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Re:Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguisha... by kanzure on Saturday November 19, 2016 @08:58PM (#12996857)
> So what if some of the physics we study is actually not how the universe looked at the start? Could the speed of light have changed because of aliens weaponizing physics in past wars?

Yeah I thought all those stars looked suspicious.

http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/physics/astrophysics/Starivo...

http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/physics/astrophysics/black-h...

http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/physics/astrophysics/The%20m... (starting at page 203, chapter 9)

http://www.xenology.info/Xeno.htm

previously on HN, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10252222

http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/seti-megastructures-jason-...

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Re:Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguisha... by mirekrusin on Sunday November 20, 2016 @10:08AM (#12999158)
It would be quite funny if it turned out that religious people were sorta right and our visible universe is just a cell in some other dimensions' creature butt, for example.
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Re:Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguisha... by TeMPOraL on Sunday November 20, 2016 @03:08PM (#13000878)
Ultimately right, but for the very wrong reasons :). Happens sometimes. See e.g. Galileo.
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