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Of course, this is what the end of Men in Black shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKnpPCQyUec

But let me tell you another possibility. What if there is no nature, but just our perception of it.

Yea, tree falling in the forest and all that...stated more explicitly..

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That is also very much possible, we can never know. Or maybe we can in the future. Only time can tell
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Cogito ergo sum is still the only "barrier" for self-awareness, aka real knowledge.
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Woah your reply feels very much like Deja Vu to me - my OP on X from months ago

Gitanjali GulveSehgal @gigi_sehgal Jun 22 Replying to @fermatslibrary Contrarian Takes: 1. We live in a “box” governed by the compute we are capable of. Perhaps the rockets are out there in a form we cannot observe. ( borrowing from Quantum Ruliad ). E.g What do bacteria think of us? Do we “exist” for them? Are we infrastructure or entities to them? Do they think we do not exist? We cannot see Neutrinos streaming thru our bodies but atleast we managed to figure out that they existed. Who knows what else exists that our senses and technology cannot perceive or reverse engineer existence of? 2. Perhaps they have remote observation capability, 3. Perhaps its a simulation we are in a space alien overlord’s lab 4. Perhaps the Men in Black wiped our memory each time we see them 5. What were those drones flying over DC? 6. Perhaps they are already here

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