maybe the flying saucers are the ACTUAL aliens, and not just their mode of transport. — BC
When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable, that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened.... If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion.
Or, do you think this is all malarky? — BC
Yeah, not many have had the chance to notice us. — ssu
Yeah, not many have had the chance to notice us. — ssu
We'll just be one more speck on a photo receptor. — BC
Then the question would be, how many light years away? What we see may have happened eons ago. — jgill
we (usually) don't believe in goblins and faireys and other magical creatures living in the forest next to us. But with UFO and outer space, there is a lot that we don't know. Hence it's the perfect place for us to put our superstitions and goblins and faireys -stuff to work. — ssu
The interaction is the problem, basically. At least for now, to our present knowledge, the speed of light is a bit of an obstacle.
If we solve our "limitations in our understanding" and create the faster than light hyperdrives or teleportation, then there's a bit more to the subject of interaction with aliens. — ssu
I definately agree. Somehow we cannot admit that we are in some issues as clueless as people in the 19th Century. And many things are still unknown to us that have questioned us for a longer time. I think especially then as science and technology had advanced, people really had the idea that humanity as gotten everything.Do we have a full description and understanding of reality? No. — Tom Storm
It all seems like an intentional distraction from the antagonisms existing in the real and political worlds. — jgill
Suppose we are that highly intelligent species with advanced technology, and we wish to travel to a star and its planets a million light years away. We are capable of bringing our speed in short order to very, very close to light speed. So we hop aboard and take off, and it takes us less than a year to reach the star. However, Earth is long gone, not even a scrap of matter remaining. Of what value is our journey to those left behind? — jgill
Do you wish that UFOs, Alien Abductions, and Alien Visits were, in fact, REAL, meaning our planet has been visited by aliens from another star system, and that aliens may be present on our planet right now? — BC
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