Aug 25 • 📚 Books & Writing
The implications are troubling…
"As I write this, I feel as if I am on the verge of total and utter annihilation. I have discovered a disturbing truth concealed within one of the most fundamental and essential principles governing science. A cornerstone of cosmology, the Copernican Principle, outlines that humanity is not "special" in its place of observation; that of our lonely little mudball of a planet. We assume we are not privileged observers, that our position in the universe represents a relative average. Yet, if we apply this principle to the order in which we are born, something troubling emerges. Why do we exist now? The thought has troubled me profoundly. If we assume there is a future, in which humanity travels and colonizes the stars, a time when there might be hundreds of billions or trillions of humans spread across the stars, why are we alive now? If our position is not a place of privilege, why have we not been born during the time of significant human expansion across the galaxy? When the average number of humans would be mindboggling in size. My mind can only go to one outcome that answers this question. This may be the time of maximum human population. And there lies a deeper, more terrifying line of thought. We have always looked up at the heavens and wondered if anyone is out there.
Physicist Enrico Fermi famously asked the question, "Where are they?" which has led to a modern paradox. That being that the universe is ancient, and yet we have no conclusive proof of extraterrestrial beings. One solution is that of a great filter. That on countless worlds, other civilizations have reached the same point. Yet, they have all snuffed out the brilliant light of their own intelligence through some disaster, war, AI takeover, or encounter with great and powerful old ones. These entities can create and destroy reality at their whim, and they seek to eliminate new civilizations that may someday pose a threat to their own dominant cosmological seat of power. Something is coming. I know not what. Yet, the principle remains. In the meantime, I shall keep a vigilant eye out for anything anomalous at the edge of our solar system. Although it may already be too late."
-Dr. Thaddeus Noxebane
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As October approaches I’ve been having fun writing some short horror stories. This one was inspired by the inaccurate news regarding the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas got blown out of proportions with wild claims it is some kind of alien space craft.
What other crazy things have you been hearing or reading about this object? I think I see 3-4 ridiculous claims about this object every time I scroll through facebook.
Anyways, if you are looking for some more spooky stuff to read or listen to you can find more of my stories here: https://lnkd.in/gdGgTfp9
I’ve got 3 Horror short stories you can check out right now and more are on their way. I hope you enjoyed this little post and I hope your week is filled with the best kind of existential dread!
Sincerely,
CB
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