Everything that can happen will happen....

Arthur C. Clarke Interview from Lifeboat Foundation. I believe in infinite possibilities unlike the Wilhelm Reich.

JLC: Do you believe that there is life in the universe?
ACC: I think it is quite common. Probably even Mars had life before!

JLC: But how about really intelligent life?
ACC: Sure, and the proof is that they are not here! The best proof that there's intelligent life in the universe is that it hasn't come here.

JLC: When will we make contact with them?
ACC: Well, we are still searching for intelligent life here on Earth. Who knows? Who knows? I mean, it could be tomorrow! I don't believe it has happened yet because people could not keep quiet about it.

JLC: Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future of humanity?
ACC: I believe one should be optimistic because there is a chance of a good self-fulfilling prophecy. It is dangerous to be pessimistic because that could become a self-fulfilling prophecy, but a bad one. However, one should avoid being naively optimistic.

JLC: Do you think that time is linear or cyclical?
ACC: Everything that can happen will happen. There are billions of universes proliferating everywhere.

JLC: So, do you believe in parallel universes?
ACC: I don't "believe", but it is a possibility since in a practically infinite universe almost anything is theoretically possible to happen somewhere.

JLC: And, some of those parallel universes could have cyclical time?
ACC: Yes, yes. In one of those universes I shoot you now, you see, and we end this interview (laughing out loud).