Are we alone in the universe?

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ajax18 wrote:
Wed Feb 18, 2026 2:22 am
It's transparently obvious that you'd be into UFOs because UFO/disclosure is largely a right-wing phenomena.
You obviously haven't watched the age of disclosure. Harry Reid, Kirsten Gillebrand, James Clapper etc., these are not right wing politicians. Nobody pushed for disclosure more than Harry Reid.
Ajax,

Based on your recommendation, I rented The Age of Disclosure last night. I'm glad I did.

Interesting is an understatement. It was a weird balance between fascinating eyewitness testimony and some pretty far out there geopolitical theories regarding a covert U.S. and China arms race for non-human technology.

I found Puthoff’s breakdown of Metric Engineering especially interesting. The idea that these craft don't fly through air, but rather manipulate space-time to move without inertia, allowing these craft to immediately accelerate to speeds approaching 20,000 mph. The shift from the Extraterrestrial to the Ultraterrestrial hypothesis (beings living right here on earth in a different frequency or the deep ocean) was trippy. I actually enjoyed.
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And thanks to Ajax, I've gone down a YouTube rabbit hole.

Here's a list of some of the strangest theories I found. They're pretty wild, but they all have some level of scientific backing:

- The Holographic Universe Theory, is for the proposition that our entire reality, everything we see, feel, and touch is actually a projection of information from a two-dimensional surface at the edge of the universe.

- The One Electron Theory, proposed by Richard Feynman is for the proposition that every electron in the universe is actually the exact same electron, moving backward and forward through time to appear in trillions of places at once. What we perceive as trillions of separate particles are actually the same single electron weaving through the fabric of space-time.

- The Arrow Time Theory is for the proposition that time is actually an illusion and trick of the brain. Some physicists believe we live in a Block Universe where the past, present, and future all exist at once and our brains act like a movie projector and can only see one frame at a time.

- The Everywhere at Once Theory proposes that light doesn't just travel a single path from an object (star, lightbulb, sun, etc) to your eyes. Light actually fills the entire universe, but we only see the light when our eyes or a camera act as a destination point that forces all other paths to settle into a single, visible beam.

- White Holes Theory is for the proposition that Black Holes suck everything in, but the math of General Relativity also allows for the exact opposite, White Holes. Some physicists believe the Big Bang wasn't a random explosion, but actually the exit of a White Hole. This would mean our entire universe was born from a Black Hole in another, older universe.

- E8 Theory (The Geometry of Everything) was proposed by physicist Garrett Lisi and suggests that the entire universe, all particles and all forces of gravity, is just one incredibly complex, 248-dimensional geometric shape called E8. Every subatomic particle we see is just a different vibration of this massive crystal structure.

- The Egg Theory (The One-Soul Universe), although not in the realm of physics, this theory suggests that every intelligent being who has ever lived (whether on Earth or on other planets in the Universe) is actually the same soul, reincarnated over and over across time. You are currently living as you, but in your next life (which could be in the past or the future), you will be the person you just walked past on the street. The universe is essentially a giant egg designed to help this one soul (you) mature. Once you have lived every single human life and all other intelligent lives on other planets (experiencing every joy and every tragedy) you will finally hatch and become a God.

Anyway, time to log off and let my brain process all of this. Good Lord!
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Wed Feb 18, 2026 5:01 am
- The Egg Theory (The One-Soul Universe), although not in the realm of physics, this theory suggests that every intelligent being who has ever lived (whether on Earth or on other planets in the Universe) is actually the same soul, reincarnated over and over across time. You are currently living as you, but in your next life (which could be in the past or the future), you will be the person you just walked past on the street.
So, every time you had sex, you'd be screwing yourself?
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Wed Feb 18, 2026 2:41 am
ajax18 wrote:
Wed Feb 18, 2026 2:22 am
You obviously haven't watched the age of disclosure. Harry Reid, Kirsten Gillebrand, James Clapper etc., these are not right wing politicians. Nobody pushed for disclosure more than Harry Reid.
Ajax,

Based on your recommendation, I rented The Age of Disclosure last night. I'm glad I did.

Interesting is an understatement. It was a weird balance between fascinating eyewitness testimony and some pretty far out there geopolitical theories regarding a covert U.S. and China arms race for non-human technology.

I found Puthoff’s breakdown of Metric Engineering especially interesting. The idea that these craft don't fly through air, but rather manipulate space-time to move without inertia, allowing these craft to immediately accelerate to speeds approaching 20,000 mph. The shift from the Extraterrestrial to the Ultraterrestrial hypothesis (beings living right here on earth in a different frequency or the deep ocean) was trippy. I actually enjoyed.
Thank you for watching it. Does it still seem like a lot of hand waiving to you or do you think it's possible?
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You take enough shrooms you’ll be talking to ultraterrestrials in about an hour.

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Limnor wrote:I was on Nimitz in 2004 with Fravor. So I tend to separate “internet UFO culture” from “weird things pilots report.”
It's an honor to meet someone who was there. How consistent have the stories been since the beginning?
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Dr. Shades wrote:
Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:07 am
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Wed Feb 18, 2026 5:01 am
- The Egg Theory (The One-Soul Universe), although not in the realm of physics, this theory suggests that every intelligent being who has ever lived (whether on Earth or on other planets in the Universe) is actually the same soul, reincarnated over and over across time. You are currently living as you, but in your next life (which could be in the past or the future), you will be the person you just walked past on the street.
So, every time you had sex, you'd be screwing yourself?
Better than an anal probe.

Although maybe some might like that. No judgment.
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Ajax wrote:You obviously haven't watched the age of disclosure. Harry Reid, Kirsten Gillebrand, James Clapper etc., these are not right wing politicians. Nobody pushed for disclosure more than Harry Reid.
I did say "largely" not "entirely". A strong belief in UAP cover up goes along with an ancestral diet. It's just a fact. It's not surprising at all when a passionate right-winger reveals as a UFO believer. That's all.

If Limnor reveals that he saw UAPs on the Nimitz it will increase my belief that they are real immensely.
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Thinking we've been visited by aliens is akin to the egocentric thinking that leads people to believe the entire, vast universe was created for this one tiny planet. People really need to get over their own sense of special.
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Hey, man. Don’t forget about my black triangle sighting in Nevada.

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