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Old 10-12-2017, 02:46 PM   #7441 (permalink)
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Do you believe that there's extraterrestrial life?
Plenty of things living in the ocean.
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Old 10-12-2017, 02:47 PM   #7442 (permalink)
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Then yes. There has to be. Even Batty I'm sure will agree we cannot possibly be the highest form of life in the universe. That would just be the ultimate joke.
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What's the point of this question? I'm sure there are aliens of some sort somewhere.
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Old 10-12-2017, 03:02 PM   #7443 (permalink)
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Then yes. There has to be. Even Batty I'm sure will agree we cannot possibly be the highest form of life in the universe. That would just be the ultimate joke.
The Fermi Paradox leads me to conclude that every species that discovers a way to destroy itself quickly does so. I believe it's an unavoidable evolutionary outcome evidenced by the lack of evidence of alien intelligence. So to answer elph's question. Yes, I think it's biological. An unavoidable universal flaw. Other answers don't pan out.
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Old 10-12-2017, 03:11 PM   #7444 (permalink)
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What's the point of this question? I'm sure there are aliens of some sort somewhere.
I didn't ask it, I just answered it.
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The Fermi Paradox leads me to conclude that every species that discovers a way to destroy itself quickly does so. I believe it's an unavoidable evolutionary outcome evidenced by the lack of evidence of alien intelligence. So to answer elph's question. Yes, I think it's biological. An unavoidable universal flaw. Other answers don't pan out.
I won't get into a [MERIT]-style argument with you over aliens, but I think there's plenty of evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence so I'm not sure where you get that from. Either way, what about aliens who evolve beyond physical bodies into a higher state of being? Surely they, if they exist, would not destroy each other?
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Old 10-12-2017, 03:18 PM   #7445 (permalink)
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I think there's plenty of evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence
Do you mean us as a form of logical evidence or is there some stuff I don't know about?
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Old 10-12-2017, 03:23 PM   #7446 (permalink)
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It's not a [MERIT] type of discussion.

Drake and Fermi were mainstream scientists and Fermi won the Nobel Prize. If you don't read on it you won't get what I'm saying. I don't care if you choose to dismiss me but there's reason to conclude there's a reason we see no proof of extraterrestrial life.
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Old 10-12-2017, 03:35 PM   #7447 (permalink)
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Do you mean us as a form of logical evidence or is there some stuff I don't know about?
I really want to see TH talk about how he was abducted by aliens.
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I really want to see TH talk about how he was abducted by aliens.
But in reality he just got kidnapped and assaulted by an ugly dude.
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But in reality he just got kidnapped and assaulted by an ugly dude.
You leave me out of this.
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Not sure if intentional, but the avvy and her story, that's dark af.
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