Larry Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 I think people will still attempt to do it even if it means not getting there before millions of years pass on earth. We don't even need wormholes. Sleeper and generation ships have been suggested in the previous century. And if we do find ETIs, we could even us William Gibson's idea of transmitting people there (Gibson suggested joint interstellar virtual reality interface with whatever the extraterrestrials used as an internet). Anyway, great post. The best I've read here since, well, ever sleeper and generation ships while plausible is such an inefficient way of doing things. That means you'd have to deal with relativity, you'd be travelling linearly and have to deal with ageing. Even if you were put in some kind of cryo sleep, the time you spend aboard the ship versus earth time, the gaps would be staggering, you could leave now, get to alpha centauri in say 100 years, gather data, make the trip back in another 100 years, and be surprised that the earth has been wiped out by a global catastrophe. There's also communication back to earth to worry about. I maybe explaining it vaguely but you can read The Forever War (excellent book!) you'd know what I mean. it's just so cumbersome. Quote Link to comment
MTC Hunter Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 maybe they are preparing for something. Quote Link to comment
gwapingsz1 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Maybe they are just observing us, The Zoo effect wherein we are like caged animals being observed and studied. I found this idea in one of those documentaries which for me makes a lot of sense. Quote Link to comment
mokong10101 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 There are no aliens or life outside of our planet. Outside of Earth is only a void. Those so-called "aliens" or "ET" are nothing but demons in disguise. Quote Link to comment
JamezLeeBogz Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Aliens with higher intelligence are smart enough to stay away from us.... Quote Link to comment
CommissarYardick Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yeah, theyre probably thinking along the lines of "Am i really gonna approach this coked up kid with a gun?" Quote Link to comment
Zoolander69 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 wierdo kase tayo Quote Link to comment
anonymous_one Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke Quote Link to comment
*Jessie* Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 If they really do exist and if they are aware we exist, I guess, the reasons why they haven't contacted with us would be: 1. They respect the balance of the universe. They are aware and they respect the right of other living organisms.2. They might be afraid that we, inferior species if compared to them, will make a foolish attempt to "study" them instead.3. They have bigger priorities to mind instead of wastiing their time in our planet that will soon die and our life span that obviously shortens over time. Quote Link to comment
filibustero Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 We are also aliens to the aliens out there, but have we been able to contact them? Perhaps they're on the same boat as us: low tech Quote Link to comment
Mango Man Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 baka kasi di sila marunong magIngles Quote Link to comment
Zoolander69 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 baka kasi di sila marunong magIngles Illegal aliens, no habla ingles. 1 Quote Link to comment
miongmiong Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 The Zoo Hypothesis got me thinking. What if our current level of intelligence is not enough to fully comprehend what is really happening around us. What if advance beings are already among us and we just can't process this in our current level of evolution. Because we observe and perceived our surroundings as humans, we are somewhat limited in terms of senses, rational, culture, etc. If this is the case, then we can compare ourselves to the stray cats. They go about doing their daily routine while being oblivious towards humans. Quote Link to comment
ns3 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I think they have already but the ones they have contacted arent letting us know for sure Quote Link to comment
miongmiong Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Just like something out of a conspiracy theory or an MIB movie. Maybe we already met some aliens and they may have just neuralyzed us, that's why we can't remember. Quote Link to comment
simplyeric Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Here are the possibilities 1. Take into consideration the invisible lights, Infra red, ultra violet. They exist but we do not have the means to detect them without the use of special instruments. Visible light is only a small part of the spectrum, we only hear a small band of sound...our senses are limited 2. Wildlife conservationist mentality. If a higher being wants to preserve a lower being, he will contain it and observe.the same as an ant farm, safari, etc....the chose not to be detected 3. "I have not yet heard from you yet" theory. Our signs of advance technology (the radio waves, radiation from nuclear bombs, will reach the nearest star (alpha centauri yata) after 50 years from being sent from earth. If an alien is lucky enough to be in alpha centauri during that time, it will take its reply 50 more years for it to come to earth....noone has heard from us yet 4. they are here and they are preparing for the culling and teraforming. Ask Area 51 buffs and the majestic 12 Quote Link to comment
nigi nigi nu noos Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 May nabasa ako na isang theory kung bakit. Dahil daw baka wala naman daw mapapakinabangan yung mga aliens sa atin. Ika nga daw, kung ikukumpara yung level of technology natin sa kanila, para daw nasa ice age pa lang tayo. So ano pa daw na pag-abalahan tayo nila. Quote Link to comment
airport-noo Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Maybe they don't want us to die. I just read an article about what happened to 238 indigenous tribes in Brazil after they were contacted by advanced civilization -- 3/4th of the tribes became extinct after they were contacted. The 1/4th that survived has an 80% mortality rate. http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/04/09/016255/isolated-tribes-die-shortly-after-we-meet-them Quote Link to comment
2WarningPoints Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 It is because they dont really exist, we are alone in the universe Quote Link to comment
flamingwaffles Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I'm leaning towards a combination of 1. The Zoo Hypothesis and 8. We Can’t Read the Signs. Imagine an ant. We usually just let them be, because theyre just not too significant to have an impact or pose a threat to us. I wouldn't believe we're under observation, just ignored because we really can't comprehend each other. As far as I know, I don't know what goes through an ant's head and I like to think it certainly has no idea what goes around my head. Kind of mutual ignorance kumbaga.For 11. The Phase Transition Hypothesis, Instead of 'naturally occurring disasters' such as the explosions mentioned, I think it would be more of an implosion. Civilizations (human/alien) caving in on itself due to its structure. Before one reaches interstellar navigation, there's a very high chance that its social system or lifestyle crumbles, bringing about doomsday on its own. Quote Link to comment
KICX Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 As a kid I was very interested in extra terrestrials, I still often wonder what's out there. The possibilities are endless Quote Link to comment
miongmiong Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I would take just 1 over paranoid leader of a nuclear weapon armed country for your implosion to happen flamingwaffles Quote Link to comment
Archelles Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 try watching the Ancient Aliens.......................................... Quote Link to comment
joshua_sx1 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) There might be aliens. I few years from and NASA will probably discover a planet habitable by living things not known to us. But until such time, the only clear at this moment is, there is no alien - either here on earth and/or on those extroplanets that NASA are continuously discovering. UFO's sightings are just either hoaxed, or for the benefit of the believers, are probably being hidden to public for some sort of national or international security. But again, until such time that majority of human beings on earth can attest on its existence, aliens and UFO's are still debatable theories... Edited July 19, 2014 by joshua_sx1 Quote Link to comment
ADAM Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 When the time comes and we're able to visit other planets with intelligent life forms,,let's just make patterns on their crops and deserts and just leave quickly. Quote Link to comment
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