Theoretical Science, Art & Philosophy

Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now

  • Countries that are prepared will see a fatality rate of ~0.5% (South Korea) to 0.9% (China ex-Hubei).
  • Countries that are overwhelmed will have a fatality rate between ~3%-5%

Where is everybody?

1. There are no signs of higher (Type II and III) civilizations because there are no higher civilizations in existence.

1.1. We’re Rare (The Great Filter is Behind Us)

1.2. We’re the First

1.3. We’re Fucked (The Great Filter is Ahead of Us)

2. Type II and III intelligent civilizations are out there—and there are logical reasons why we might not have heard from them.

2.1. Super-intelligent life could very well have already visited Earth, but before we were here.

2.2. The galaxy has been colonized, but we just live in some desolate rural area of the galaxy.

2.3. The entire concept of physical colonization is a hilariously backward concept to a more advanced species.

2.4. There are scary predator civilizations out there, and most intelligent life knows better than to broadcast any outgoing signals and advertise their location.

2.5. There’s only one instance of higher-intelligent life — a “superpredator” civilization (like humans are here on Earth) — that is far more advanced than everyone else and keeps it that way by exterminating any intelligent civilization once they get past a certain level.

2.6. There’s plenty of activity and noise out there, but our technology is too primitive and we’re listening for the wrong things.

2.7. We are receiving contact from other intelligent life, but the government is hiding it.

2.8. Higher civilizations are aware of us and observing us (AKA the “Zoo Hypothesis”).

2.9. Higher civilizations are here, all around us. But we’re too primitive to perceive them.

2.10. We’re completely wrong about our reality.

No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay In The Air

On a strictly mathematical level, engineers know how to design planes that will stay aloft. But equations don't explain why aerodynamic lift occurs.

There are two competing theories that illuminate the forces and factors of lift. Both are incomplete explanations.

Aerodynamicists have recently tried to close the gaps in understanding. Still, no consensus exists.