[ExI] Virtual Reality is where the aliens are

[Jason Resch]

This short shorty makes the case quite convincing:

http://frombob.to/you/index.html

Jason

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 12:19 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> We Can’t Find Any Alien Neighbors and Virtual Reality Might Be to Blame
> By Aaron Frank    Aug 20, 2015
>
> <
> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/20/we-cant-find-any-alien-neighbors-and-virtual-reality-might-be-to-blame/
> >
>
> Quotes:
> To address the Fermi Paradox, futurist John Smart proposes the
> fascinating “transcension hypothesis” theorizing that evolutionary
> processes in our universe might lead all advanced civilizations
> towards the same ultimate destination; one in which we transcend out
> of our current space-time dimension into virtual worlds of our own
> design.
>
> Soon, we won’t visit the Internet from the glass window of our
> computer screens, but rather walk around inside it as a physical
> place. Philip Rosedale, the creator of Second Life, recently announced
> plans for a bold new virtual universe with a potential physical game
> map as large as the landmass of Earth. Essentially, he’ll create a
> virtual world with its own laws of physics, and once he’s pressed
> play, a newly formed universe will have its own “let there be light”
> creation moment.
>
> As we continue our plunge into virtual spaces, the validity of the
> transcension hypothesis will come into sharper focus. If technology
> trends toward a world of microscopic computers with infinitely complex
> realities inside, this might explain why we can’t see any alien
> neighbors. They’ve left us behind for the digital wormholes of their
> own design.
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>
>
> Sounds plausible to me.
>
> BillK
>
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