Thread: What if...

This is a cool idea, but I see one flaw.
Suppose this is true, that there is an advanced group of beings somewhere out there that created us and have been watching us evolve.
My question is who created the beings who created us?
An even more advanced group of beings?
And what of them? Another group of beings wiser yet?
There has to be some origin of life that wasn't an advanced wise group of beings.
I have yet to hear a good theory that suffieciently explains the origin of the very first life.

Originally Posted by Fableflame

This is a cool idea, but I see one flaw.
Suppose this is true, that there is an advanced group of beings somewhere out there that created us and have been watching us evolve.
My question is who created the beings who created us?
An even more advanced group of beings?
And what of them? Another group of beings wiser yet?
There has to be some origin of life that wasn't an advanced wise group of beings.
I have yet to hear a good theory that suffieciently explains the origin of the very first life.

That's just it, life was created by life. Considering the span of the universe, it's possible life existed and started creating life quite early on. And perhaps an even wiser/smarter group of beings built this universe (and perhaps others) if you believe in the multi-verse theory. Perhaps wrapping our minds around this conundrum is harder than trying to teach an ant russian?

What if we're the product of sadistic gits and are now actually a little brighter than they ever got?

Cooler yet:

In the future we'll send seeds of life back in time, thus causing our own existence.

If this is the truth, Jeff, how would it change your liffe and ideologies?

We are sophisticated biological androids. Yes....yes

Originally Posted by guitarboy

If this is the truth, Jeff, how would it change your liffe and ideologies?

Good question. If it were true, I'd feel a bit relieved. Not necessarily because I'd know without a shout of a doubt the history behind human origins, but also because I'd finally have peace about where we came from...period. What about you?

So if there was nothing before life, since only life can make itself, then does that mean the past is infinite? Or do we only care about our own, specific human origins?

Originally Posted by Jeff777

That's just it, life was created by life. Considering the span of the universe, it's possible life existed and started creating life quite early on. And perhaps an even wiser/smarter group of beings built this universe (and perhaps others) if you believe in the multi-verse theory. Perhaps wrapping our minds around this conundrum is harder than trying to teach an ant russian?

Meh. That's not good enough. Life can't just be there, something had to have created it. Whether it be a higher being, or the big bang (neither of these explanations make any sense though.)

Most theories that explain how we came to be are inadequate, something is definitely missing. This allows the holes to be filled by religion and magical tales.

Originally Posted by grasshoppa

Most theories that explain how we came to be are inadequate, something is definitely missing. This allows the holes to be filled by religion and magical tales.

And big bangs. Don't forget that most popular of the theory-spackling pastes haha.