Do you think we are alone in the universe & why?

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Do you think we are alone?

Yes, I think we are all alone in this vast universe 0 vote(s) 0.0%
No, I think there is other intelligent life in the universe 5 vote(s) 5.2%
Maybe, but I'm not really sure 91 vote(s) 94.8%
  1. RonaldRaygun Futuristic Weapon Wielder/Commie Hunter

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    Ok, you have to be trolling. You just can't be serious...

    Stalin, the Glorious Leader of All Things Mortal and Divine, slapped some sense into the fools who made that group.
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    i actually am serious
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    Watch that video I posted.
  4. RonaldRaygun Futuristic Weapon Wielder/Commie Hunter

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    Then I think you belong in the Fahrenheit universe. I wouldn't be surprised if you believed in Mayan gods and rogue AIs too.
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    YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS
  6. Chelsea366 Retired Moderator

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    Capslock, 2 posts including this one and you decide to call others idiots? Pot calling the kettle black.
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    i did watch the video. I am not convinced by their argument on the second picture. In the 1920's the idea of developing a bomb like the atom bomb was fantasy at best. then 1945... Now the idea of being able to travel extrreme distances in relatively short time is considered science fiction. If a civilization has lets say existed lets say 40 million years longer than we have, it would be entirely stupid to believe that they couldnt have mastered this idea millions of years ago. They could be the reason the human race has evolved to this point and existed altogether. We already know that if we put the same stuff tht started kife on Earth on Mars tht in a couple million years Mars could support animal life like ours
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    Because we...?
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    It's quite obvious he's a spammer/troll and exactly what he's calling others.
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    And the orange clan rules the world right? Don't worry, the hobos will rescue us!
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    Developing an atom bomb after Einstein was not fantasy, the amount of money and effort fastracked in WWII in 'Big Science' made the large breakthroughs possible. Similarly flight technology advanced from bits of canvas and bicycle wheels ~1900 to jet aircraft by the end of WWII.

    The thing I hate about conspiracy theories is people put so much effort into explaining things they haven't bothered to investigate themselves.
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    u got to keep an open mind. If told the romans. "Hey, u know theres a thing called a lightbulb tht makes light!" they would have thought u were crazy. If u told Ben Franklin in 1776 "Hey, you know 300 years from now we would have the power to destroy the world hundreds of times!" He would think ur crazy. U must keep an open mind about this idea cuz as we very well know, what we think as impossible, 5 generations from now, might be not only plausible, but a reality
  13. glodraz Well-Known Member

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    "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan
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    but im saying they would have never believed tht the technology we have available to us now is even remotely possible yet it exists
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    Weren't you trying to convince people about the ancient aliens theory by using the old
    "They laughed at things in the past that are true today, therefore I must be a modern day Wright brother, because people laugh at me"
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    I do keep an open mind, but that doesn't mean that I believe every claim that crosses my path. Extraterrestrials visiting Earth is an extraordinary claim, which requires extraordinary evidence. You’ve not provided extraordinary evidence and until that evidence appears the only rational position is to disbelieve the claim.
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    Weren't you trying to convince people about the ancient aliens theory by using the old
    "They laughed at things in the past that are true today, therefore I must be a modern day Wright brother, because people laugh at me"[/quote]
    all im saying is 2-300 years ago they would have never believed all this stuff was even possible
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    srry for the double post....

    Im not saying there is 100% concrete evidence for either side. All Im saying is is it is a real possibility
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    Actually no. The only time that you can dismiss a claim outright is if there is no way to test its validity. There are definitely ways to test the validity of what he's saying. The proper thing to do would be to investigate, though the investigation is his burden.

    That said, he's spouting nonsense.
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    For the specific claims he’s making, yes, but I was referring to the more general belief in ETs visiting or having visited Earth, which isn’t verifiable.

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