They couldnt tell anyone either?
savethelemmings87
Dead end trips
Cosmology can be disturbing.
For instance, I recently learned of dead end trips.
Denni Van Huis
There are some destinations that you shouldnt try for.
You cant return home, because home is receding faster than you’re able to travel.
you might no longer get anywhere, only get further away from everything.
You cannot reach any destination, even if you travel forever.
In essence, shutting down.
Its been seen in air crashes and lots of places really.
Basically your body can switch itself off.
Theory has it that they were cognizant the entire time until they crashed in the ocean.
Carter administration reported that it was a natural occurrence due to a small meteorite hitting the satellite.
DJCJ42
Number stations
Essentially, spying is still a very real thing for most world governments.
Additionally, shortwave radio is an extremely secure way of sending these messages.
The only time a one-time code has ever been broken was an instance where the code was re-used.
Decodes the message, discards the key, and no one is any the wiser.
Tintinabulation
Dark forest theory
The dark forest theory.
Even breathing is done with care.
The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him.
70,000 years ago a volcano in Indonesia erupted.
Theres theories that we have a genetic bottleneck around that time.
Took our population down to 10,000-3,000 (like the size of one small town).
Without this event, we may have advanced faster and be healthier people today.
And since youre a newcomer to this environment, chances are its not you theyre hiding from.
This would eventually lead to them consuming all life on earth.
I was mildly freaked out by the idea of it.
Itd be the most horrifying means of extinction.
And those are just the ones who do get caught.
TheBirminghamBear
Zombies
Philosophical zombies.
Theory that a good portion of the human race lack conscious experience.
They do everything required to be human, they ape emotions, go through life.
They just lack sentience.
liberatedhusks
Mind control
That mind control actually exists.
