stratego
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If you believe there are extraterrestrials out there answer these. How advance do you think our technology is compared to the rest? How biologically complex are we compared to them?
If you believe in aliens
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Bud2998
Bud the Ironfist
We are nothing but mere dustmites compared with truly complex life.
Sims2789
Fool me once...
i believe in aliens. one sighting was by the US military in Canada. they aren't saying it's an alien, but it seems like it. it happened a long time ago. a white cigar-shaped object crashed into the water. the Navy sent down divers to check it out. the object moved down the coast for some time(i forget the ammount) before going into space. the divers said they saw nothing, but now they say that they did see something.
another anomoly happened in a small US town in 1917. some villagers saw a white cigar-like object in the sky. i've seen the old newspaper that reported this myself. in 1995 or so, someone got on videotape a white cigar-like object in the sky.
but i've researched Roswell and it is a complete hoax.
saying aliens don't exist is like someone saying, "There is only one species of bacteria in these 100 square miles of space."
however, at least 98% of so-called alien space craft are probably hoaxes. but what about the <2%? some of them are non-alien UFOs, but i'm sure a few of them are aliens.
of course i believe in aliens! we have millions of them from Mexico! oh wait, wrong type of alien...
another anomoly happened in a small US town in 1917. some villagers saw a white cigar-like object in the sky. i've seen the old newspaper that reported this myself. in 1995 or so, someone got on videotape a white cigar-like object in the sky.
but i've researched Roswell and it is a complete hoax.
saying aliens don't exist is like someone saying, "There is only one species of bacteria in these 100 square miles of space."
however, at least 98% of so-called alien space craft are probably hoaxes. but what about the <2%? some of them are non-alien UFOs, but i'm sure a few of them are aliens.
of course i believe in aliens! we have millions of them from Mexico! oh wait, wrong type of alien...
Roundman
Prince
How do you know?
I think ANYTHING we say about aliens can be questioned like that...
"How do you know"
They're smarter then us.
"How do you know"
They're more advanced.
"How do you know"
They could destroy mankind.
"How do you know"
They have contacted earth before.
"How do you know"
etc...
"How do you know"
They're smarter then us.
"How do you know"
They're more advanced.
"How do you know"
They could destroy mankind.
"How do you know"
They have contacted earth before.
"How do you know"
etc...
newfangle
hates you.
Given the age and size of our star, I'd consider humanity one of the more advanced life-forms in the galaxy, though there is certainly potential for far more advanced life.
Because the Bible says so!
Seriously, if you read the Bible, you may see exactly what I mean.
Roundman
Prince
I just think that its pointless to assume things like the claim that I questioned. It seemed to be posted merely for dramatic effect.
stratego
Trying to be good.
Older doesn't necessary mean wiser
funxus
Orange Cycloptic Blob
Since we have life here on earth, why shouldn't there be life somewhere else. I doubt there is any life close to us though (as in organisms we can have contact with within 100 years or so), and especially not intelligent life. Whether they are more intelligent than us or not, I have no idea.
Mrogreturns
The Ghost Who Posts
If there are aliens then I think I can say with some confidence that relative to them we lie somewhere on the continuum of biological and technological sophistication.
Desmond Hawkins
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that was no alien, that was just cousin Zeke acting up again.
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Somewhere in between. I believe that there are alien life forms that are much more advanced, both on technological scales and on evolutionary scales. And I think that we are ahead of others on the same scales.
In short, I'm sitting firmly on the fence (where I normally feel most confortable). Yet strangely enough, I've come off the fence enough to say that I do believe in aliens.
In short, I'm sitting firmly on the fence (where I normally feel most confortable). Yet strangely enough, I've come off the fence enough to say that I do believe in aliens.
Desmond Hawkins
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Originally posted by ainwood
Somewhere in between. I believe that there are alien life forms that are much more advanced, both on technological scales and on evolutionary scales. And I think that we are ahead of others on the same scales.
In short, I'm sitting firmly on the fence (where I normally feel most confortable). Yet strangely enough, I've come off the fence enough to say that I do believe in aliens.
I also assume there are aliens more advanced than us by the same factor as us being more advanced than bacteria.
Aphex_Twin
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If we meet (even through radio waves) any aliens chances are overwhelming they will be vastly more advanced than us. 10,000 years of human civilisation are a VERY small blip on the greater time scale.
Don't tell me an absolutist gives any weight to Drake's equation
I think there must be some other life out there - I haven't the slightest idea what they may be like though, and nor does anyone else. I mean, think of the difference between a spider, a jellyfish, a platypus and an eagle. And that's just our planet.
It's impossible to say what form other life might take. Hell, we might not even recognise alien technology as being technological.
It's impossible to say what form other life might take. Hell, we might not even recognise alien technology as being technological.
rilnator
Emperor
If they are far more advanced than us why haven't they approached us? We're trying our darndest to find them.
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy has a good spin on aliens.
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy has a good spin on aliens.
The more I think about extra-terrestrial intelligence, the more I see it as in Carl Sagan's Contact and Jack McDevitt's The Hercules Text. There's life out there, but it's so far apart and so rare that face to face contact is unlikely. I'm fond of saying that it's a big universe, so statistically it's likely that there is life out there. But when you look at the flip side of that, and consider how big the universe is. . . well. . .
I just hope I live long enough to see us get to another system. It will be interesting to see what our neighbor systems are like.
