Posted on 04/06/2022 11:17:08 AM PDT by RandFan
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The late Carlos Castenada nods in agreement from his Parallel Universe.
“Get virtually groped by people of all cultures.”
” I honestly expect it to get there fairly quick and think most young people will embrace it.”
I actually saw a young woman at the gym this morning WITHOUT a cellphone.
I was very interested in cosmology a long time ago. I even followed the debate between the Big Bang and Fred Hoyle’s Steady State Theory (and panspermia).
When they got to Dark Matter, Dark energy, String Theory, M theory, they lost me. It seems that it’s getting more and more speculative, and also crazier. I tuned in on a T.V. show and a celebrity physicist was talking about infinite universes just as if their existence was an established fact.
What is going on? Maybe it’s all warranted, but I have my doubts.
I think there has been quiet acceptance of the anthropic principle, that the universe is fine-tuned both for our existence and our ability to discover the universe. At this point the argument for intelligent design and even God becomes compelling. The contrary argument is that we won the cosmic lottery, someone had to do it. The lucky us theory seems little less improbable if there are more trials, more universes, universes outside of our universe, etc.
One might be surprised, even astounded, by what efforts academics and others will go to in order to protect a left-wing ideology. It’s easier if the field in question is largely speculative. Speculative fields include cosmology, climate theory, environmentalism, and the origin and diversification of life.
Just keep off my meta-lawn . . .
I am reminded of a conversation I had with an old geezer back in the very early nineties. “What ever you do, don’t go on the internet” he said.
I don’t remember all of his reasons now. One of them, though, was because he felt it would lead to total government control of the population and loss of privacy and all of our basic rights.
It seemed silly and alarmist at the time...
...but I was younger then.
Hello P T Barnum:-)
And ‘Snowcrash’ before that. Hiro Protagonist!
Yes, the “totally human” Zuckerberg.
This is metaverse stuff is a dream come true for the globalist wannabe tyrants and dictators. When it evolves to the Matrix level human beings will lie in state in a dream world and will not be “wasting” the Earth’s resources. Those people WILL BE the resources!!
Sounds alot like the old ‘Second life’ which was a big floperino.
Turn social media into an MMO. Been getting predicted for ages. It’s gonna happen.
Pretty much but I’m old school and not really that interested but maybe youngsters will be...
Your company might also require you to attend meetings in the MetaVerse where you'll find out which of your colleagues are furries or otherkin.
Yeah just “hanging out” in the metaverse doesn’t make much appeal
The supposed adults and rational human beings have not escaped the insanity.
I don’t do games. I don’t do fantasy adventures. I don’t do virtual “reality.” I don’t try to escape from reality. Reality is what it is and is better than delusion.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Metaverse: The 21st Century Opium Den
If you want to be a badly drawn cartoon who speaks gibberish with other badly drawn cartoons speaking gibberish, then Metaverse is your home.
You’ll have more fun going to the zoo and watching the monkey house.
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