A New Forbidden Word
May 12, 2023 15:16:02 #
SteveR wrote:
Aliens may have good intentions as they visit Earth. They may actually be interested in knowing just How to Serve Man!!!
That turned out to be a cook book..........
May 12, 2023 16:30:29 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Singer Demi Lovato says we should not refer to ext... (show quote)
I'd suggest we tell Demi Lovato to flake off.
May 12, 2023 18:11:23 #
Klickitatdave
Loc: Seattle Washington
MrMophoto wrote:
I read somewhere another reason "extraterrestrials" haven't made it to earth (if you don't believe they have) is that any "intelligent" creature that has advanced to the point where they possibly could travel that far has probably destroyed themselves or their own planet. Not a very uplifting thought, but it makes sense in a way.
In dealing with the concept of intelligent species outside of our solar system one has to first understand is that no matter what one chooses to believe the reality is that in actuality we are making those conceptualizations on the basis of a sample size of one. Like with our conversations about other animals on our planet we tend to anthropomorphize and end up projecting our own biases into the equation. We know that our species has a sad propensity toward aggression and violence toward others that are different or has something that we want. We assume that this would also be the case with extraterrestrials but there is no basis for assuming that this is indeed the case. There is also no basis for assuming that this isn't the case. Perhaps in the future we will have a sample size greater than one but even then our conclusions are likely to be biased and incorrect until the sample size is much larger.
May 12, 2023 18:33:48 #
[quote=FreddB][quote=SteveR]Aliens may have good intentions as they visit Earth. They may actually be interested in knowing just How to Serve Man!!![/quote
Ahhh, an Outer Limits fan đź‘Ť[/quote]
Whatever has happened to the great writing of those days? Everything now is either right or left. Nothing intellectually subtle. Better to be a bit MAD I think.
Ahhh, an Outer Limits fan đź‘Ť[/quote]
Whatever has happened to the great writing of those days? Everything now is either right or left. Nothing intellectually subtle. Better to be a bit MAD I think.
May 13, 2023 06:19:22 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
[quote=FreddB][quote=SteveR]Aliens may have good intentions as they visit Earth. They may actually be interested in knowing just How to Serve Man!!![/quote
Ahhh, an Outer Limits fan đź‘Ť[/quote]
Twilight Zone
consider that herbivores follow the seasons.
Carnivores follow them.
Consider how the Northern Europeans treated the Native Anericans
And how the Cayholics treated South America and their own Jews.
Do you really think "they" came all the way here to share anything more than their appetites?
Food, farming, natural resources- including air and water, maybe just an outpost.
We are just a beacon for everyone to notice as soon as our signals get there.
Ahhh, an Outer Limits fan đź‘Ť[/quote]
Twilight Zone
consider that herbivores follow the seasons.
Carnivores follow them.
Consider how the Northern Europeans treated the Native Anericans
And how the Cayholics treated South America and their own Jews.
Do you really think "they" came all the way here to share anything more than their appetites?
Food, farming, natural resources- including air and water, maybe just an outpost.
We are just a beacon for everyone to notice as soon as our signals get there.
May 13, 2023 06:44:28 #
[quote=FreddB][quote=SteveR]Aliens may have good intentions as they visit Earth. They may actually be interested in knowing just How to Serve Man!!![/quote
Ahhh, an Outer Limits fan đź‘Ť[/quote]
Simpsons, too.
Ahhh, an Outer Limits fan đź‘Ť[/quote]
Simpsons, too.
May 13, 2023 07:07:08 #
May 13, 2023 07:25:04 #
SteveR wrote:
Aliens may have good intentions as they visit Earth. They may actually be interested in knowing just How to Serve Man!!!
Yes, Twilight Zone knows, don't they?
May 13, 2023 07:26:38 #
Longshadow wrote:
That turned out to be a cook book..........
But they did eat well on the trip back
May 13, 2023 07:30:08 #
May 13, 2023 08:15:59 #
May 13, 2023 09:03:08 #
Any aliens probably have a quick look around and leave again, knowing that it can't be that long before current earth residents kill themselves off, saving the new residents considerable effort.
It's hard to come up with ANY example of a meeting of two civilization in which the more primitively armed one did well.
It's hard to come up with ANY example of a meeting of two civilization in which the more primitively armed one did well.
May 13, 2023 09:06:05 #
MrMophoto wrote:
The reason "extraterrestrials" visit our planet (IMHO they have visited our plant MANY times) and don't stay or make themselves known is that one look (scan) and it's - Nope, these intelligent life creatures are too dangerous. Like swimming in a pond full of alligators.
I thought they visited, didn’t find intelligent life, and left.
May 13, 2023 09:13:51 #
cdayton wrote:
I thought they visited, didn’t find intelligent life, and left.
May 13, 2023 10:10:46 #
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