How about this, someone else use their imagination and think of the most ideal way something might evolve in the vacuum of space. (And no, being on a meteor doesn't count)
There is a huge problem with this, any "ideal" way would have already taken place given the billions of years that the universe has had.
Our imagination is limited by our knowledge, as well as the possiblity of what we imagine being possible, is also limited by our knowledge. It seems like, given billions of years to acheive "life", the only possible way is on a stable enough, and large enough, object in space with sufficient gravity.
I can "imagine" a microscopic quantum universe where life exists and the energy beings communicate through quantum fields. - I can imagine this. But, because I have a limited understanding of quantum mechanics, I have no idea what is even possible at a quantum level. (even though I'm sure that my imagined scenario is complete nonsense). My point however is that it doesn't matter much what I can "imagine", if it violates the laws of physics, or is contradicted by known facts, I'll just be imagining nonsense. The point is to know and be educated on the facts and laws
before our imagination runs wild.
Either way, how wild would it be, not knowing how anything forms, to imagine that a force like gravity can create a star, that, with it's gravitational force, creates planets, that through the process of chemical reactions simple organic life emerges on 1 of those planets, and after billions of years 1 out of a billion or so species developed a highly complex consciousness! I believe that is pretty fuck'n incredible on it's own to imagine.
- Oni
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