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Originally posted by edventia
I think that if there is a race or races, that are capable of wiping us out or enslaving us, they'd have done it by now.
Originally posted by Pjotr
Originally posted by GBBumblebee
I'm of the opinion that we should increase our defensive capabilities before we start announcing to all that we are here. At the present time, we don't have any space defenses to speak of that would be of any concern to a militant space faring species.
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A hostile race encounter with our current tech level could put us on the receiving end of this quote from the Half Life universe; "This isn't war. This is pest control".
We are truly lost. do you here what you are saying. It is a never ending story. We are killing ourselves, we do not need ET's for that.
You want weapon systems? Against What?? We do not know what is out there, so we are incapable of of envisioning how a defense should work.
As soon as you meet dangers it is feasible to think what to do, not before.
A never ending weaponrace hmmm...sounds familiar.
We do not know what is out there, so we are incapable of of envisioning how a defense should work.
As soon as you meet dangers it is feasible to think what to do, not before.
Originally posted by anti72
this evil alien attack thing is a CIA disinfo.look up disclosure project.
also the Niburu hoax , it is made up by NASA.
[edit on 19-12-2007 by anti72]
Originally posted by Nohup
Originally posted by edventia
I think that if there is a race or races, that are capable of wiping us out or enslaving us, they'd have done it by now.
Well, of course. And what would be the point? Slaves are good if you need cheap manual labor to do complex tasks, but the downside is you have feed them and keep them healthy enough to breed. And if you have technology to do the work of slaves, what good are they?
As for wiping us out, that would only be necessary if we became some kind of threat, which hasn't been the case over the last 5 million years, isn't the case now, and will probably never be the case, because human beings are not built for space travel. We're already isolated/quarantined. Why bother killing us?
Lack of obvious, direct contact is pretty good evidence that there are no aliens close enough for us to detect, or who care about us enough one way or another to either be friends or enemies. Or there just ain't any aliens at all. That's always a big possibility.
Originally posted by tezzajw
Originally posted by GBBumblebee
The 'good' ones are already visiting us now anyway...
Originally posted by Sparky63
When and if an alien civilization receives images beamed into space, they will have to carefully analyze the images they intercept. Can image their reaction when they see these two images taken only 500 miles apart.
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Originally posted by Cmdraleon
Interesting post.
Science wars us of a possible hostle Et existance beyond Earth .
Are Earth people not the ones who are being hostle ?
How many wars have been created throughout Earth History and until science makes a spiritual connecticut without using Seti they will not see beyond this .
I am glad Science is becoming aware of the Et presense.
Before people run for the hills or think that All Ets are like the ones in Independence Day or get there Guns out to shoot the first Et thats walks off a ship and says hi.
Realize its Mankind that is hostle .
If People from other Worlds wanted to blow Earth up it could have been done long ago .
Why not look at Mankind Might be Dangerous and not those who reside in outter space whom you have not met yet.
[edit on 20-12-2007 by Cmdraleon]
Originally posted by euclid
There is a problem with your logic:
1. The images you provided would have absolutely no CONTEXT to an alien. In the first image they would see two things, obviously life forms, and what they would probably discern to be vegetation. It would be meaningless as it is meaningless to me.
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Can you image their reaction when they see these two images taken only 500 miles apart?
What will that say about our race?
1. The images you provided would have absolutely no CONTEXT to an alien.
2. The second image also lacks any context as well for the same reasons as the first.
3. You are projecting your mores and values onto a hypothetical species that may or may not exist. This species, if it exists, will not have the same moral or philosophical ideas that we have. They will without doubt be very different.
They may view humans as food and think that dogs and cats are the controllers of society due to the fact that these little creatures stay home in a well air conditioned house and we provide for their needs. I know cats would agree with me.
The bottom line is that if there is an alien out there they will view our images as we would view their images..... with utter confusion & fascination.
I'm not moved at all by the images you posted..... why would they be moved to any moral evaluation of them; why would they view it as any thing other than the way things are on that "planet".