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re: Ok Ladies and Gentlemen... Its time to discuss Aliens
Posted on 2/27/14 at 5:12 pm to CrimsonChin
Posted on 2/27/14 at 5:12 pm to CrimsonChin
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I think it's pretty obvious that we aren't alone in the Universe but the odds of us running across intelligent alien life are slim. I think they exist but doubtful that either one of us can actually travel to the other solar system.
And this here is the significant problem. If humans were to completely die out in, let's just say 5,000 more years -- that'd mean that modern humans as we know it have existed for about 20,000 years. And modern as a means of agriculture and sharing ideas, not hunter gatherers.
The universe as we know it has existed for a little over a dozen billion years, which means that our race would have died 700,000 times.
Which means that super intelligent forms of life could have existed and died hundreds of thousands of times over, or that we will die before they even begin.
It's a cold fricking universe, and I really hope we can achieve a level of being able to survive galactic catastrophe to keep our race alive and eventually dominate reality.
'Cause Jesus told meh.
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Posted on 2/27/14 at 6:09 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
It is possible that an advanced alien civilization using something like an Alcubierre drive has already visited our solar system. If they are that advanced, they could have an advaned stealth technology, which would make them undetectable.
If like us, an alien civilization would send out a probe ahead of a "manned" mission. We have barely explored our solar system, there might be one out there. If they have an advanced nanotechnology, we likely would not detect it.
One problem is that we really don't know what to look or listen for. Assuming radio telescopes could detect an alien transmission, could we even recognize it?
They may already have visited in the past and concluded there is no intelligent life on Earth. We agree that an ant is life, but we don't bother trying to communicate with one. They might likewise feel its pointless even trying to communicate with us.
If like us, an alien civilization would send out a probe ahead of a "manned" mission. We have barely explored our solar system, there might be one out there. If they have an advanced nanotechnology, we likely would not detect it.
One problem is that we really don't know what to look or listen for. Assuming radio telescopes could detect an alien transmission, could we even recognize it?
They may already have visited in the past and concluded there is no intelligent life on Earth. We agree that an ant is life, but we don't bother trying to communicate with one. They might likewise feel its pointless even trying to communicate with us.
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