Andy Stumpf

Even though I've had no experiences, there's too many stories.

There's too much weirdness to it.

How about just given the size of the known universe and the fact it keeps expanding, what is the mathematical odds that we are completely the only thing out there?

Exactly.

So this is like sort of the same argument that people used to use for Bigfoot.

Like the wilderness is so vast.

The Pacific Northwest is so dense.

There could be something out there that we haven't documented.

Well, the problem is now we kind of have.

And now we kind of know that with all these camera traps and all these different things, it's very, very, very, very unlikely that any of these stories are true.

But when you get to the universe, it's like, come on.

It's way more likely that we're not alone than we are alone.

If we are alone, that's kind of insane.

I mean, it's kind of incredible.

If this is the only place where intelligent life is formed.

I think if that's the case, we're missing something.

We're missing something about the nature of consciousness.

We're missing something about what consciousness actually is, like what is our actual role in the universe.

It might be more complex than we initially believe.

I think disclosure that we aren't alone would have a net benefit to society globally.