08-06-2024, 04:01 PM
I've been interested in the UFO subject for fifty years now (I know; I can't quite believe it myself) In that time the field has undergone several transformations that mirror the consciousness topic. At first the issue was quite simple. Alien vehicles from other star systems were visiting our planet. They were "nuts and bolts" craft, i.e: They were physical carrying physical occupants through physical space to our planet. That's the Extra Terrestrial Hypotheses in a nutshell, the ETH.
Except there are problems with this. The nearest star, Alpha Proxima, is 4.2 light years from Earth. Assuming that star had a planet that supported advanced life capable of interstellar travel, and assuming they had vehicles that could approach the speed of light, which has a whole host of problems all by itself, how could they get here? And other stars are even further away. Although today it looks like most stars may host planets, it is still statistically improbable that a single star system would have a planet with just the right conditions to support a civilization that would even want to come here.
Probably at least in part as a response to the inherent problems of the ETH came the "Interdimensional Hypothesis" The IDH. This actually takes several forms postulating everything from actual different dimensions in parallel with our own to the use of portals or wormholes or even black holes to circumvent the problems of faster-than-light travel. There appears to be no consensus on how exactly the IDH works, thus paralleling the problems some people have with consciousness not being emergent from physical properties. t also addresses the issue of flimsy UFOs. Why can they be shot down so easily? How could one of these craft travel in interstellar space? The answer is that they don't. In fact, they may not be from another star system. They may be from here, albeit from another dimension, as it were--just like consciousness.
This realization has come about because UFOs don't appear to be playing by the rules of physical space. They defy the rules of physics, specifically inertia. They pop in and out of space. They travel way too fast. And there appears to be a paranormal aspect to their presence. Yeah: Paranormal. Science isn't too fond of that either, is it? Throw in a little reincarnation into the pot and you've lost most of them.
Except there are problems with this. The nearest star, Alpha Proxima, is 4.2 light years from Earth. Assuming that star had a planet that supported advanced life capable of interstellar travel, and assuming they had vehicles that could approach the speed of light, which has a whole host of problems all by itself, how could they get here? And other stars are even further away. Although today it looks like most stars may host planets, it is still statistically improbable that a single star system would have a planet with just the right conditions to support a civilization that would even want to come here.
Probably at least in part as a response to the inherent problems of the ETH came the "Interdimensional Hypothesis" The IDH. This actually takes several forms postulating everything from actual different dimensions in parallel with our own to the use of portals or wormholes or even black holes to circumvent the problems of faster-than-light travel. There appears to be no consensus on how exactly the IDH works, thus paralleling the problems some people have with consciousness not being emergent from physical properties. t also addresses the issue of flimsy UFOs. Why can they be shot down so easily? How could one of these craft travel in interstellar space? The answer is that they don't. In fact, they may not be from another star system. They may be from here, albeit from another dimension, as it were--just like consciousness.
This realization has come about because UFOs don't appear to be playing by the rules of physical space. They defy the rules of physics, specifically inertia. They pop in and out of space. They travel way too fast. And there appears to be a paranormal aspect to their presence. Yeah: Paranormal. Science isn't too fond of that either, is it? Throw in a little reincarnation into the pot and you've lost most of them.
Everything hurts and I'm tired.
