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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by anon7725 on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:27AM (#34678747)
Did you happen to notice the phrases “it’s conceivable” and “perhaps” in my reply? I’m not making any categorical assertions. I think people who make categorical assertions in the negative regarding other life in the universe and its potential capabilities are engaging in scientism.
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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by wpietri on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:04PM (#34687067)
Lots of things are conceivable. Gods are conceivable, as are angels and demons. It's conceivable that you are the only sentient being in existence besides me and that I am a vast superintelligence controlling everything you see and hear, posting little reminders of the truth like this just to fuck with you.

However, I doubt you're going to spend much time on that, and I'm not going to spend much time on other things that are merely conceivable.

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