George, your thoughts on ETs are remarkable, clear and pure.
In a message GSLevy.domain.name.hidden Friday, August 04, 2000
George wrote:
>It is with great hesitation that I place this post...
>
>The following is an idea which I have had for a while and which I have
never
>seen expressed. My hesitation stems from the possible nefarious
consequences
>of talking about it. Yet, an idea cannot remain bottled up for long. So
here
>it is. The idea is simply this:
>
>ET is not here because he understand the MWI and possibly did QS.
>
>Let me elaborate. When a civilization in the universe reaches the point
where
>its members understand the MWI, they are basically faced with a choice.
Their
>decision depends on what kind of "people" they are. I can imagine several
>possibilities:
>
>1) They consider life a "game" to be played according to the rules of the
>universe where they are. If they win, great! If they lose, no problem! they
>know that life continues on a different branch. They play the "game" to the
>fullest, but always retain a sportmanlike attitude toward the lesser
>civilizations which have not reached their level of knowledge. Their
attitude
>ranges from a passive non-interference with these lesser civilizations, to
>being guardians to and actively protecting them against any kind of
>interference by other civilizations. They remain hidden "guardian angels."
>HENCE NO ET OF THIS KIND CAME TO EARTH.
>
>2) They look at the MW and adopt a fatalistic attitude. Why bother since
>everything happens anyway? Their civilization decays, and they become
>insignificant or disappear entirely from the universe. HENCE NO ET OF THIS
>KIND CAME TO EARTH.
>
>3) They are neither protective of others nor fatalistic. Since they
>understand the full possibilities of QS, this is precisely what they do. By
>defining the specifications of the world he desires and then performing QS
>(unless these specifications are satisfied) ET restricts himself to that
>world. Doing so, he becomes the God of that world, but cease existing in
our
>own. HENCE NO ET OF THIS KIND CAME TO EARTH.
>
>In summary, the only ETs we can hope eventually to contact are the ones
still
>in existence in our universe - the guardian angels - In fact, they may be
>waiting for us to start reaching out to, and interfering with, other
worlds,
>to make their presence known.
>
>It is my hope that we shall follow the first of these three possibilities:
>become guardian angels ourselves. A more likely scenario is that we shall
>follow the three of them. Some of us will become guardian angels, some will
>die out because of fatalism, and some will do QS - die to become Gods.
>
>Of course all this (especially the second and third possibilities) hinges
on
>the relativistic notion that measure does not decrease with death, and I
know
>how sensitive this issue is in this group.
>
>
>George Levy
>
I think you fashion the ETs exactly in our terrestrial (and present)
ways of thinking and existence.
Our "mind" is the product of the "Gaian" biosphere conditions.
How else could we 'design' them, if no in sci-fi?
John Mikes
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Received on Fri Aug 04 2000 - 06:40:54 PDT