3mo agoString theory is in fact falsifiable contrary to popular belief. It's just not practically falsifiable with current (and likely future, for a while) technology as the energy scales we need to probe to falsify it are astronomically large.
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