Aliens....Do You Believe?

[Star Dog]

Before voyager run out of battery it was turned around and shot a photo of earth from 91 billion miles away.

“The Pale Blue Dot” by Carl E. Sagan

Finding significance in an expansive pool of vastness

medium.com

It's a damn big place!

Eta... If Google the pale blue dot you'll get better images of it.

 

[ANC]

I'm trying to get my head around the fact that all of the known matter we can see in the universe, suns, and planets et al makes up less than 5% of all the matter and energy thought to exist. Yet we found a way to exist despite the extremely low odds of it all.

 

[bursto]

this one surprised me didnt know egyptians had been down under

 

[dabbles]

yes

 

[Drop That Sound]

Where's the moon on the pale blue dot picture? I suppose it's hiding behind the dot right? Only one picture? Why did'nt it turn around and take 1000's of pics at any given time?

 

[bursto]

here is what they say

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

here is what they say

well the one he has his hand next to clearly says "penis"...you see what you see, and i'll see what makes me laugh, because that's what i do when presented with funny shit.

 

[Greengrouch]

It’s a big universe, it’s unlikely we’re the only intelligent species capable of advanced tool use and complex social organization. I think it’s equally unlikely that any have ventured beyond their respective solar systems or that they ever will to many things that could prevent that, from cosmic events, natural disasters, resource scarcity, self made damage ie climate change or nuclear war. A whole bunch of things that could filter the spread of any sort of intergalactic/interstellar expansion

 

[bursto]

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the inspiration for Ozzy Osbourne's song

 

[odessa]

I do but I think they either predate humans on earth, or the asteroid belt is the remains of the planet they blew up before crashing here on a mountain somewhere. Both fit the lore and neither violates Fermi's Paradox. I am open to wormholes and interdimensional travel, but I'm trying to keep things simple and explanatory.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

I am open to wormholes and interdimensional travel

is that painful?
it's killin me...

 

[odessa]

is that painful?
it's killin me...

I walked right into that.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

I've expressed my views more than once...i have no doubt there is a lot of other intelligent life out there, and some of it might even be advanced enough to have discovered intergalactic travel...which means they can go just about anywhere they want.
Why in the fuck would they want to come here? a planet full of self destructive primates whose favorite pastime is shitting in their own feed trough?
the only attraction i can see depresses me...i certainly hope beings who have conquered intergalactic travel don't want to watch Jackass, Live...

 

[ooof-da]

An Algorithm Has Detected 8 Mysterious Signals That Possibly Came From Aliens — Popular Mechanics

Well now.

apple.news

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

An Algorithm Has Detected 8 Mysterious Signals That Possibly Came From Aliens — Popular Mechanics

Well now.

apple.news

"While the signals probably aren’t from extraterrestrials, we also don’t know for sure."....

 

[Drop That Sound]

Probably encrypted Chinese spy balloon transmissions they were picking up on..

 

[ooof-da]

AI looking for ET

 

[farmingfisherman]

I've expressed my views more than once...i have no doubt there is a lot of other intelligent life out there, and some of it might even be advanced enough to have discovered intergalactic travel...which means they can go just about anywhere they want.
Why in the fuck would they want to come here? a planet full of self destructive primates whose favorite pastime is shitting in their own feed trough?
the only attraction i can see depresses me...i certainly hope beings who have conquered intergalactic travel don't want to watch Jackass, Live...

Earth would be like a comedy club for other life forms.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Earth would be like a comedy club for other life forms.

if it was mentally ill monkeys performing and they thought throwing shit was funny

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

I'm not trying to be an asshole...But we're assholes...
Domestic abuse, racism, violent crime, homophobia, war, paranoia, corruption, greed, spite, malice, hate.
I sincerely hope that beings advanced enough to come here, wouldn't want to. That would be even more deeply disappointing than our own behavior.