Great video on Quantum Physics and ET life by Dr Michio Kaku

Originally posted by Paul_Richard
It is advanced applications of The Light that will supersede the theoretical Type III civilization with what can be termed a Type IV civilization, i.e., one that is capable of utilizing energies that are more powerful than the sum total of all the billions of galaxies in the entire Universe.

Originally posted by Scramjet76
Not to get too far off topic for this thread... suffice to say that I'm spiritual and interested in religious philosophies.

Just wanted to point out that Michio isn't just a believer in the universe... he believes in the multiverse. Since he went wild with his civilization theories I'd point out that if we could figure out a way to enter our "parent universe" as he calls it.... that universe's scales might be in no way comparable to ours. Using the energy of the parent universe might be the Type 4?

Originally posted by Scramjet76
Mathematically you can assign any number to anything while attempting to gauge the degree of size or power of a particular object or energy. And still any number you assign or add to it will fall far short of infinity!
So while the sum power of our universe might equal one. The sum power of our parent universe might equal one hundred billion trillion decillion. Still nothing in the face of infinity.

Originally posted by Scramjet76
I think I'm becoming memorized with potential power sources! I better stop now and come back to reality.

Originally posted by AmethystSD
I would say that the problem with the idea of a one world government in modern times is that the people who would be in the front of the line to rule it are sociopaths. That's the universal problem with any organized relgion, form of government or anything really is that it's only as good as the people who are involved.

Originally posted by AmethystSD
I don't believe that things will always be this way, though. I'm an optimist and I think that we will evolve to the point where we won't have corruption to the degree that we have it now. I don't know if that will happen in only a hundred years though. I know technologically we are progressing by leaps and bounds but ethically we are still in the dark ages. IMO

Various schemes have been proposed for how intelligent species might colonize space. ...But much more likely, in my view, would be colonization by means of so-called von Neumann probes, named after the Hungarian- born prodigy John von Neumann, among whose many mathematical and scientific achievements was the concept of a "universal constructor," or a self-replicating machine. A von Neumann probe would be an unmanned self-­replicating spacecraft, controlled by artificial intelligence and capable of interstellar travel. A probe would land on a planet (or a moon or asteroid), where it would mine raw materials to create multiple replicas of itself, perhaps using advanced forms of nanotechnology.