Can you even imagine what we will come to discover?

Question

If you believe in evolution, then consider the following:
We evolved on this earth, the first humans, as far as we know, and are comparable to nothing. That's not to say we are supreme beings, there could aliens we don't know about. What do you make of this: this whole world could just be a phycological experiment. Or perhaps there is another world where life does not need water; who's to say there is not life in the dust and rocks on another planet? Can you even imagine what else there is? What is the world and is life/love/everything we have ever know specific to us? just wondering.

Answer 1

Anything is possible in imagination, but is not necessarily true in fact. The Universe works by rules. It is our task to find those rules. What rules remain undiscovered? Who knows!

Answer 2

This question makes me think of a South Park episode but I digress. With this theory you would make yourself sick really if you were to read all there is to know about the world around us. And as for aliens yes, I am a believer although, if we are simply an experiment then there's something to consider, whom or what is watching us. This brings you to all of the people who've been abducted and so forth, who did that? And the recent knowledge that there is water on Mars is interesting. The fact is there is no way we are the only living species in the universe, I mean get real. As for evolution, I'm getting to the main topic, There is so much about the past we have yet to understand , or find. We understand what we know now, maybe we'll understand what we can do to change the future, the small steps are a good touch, but as for what this world will be in future I can't be sure and I'm not Nostradamus, and don't believe it will look like what it in The Matrix.

Answer 3

I don't think Earth would be a very practical psychological experiment. I do agree with your point; it seems awfully Earth-centric that scientists consider "water" as a requirement for life. They almost seem to make the conclusion that "water implies life." There is no way I can say, with a good reason, what we will or can discover. Well, I can say this, as long as you have no good reason to think otherwise, just take reality for face value. Even if life/love/everything was specific to us (somewhat like The Matrix, if I understand you correctly), it still acts as though it really exists. Even if it isn't real, what could we possibly do about it? We're still stuck in this "virtual reality" that has acted EXACTLY like a "real reality" so, to act as though nothing exists is irrational.

Answer 4

What are we rediscovering is a good question as well. Millennia ago we knew the world was round but we lost that info for thousands of years. We lost and rediscovered concrete and many, many other truths.

We have so much to relearn it's amazing. It is one of the reasons that bums me out about how short our lifespan is. I will only know such a small amount of what is out there to know and will miss so much. The exciting thing is we are in an age where we will learn so much in so little time. It's a good time to be alive and learn.

Answer 5

What we can imagine, we can accomplish. 200 years ago, a personal computer wasn't even a concept by most people. Imagine someone from 1850 on a 747. 200 years from now, this time will be considered intellectualy slow by some people.

Answer 6

Most people do not ask this question but rather do it piece by
piece. These people want to come before moving on to what
we will discover or imagine. They are not 'just wondering' but
evolving more to exploit others. Didn't you get their memo?

Answer 7

ahh... the beauty of the human mind! I love how we can imagine but not enough. Our imagination always needs a source. Something we have seen before. That's why we are not able to create something out of "nothing". Nothing in it's perfect definition.

So, to answer your title question, I want to but even my imagination is limited, therefore I cannot.