We can communicate with animals. We're a kind of animal ourselves. — EugeneW
Not at all. Language is a very complex matter. We can communicate but probably we cannot understand them. That's the issue — javi2541997
She doesn't analyze it. She just is. — EugeneW
When the cat scratches at the cupboard door it's because she believes her food is in there. To think she doesn't have beliefs because she doesn't have language I would have to have a pre-existing theory about beliefs that would stop me thinking that. But why should I? — Cuthbert
But it is more complex than it. We just give it a significance. Our dogs act and interact with us but there is a gap between what we think and what they feel. This is why we have to train and educate our dogs. — javi2541997
nly a finger pointing at the CMB by which we interpretat — 180 Proof
I think the 14 billion years are one in many. I think that solves the problem of a beginning. There is no beginning, only beginnings following each other up. If all is dead and gone here (no pessimism intended here, I keep that for the foreseeable future), the universe reacts back to the source, from which a new time comes into being. — EugeneW
But not the universe as a whole trying to understand itself. It's us trying to understand. — EugeneW
I don't think we can create a new universe. Why should we? — EugeneW
What a mess... But what can we do? — EugeneW
Good points. Your text is interesting. I simply want to add that we could see the Universe just as something "static". — javi2541997
I still defend that all those characteristics are imposed by humans because we like to improve our knowledge. — javi2541997
This is why we study de cosmology or astrology. A normal human with a minimum interest for life would at least read or study a bit related to what is going on out there. — javi2541997
Nevertheless, I still defend (quite pessimistic I guess) that universe is like a huge empty living room that we full it with our knowledge — javi2541997
But imagine humans never existed at all. Well, the Universe would not care because it would be still there.
Thus, we are the ones just walking through — javi2541997
So do you favour the oscillating Universe theory or Roger Penrose and his dissipating Universe and the creation of a new Universe within a new epoch of time? — universeness
But we are components of the Universe, are we not? — universeness
Not yet no but nature suggests that for the sake of continued survival, it is wise to reproduce — universeness
Maybe this clash with Russia will be the last of its kind if we survive it or perhaps there is another one to come with China. Maybe after that such craziness will become forever smaller and local. — universeness
Can you explain your 'The Universe just as something static' when it has demonstrated change from the moment of its origin? — universeness
how incredibly exciting is it to think that we and we alone give meaning and significance to something so vast. To do this by just existing and thinking and being a part of the universe gives me an overwhelming feeling of wonder. — universeness
We can do science. Enough to leave this planetary nest perhaps and ask a lot of new questions and discover new answers about the Universe — universeness
If our universe has accelerated towards oblivion, it could be a sign for the singularity at the "origin" (of a 4d space) to start a new blast from virtuality (virtual particles). This new 3d blast can expand after us on the higher dimensional space it's in. — EugeneW
I might hope so! But is there truly a greater whole? A cosmic Hydra? — EugeneW
Smolin says this happens inside black holes. Im sure you've heard that. But why should we if it all starts again after us? In a hunderd thousand trillion years after us? And if we could, you would have to pass a wormhole. If a wormhole comes to be in the first place — EugeneW
True, true, true. So true I said it thrice. If we go extinct then, in my opinion, the Earth and perhaps the Universe will be set back for at least many thousands of years.Modern warfare ain't funny anymore. — EugeneW
I was thinking about the universe as something rigid which stays there, doesn't caring or wondering about Earth's existence. — javi2541997
I am agree. I want to share with you this paper: The Dark Forest Postulates and the Fermi Paradox. I guess you would like it. — javi2541997
It is a paradox because while we are supposedly more intelligent than others, at the same time we suffer more about uncertainty and concerns — javi2541997
The Universe needs you to do your duty — universeness
You think we could create a new universe? — EugeneW
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