Intelligent Life
Jun 20, 2018 09:57:10 #
All the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth. 
Jun 20, 2018 10:04:43 #
And, apparently, for good reason.
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"So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth"! - Monty Python.
--Bob
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"So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth"! - Monty Python.
--Bob
4uiprnt wrote:
All the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth.
Jun 20, 2018 10:05:48 #
4uiprnt wrote:
All the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth.
Makes perfect sense.
Jun 20, 2018 12:26:45 #
Jun 21, 2018 07:13:25 #
Years ago, Calvin, of "Calvin and Hobbes" observed that the surest sign of intelligent life in the Universe is the fact that they haven't chosen to contact us.
Jun 21, 2018 07:14:50 #
But what sort of life created the instruments to point outward, or cared to look?
Jun 21, 2018 07:28:13 #
bedouin wrote:
But what sort of life created the instruments to point outward, or cared to look?
Smart ones.
Jun 21, 2018 07:34:38 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
4uiprnt wrote:
All the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth.
An intelligent observation!!!
Jun 21, 2018 08:02:32 #
Among the hundreds of billion of galaxies, with their billions of stars, I believe “intelligent” life exists on many planets in the various Goldilocks zones. One scary answer as to why we have not been contacted by the most advanced civilization is that, unfortunately, to paraphase Pogo, it is us.
Jun 21, 2018 08:09:52 #
spaceylb
Loc: Long Beach, N.Y.
bedouin wrote:
But what sort of life created the instruments to point outward, or cared to look?
The guys in the tweed suits...
Jun 21, 2018 08:16:03 #
I think it was Neil deGrasse Tyson who said that aliens have already visited earth but found no intelligent life and left.
Jun 21, 2018 09:36:22 #
Just make sure that they don't point their telescopes toward Washington DC.
Jun 21, 2018 10:30:11 #
Calvin also opined that the meaning of life was to live long enough to reproduce before you get eaten by something else.
The kid's a genius.
--Bob
The kid's a genius.
--Bob
Burtzy wrote:
Years ago, Calvin, of "Calvin and Hobbes" observed that the surest sign of intelligent life in the Universe is the fact that they haven't chosen to contact us.
Jun 21, 2018 10:44:38 #
PhotoPhred wrote:
Just make sure that they don't point their telescopes toward Washington DC.
Jun 21, 2018 12:15:12 #
4uiprnt wrote:
All the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth.
Great thought.
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