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Probing you say?
So, one of the guys who came over today grew rather bored of Zack's Justice League. So he came upstairs to talk to me. I assume because he had grown weary of the girls. And he's had a few drinks.
He looks around my bedroom. I mean, mine and Sierra's bedroom, and he sees my famous X-Files poster. The Mulder "I Want To Believe" poster. We start talking about the idea of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.
I like the idea as much as the next person, okay, but I also think it's a fantasy world. I like to remind myself that not everything is real.
So I tell him it's a bunch of bullshit. Like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster or Ogopogo or the Jersey Devil. It's maybe one step up from cryptozoology.
And how would aliens be able to create enough power to travel outside their own galaxy? No way. Impossible.
So ... this guy is in school and studying chemistry and physics and all that. He says, "What if they were employing free energy?"
"Free energy is a myth. It does not exist. There is always a trade-off."
"Is there?"
So we got into a polite debate about free energy.
Free energy is a complicated subject when you get into the nitty-gritty of it. Now, I've not a scientific mind. I've got an artistic mind. Science is way the fuck over my head.
But to dumb it down and try to explain free energy to a dumbass like me ...
It's like ... say you want to make a bonfire. You'd light a match and burn some wood. The wood would burn, turn into smoke and ashes. Creating energy. The wood would no longer exist.
Or say, putting gasoline in your car. The gas enables the car to go, and the degrading engine makes most of the rest of the car work.
The energy needed to make this happen ... is used and disappears.
It's like in Interstellar. When they say the only way humans have figured out a way to get somewhere is to leave something behind.
Free energy, is basically tapping into the energy inherent in the universe and using it without a trace left behind. No fuel, no flame.
Say like, wind, solar, hydro. Only all of that shit costs money and upkeep. Not exactly free.
So we talked about it quite a bit. Until his girlfriend decided it was time to leave. LOL.
If anyone with a scientific mind would like to correct me on this, feel free. I know shit about science.
So, one of the guys who came over today grew rather bored of Zack's Justice League. So he came upstairs to talk to me. I assume because he had grown weary of the girls. And he's had a few drinks.
He looks around my bedroom. I mean, mine and Sierra's bedroom, and he sees my famous X-Files poster. The Mulder "I Want To Believe" poster. We start talking about the idea of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.
I like the idea as much as the next person, okay, but I also think it's a fantasy world. I like to remind myself that not everything is real.
So I tell him it's a bunch of bullshit. Like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster or Ogopogo or the Jersey Devil. It's maybe one step up from cryptozoology.
And how would aliens be able to create enough power to travel outside their own galaxy? No way. Impossible.
So ... this guy is in school and studying chemistry and physics and all that. He says, "What if they were employing free energy?"
"Free energy is a myth. It does not exist. There is always a trade-off."
"Is there?"
So we got into a polite debate about free energy.
Free energy is a complicated subject when you get into the nitty-gritty of it. Now, I've not a scientific mind. I've got an artistic mind. Science is way the fuck over my head.
But to dumb it down and try to explain free energy to a dumbass like me ...
It's like ... say you want to make a bonfire. You'd light a match and burn some wood. The wood would burn, turn into smoke and ashes. Creating energy. The wood would no longer exist.
Or say, putting gasoline in your car. The gas enables the car to go, and the degrading engine makes most of the rest of the car work.
The energy needed to make this happen ... is used and disappears.
It's like in Interstellar. When they say the only way humans have figured out a way to get somewhere is to leave something behind.
Free energy, is basically tapping into the energy inherent in the universe and using it without a trace left behind. No fuel, no flame.
Say like, wind, solar, hydro. Only all of that shit costs money and upkeep. Not exactly free.
So we talked about it quite a bit. Until his girlfriend decided it was time to leave. LOL.
If anyone with a scientific mind would like to correct me on this, feel free. I know shit about science.
It wasn't Kaku. I don't think. But it may as well have been.
It was some silly interview on The Colbert Report where it went from dumb fun to interesting. You know ... back when Colbert was funny and not obsessed with making Trump jokes every night. I was a fan of his since his earliest days on the Daily Show and Strangers With Candy. My father even once since he reminded him of me.
We get it, Stephen. You don't like Trump. I don't either. I also don't need to hear jokes about him every fucking night.
And if you're reading this and you do like Trump. I DON'T FUCKING CARE. Not in a woke way, not in a mature way, not in a "I'm so above this bullshit" way ... I just don't fucking care.
I could not give two bloody diarreah shits about anyone's political beliefs. I ... don't ... care. In fact, it's doubtful anyone cares about your beliefs other than yourself.
But as far as something and nothing. Well, it's a fascinating subject.
You could probably ask a million people about it and get a million different answers and opinions.
Coming at it from an untrained and wildly unscientific mind, I guess ... uh ... well ...
I guess I see "Something" as a situation where you have something of a handle on it. You can sort of predict it and know what to expect and see what's coming and take your best guess. And the more trips you take around the Sun, the less you're surprised by events.
But "Nothing?" Well what do you do with that? It could be anything and go anywhere and you've zero chance to prepare for it. You don't have any idea what it is or what it can do.
I highly doubt this question will be answered before the Sun dries out and humanity perishes, but ... gotta pass the time.
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