[darkhorse13]

Wow, a paper said this so it must be true. What is the point of research like this that can never be tested? Genuinely curious. Shouldn't we find non-Earth lifeforms FIRST before even trying to make these conclusions?

Edit: Wasn't trying to be harsh here. To be clear, I do believe in consciousness. This sounded a little clickbaity. I also think string theory is a meaningless pursuit.

[zahlman]

This is a philosophy paper; it doesn't appear to be posturing as "research".

[baxtr]

Yes philosophy can say anything it wants

[JumpCrisscross]

> a paper said this so it must be true

Who, other than you, claimed this?

Coming up with a dumb thing someone else could say, but has in fact not, is not rhetoric. It’s not insightful. It’s beating a straw man like a piñata.

[dist-epoch]

So, like string theory?

[darkhorse13]

Exactly like string theory.

[baxtr]

Really? I was under the assumption that there are 1-2 constants that could help falsify string theory?

[frotaur]

String theory is in fact falsifiable contrary to popular belief. It's just not practically falsifiable with current (and likely future, for a while) technology as the energy scales we need to probe to falsify it are astronomically large.

[toxicunderGroov]

Watching tech people grabble with philosophy is hilarious.