re: Do you believe in the Fermi Paradox: The Great Filter?

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The fact that 2 cars can theoretically hit head-on but go right through each other without touching is mind blowing enough. But being theoretically possible to teleport could be a game changer in interstellar travel.

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If we were able to develop a technology that allowed two cars about to hit each other change dimensions right before a crash, we would probably have the technology to teleport.
Teleportation might not work for people that have synthetic body parts. But again if we can teleport then maybe we can maybe grow organic body parts with DNA.

However, nothing will ever happen due to the opposition to such capabilities. Some will want to put that money into slums to help people that can't be helped. Others will have philosophical opposition for religious or other reasons.

Get this; I worked with a lady that totally opposed to anything that ventured off of this planet. She thought that the space shuttle was evil and basically thought that natural disasters were God's punishment for using such things.

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Its very likely that space has advanced civilizations but its less likely that they will vist us. We've only started to broadcast signals into space, if we wait 100k yrs then I'm sure we'll be visited. Our problem is that mankind is too destructive; we dont take care of each other, our planet and even space.

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Why should we assume there are interstellar life forms who evolved to be less “destructive” than Homo sapiens?

Because a common theory is a species can't evolve to that level without being peaceful. War torn places like Africa don't evolve. It is counter productive. Anyway, if you could space travel, there is so many resources on non habitable planets you wouldn't need to kill things. And no one would waste the resources on bringing an army to another solar system.

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But he’s making the assumption that humans would never be able to so evolve due to some inherent destructive nature. What sort of different inherehent trait would a further evolved interstellar life form need to posses to get over this hurdle he’s assuming humans will never be able to overcome and why should we assume there is such a life form if we are assuming we could never evolve into such?

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He's making the argument that the great filter weeds out warlike societies.. we could travel the stars but we are more concerned with bombing brown people.

Some interesting quotes from lockheed martin/skunkworks guys a few decades ago though..

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And "teleporting" across interstellar distances is even less likely than that. Source: Got my degree in Physics and Astronomy and spent far too much time doing homework calculating stuff like this. For subatomic particles yes this is a thing, anything larger and no it isn't.

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Maybe just a few generations ago the absolute best minds in physics and science would have confidently said man going to space, or the moon, was impossible.

Might be unlikely now, to our (your) tiny minds, but who knows?

People from all over the world, from citizens to NASA astronauts and fighter pilots have encountered extra-terrestrials.

The fact that people refuse to accept it is appalling. Read a little. Do just a touch of research on the subject, and you'll discover we have been visited for as long as there have been living beings on the Earth.

Get the book, or look up Ronald Reagan's briefing at Camp David from March 6-8, 1981. William Casey, Secretary Caspar Weinberger, and an extremely knowledgeable person referred to as The Caretaker answered all his questions and disclosed information on aliens.

Also:

"They're Parked on The Side of the Crater, THEY’RE WATCHING US"! Neil Armstrong Landed On The Moon

LINK

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particles colliding


Colliding particles are not the only thing to worry about...

particles passing by each other disrupt both their electro-magnetic and gravitational fields...

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If you add that to the thought of trillions of particles having to be in an exact spot/motion and taking consideration of the orbits of every last electron, etc. Is it even really theoretically possible for the two cars to pass through each other without touching. On a simple level, just considering the space....sure.

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Brown people? Who are we?

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The U.S? No other country is even close to leaving this rock

When I first learned of this, I saw that several people advised to read the book

Saturn Run by John Sandford

It has an interesting take on a unique alien first contact not mentioned in theory -- and how our planet reacts to the entire situation. Several surprises in it and an exciting and excellent read. Very believable in many aspects.

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Are you saying we (Americans) are uniquely destructive among the human race? Are you a total and complete simpleton?

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I think you should learn to fricking read