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originally posted by: Lucky109
a reply to: Gothmog
That part didn't work on me. I believe in aliens, yet believe almost nothing any government ever says.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
I think it's about time we have a serious look at the UFO phenomena using logic and realism.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
radio signals
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
we would see evidence of life at many different levels of development.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
If we are being visited by ET's then they had to travel here from somewhere quite far away and they had to acquire specific knowledge of our location. expending what I assume is a lot of energy and time, just to cruise around our atmosphere and spy on us or study us.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
I've noticed that most people tend to have a very self-degrading attitude towards this issue, if the ET's don't want to speak to us openly then it must be because we are a bunch of stupid primitive apes...
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
If our governments really had knowledge of an ET presence on Earth, could all of them really keep it a secret for so long? We are clearly at a point now where humanity could handle disclosure, people actually seem to be getting a bit desperate for answers. Although it's mostly a joke, a group of people are now planning to raid Area 51 in an attempt to "see them aliens", which I feel is a manifestation of this growing desperation for answers.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
Getting back to my main point, most of the evidence and logic indicates they didn't travel interstellar distances to reach us. abductions...change our ways
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
ET activities....social engineering
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
does any government really have propulsion technology capable of moving through space the way UFO's are seen to move? The only way they could make the maneuvers they make without the occupants dying is by warping space around the craft rather than move through space.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
I realize how absurd it may sound at first, but the longer I ponder this theory the more I fear it may be true and everyone is completely ignoring the possibility because they'd prefer to believe....I've always believed time travel into the past is impossible.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
I also prefer the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics over the many worlds interpretation
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
portrayed as benevolent gods and often present themselves as angels to religious people. The only motive I draw from that is an attempt to obfuscate and mislead people about their nature.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
Often people convey this idea that ET's would be so far ahead and so different from us that we couldn't possibly understand their motives. I don't think that is at all true
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
but is that an objective or realistic outlook
You just argued our radio signals would be degraded. Why would you think other lifeforms transmissions would not also become undetectable from the additions of noise into the signals.
Our sun is a pretty big beacon. And human beings travel to every corner of our planet to study life, biology, and culture. I would think the desire to explore, discover, and appreciate is a Universal experience.
Maybe the reason we don't see the planet teeming with extraterrestrials is there are just small number here who specialize in studying human beings. Maybe the rest are out making music or spending their leisure time doing extraterrestrials version of Sudokus.
The moment extraterrestrials become an accepted fact every government on the planet will be replaced. People would become insane with desire to interact or fear of annihilation.
40 billion is pretty good number. Over a million years one these planets could have developed life capable of making jump-drives.
Why would we have anything valuable enough ET would want other than to study our culture and ponder at our insanities like the way most people do.
With remotely controlled drones you would not be squashing any watermelons.
You can't prove a negative so ET may yet be real in spite your desire to believe they are not.
You need to think outside the box of materialistic philosophy. It's making you jaded to a particular point of view.
originally posted by: tjocksteffe
A high tech civilization could have placed listening probes within our solar system. Maybe these probes communicate back information faster than light by some advanced technology.
So they wouldnt be dependant on radio waves.
originally posted by: Gothmog
I will try and make this the last time I make this post
"The conspiracy is not to hide the existence of extraterrestrials . It is to make people believe in it so completely that they question nothing"
Fox Mulder - X Files - Patient X
originally posted by: 1point92AU
originally posted by: Gothmog
I will try and make this the last time I make this post
"The conspiracy is not to hide the existence of extraterrestrials . It is to make people believe in it so completely that they question nothing"
Fox Mulder - X Files - Patient X
What does that quote from a fictional character mean to you? What do you think the message is?