The information from extraterrestrials will revolutionize all aspects of life but will not solve all the secrets of the essence of life.
After a period of initial crisis and acclimatization from the very existence of extraterrestrials who have visited Earth for ages, the inhabitants of Earth will experience an extraordinary boom. However, not all troubling problems will be solved immediately! The thought that we might discover the secrets of human existence will be false because, otherwise, people will not be motivated. The vast amount of information from extraterrestrials will change many mindsets. Still, it will not solve all the riddles of free will, whether we live in a simulation, and many questions that have preoccupied philosophers and researchers.
The question of free will, the essence of human existence, will remain unsolved.
These issues are connected as a mirror image to the philosophical issue of whether we live in a simulation. The problem is that this question does not and will never have an unequivocal answer.
- The explanation for why there is no unequivocal answer to this question is found at the mathematical-philosophical level in a problem known in mathematics as mathematical incompleteness. It was developed by the Austrian mathematician and philosopher Kurt Godel, later expanded by Alan Turing, and presented as the halting problem known from computer science. Link: The simulation argument cannot be proven unequivocally!
Since deep unanswered questions about the essence of life will always remain, there will always be room for religions, which will make necessary changes and adjustments but will continue to survive! Human beings need faith. Link: Does an encounter with aliens threaten religions?
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