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Does the possibility of extraterrestrials existing and visiting us scare you and why?
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Have a Blessed Day
Respectfully, Would you please just come out and tell us the TRUTH about everything?
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I just spend half a hour responding. Pressed back at accident sorry
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BlackTron
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Watch Flatland
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Why mods won't just re-open the UFO thread?
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To keep it all in one place. This is at least 2nd thread about UFO/aliens this week. One was easy to keep up with!
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I don't know what that is. I only watch movies I can't commit to having to watch episodes of things
BlackTron
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It's a movie. I watched it in philosophy class like 15 years ago.
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To keep it all in one place. This is at least 2nd thread about UFO/aliens this week. One was easy to keep up with!
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Wellicht Heb ik zelf tunnelvisie regarding seeing this UFO/UAP phenomenon being "discussed" through MSM that's mostly owned by "companies" like BlackRock. And thus an alert goes off; but I'm not sure yet how to interpret said alert. Could've many approaches as to use this distraction
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You do know that rich elites die of cancer ALL THE TIME...right? You really think they are squashing magic anti-cancer tech for us just so they can die of the same thing?
Super charging batteries would benefit them as well (or cars running off water, human photosynthesis, levitation tech, or whatever else you think they are suppressing), it doesn't really make a lot of sense.
As for aliens, barring some sort of warp drive breakthrough that allows an otherwise fairly primitive species to travel betwixt the stars, I don't really see interstellar war being an even remote consideration. Mucking around eith gravity wells makes no sense when all the resources are out in space and are much easier to get.
i DO worry about the Fermi paradox a bit and the Dark Forest companion theory, and here we are skipping cheerfully past the wolves with our bright lights and whistling.
Ikutachi
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I don't doubt life on other planets, but intelligent life is another matter.
Badlucktroll
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If they are here, its likely in the form of robotic probes that they probably sent out to survey habitable worlds a long long time ago. They are unaccesable by humans, and totally harmless.
midnightAI
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PaddyOCanager
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No.
The revelation would be hilarious. The absolute conviction of many people against even entertaining the idea is an embarrassing level of hubris. If you watched the UAP hearing and didn't come to the conclusion that at the very least further investigation should occur, then you are blinded by it. Aliens or not, pilot safety and misappropriation of spending are real concerns - and if it was all a dog and pony show, people should go to jail.
The revelation would be hilarious. The absolute conviction of many people against even entertaining the idea is an embarrassing level of hubris. If you watched the UAP hearing and didn't come to the conclusion that at the very least further investigation should occur, then you are blinded by it. Aliens or not, pilot safety and misappropriation of spending are real concerns - and if it was all a dog and pony show, people should go to jail.
Dr.Morris79
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Beam me up, you cunts.
This place is shit.
This place is shit.
John Marston
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I've been laughing in my head about this most of yesterday and today
Darkmakaimura
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No, quite the opposite. I would be thrilled to find out aliens are real and even more thrilled if they were visiting Earth.
What I find scary is if there is no extraterrestrial life elsewhere. That would mean something is "different" or "wrong" about our universe and that maybe it was made for us only. I find that hard to believe considering there's billions of stars in the galaxy and billions of galaxies with billions of stars.
However, a lack of extraterrestrial life may also prove in the existence of the Judeo-Christian god which of course wouldn't be a bad thing. I guess it just depends on how you look at it.
What I find scary is if there is no extraterrestrial life elsewhere. That would mean something is "different" or "wrong" about our universe and that maybe it was made for us only. I find that hard to believe considering there's billions of stars in the galaxy and billions of galaxies with billions of stars.
However, a lack of extraterrestrial life may also prove in the existence of the Judeo-Christian god which of course wouldn't be a bad thing. I guess it just depends on how you look at it.
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Laieon
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No, I've seen ET and he seems like a cool enough dude.
They have bread on their own planet. They sought us out for Korean BBQ and Mexican food.
They have bread on their own planet. They sought us out for Korean BBQ and Mexican food.
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SJRB
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Do you ever go outside, sit next to ant ant hill and demand to talk to the ant in charge? Do you ever feel the need to explain the inner workings of a computer to a chicken?
The notion that technological and intellectually superior beings would be even remotely interested in us is laughable.
No, the real alien will come from inside. The true extraterrestrial experience will be when we create Artificial Super Intelligence, and the machine will form thoughts, ideas and concepts unfathomable by the human mind.
The notion that technological and intellectually superior beings would be even remotely interested in us is laughable.
No, the real alien will come from inside. The true extraterrestrial experience will be when we create Artificial Super Intelligence, and the machine will form thoughts, ideas and concepts unfathomable by the human mind.
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We've studied ants and we know pretty much everything about them and their colonies. Nice try.
The notion that you think you know whether extraterrestrials would be interested in us or not is even more laughable.
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sono
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Are you suggesting a hyperspace bypass
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GymWolf
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Call it how you want
SJRB
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You think the ants actively register that they were being studied? Or that the humans asked the ants for permission? Or gave the ants advice after studying them? If a higher life form studies us, it is hubris to think that it will communicate with us at all. We are to them as what ants are to us.
PaddyOCanager
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Why assume we are ants to them? In any case, scientists have tried communicating with ants using chemicals and acoustics.
If we are "ants" to them as you say, then that would open the possibility we've been interpreting their attempts at communication in the same way the ants do. I also find it fascinating that on one hand you compare humanity to ants and on the other hand you bring up the unfathomable potential of our AI creations.
Either way you stand on the matter, it's science fiction until further notice so our imagination is the limit when it comes to extraterrestrials and their philosophy. Nothing is off the table when it comes to how they would think or act, and it's fun to speculate.
Elder Legend
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I am more scared of people who are Mouse Balls Fetishist. I heard there is one lurking around on gaf, I hope it's not true.
On a serious note - I'd rather be abducted than stay on this dumb planet.
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I just read that today may be the day we find out if Aliens have responded to the 13 pictures/ messages we sent out 40 years ago. Apparently they started looking today/ this morning to see if there were any replies. It was stated that the radio waves that were sent out, have had time to reach a number of exo planets. Would be awesome if they find a reply.
midnightAI
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I presume that timeframe includes the time for a signal to be sent back? Getting the signal there at the speed of light also needs the same amount of time to send and receive a response (basically, the closest planet must be within 20 light years of us if we sent out a signal 40 years ago and we expect to hear the response now)
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sono
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midnightAI
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Yes, I know that, the closest is around 4.3 light years away, but having the ability to support life (within the habitable zone) is different to actually supporting life. There are only 11 planets within 50 light years that could theoretically support life, what are the chances that any of these actually do? (And again, for this message to go out and come back it must be within 20 light years, so even less planets to choose from)some are closer
List of nearest terrestrial exoplanet candidates - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Put it this way if any of those 11 planets does have intelligent life then out of the billions/trillions of planets out there then hundreds of millions of planets could have intelligent life. (Using made up maths based on If two or more planets less that 20 light years apart do)
lostinblue
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Not gonna lie the possibility of my ex's visiting me scares me shitless.
But I know they exist, I'm not in denial.
But I know they exist, I'm not in denial.
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According to what I read, you are correct. The group felt like yesterday was the "ample" amount of time given to start looking to see if they have replied.
Its like a giant fucking game of Marco Polo!
MilkyJoe
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Even if they exist it's statistically unlikely in your lifetime.
Humans have existed for hundreds of thousands of years for them to come during your lifetime when they could have at any time before makes it extraordinarily anomalous. Lets say they come next year, that would have been a ~1 in 180,000 chance.
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nkarafo
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And too old. Co-existing is just as unlikely.
MilkyJoe
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Trogdor1123
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Pilgrimzero
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We’ll make great pets.
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No.
I do believe there is life in the universe. I actually believe the universe is teeming with life, including in our own system outside of Earth (Europa for example)
However, I think intelligent is very rare. I don't think we're the only intelligent life in our galaxy, but I think there may be only a few planets that have life as intelligent or more than ourselves.
In terms of being scared, no. I would actually be excited. It would of course depend on their intentions. Hollywood loves to paint aliens as aggressive conquerors, but there is no guarantee they would be. They might be peaceful. They might not have any concept of war or tribalism. Depends on how evolution worked on their home planet I guess.
Either way, it would be exciting. I'd love for them to be like the Tyranids from 40K! How amazing would that be!
I do believe there is life in the universe. I actually believe the universe is teeming with life, including in our own system outside of Earth (Europa for example)
However, I think intelligent is very rare. I don't think we're the only intelligent life in our galaxy, but I think there may be only a few planets that have life as intelligent or more than ourselves.
In terms of being scared, no. I would actually be excited. It would of course depend on their intentions. Hollywood loves to paint aliens as aggressive conquerors, but there is no guarantee they would be. They might be peaceful. They might not have any concept of war or tribalism. Depends on how evolution worked on their home planet I guess.
Either way, it would be exciting. I'd love for them to be like the Tyranids from 40K! How amazing would that be!
FunkMiller
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The one thing that I hope above all else, is that aliens do not visit our planet until such a time as we have evolved enough and become technologically proficient enough to EXTERMINATE THE XENOS SCUM.
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