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re: NASA: Humans will prove we are not alone in the universe within 20 years.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:33 pm to Salmon
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:33 pm to Salmon
I love the exo-planets thing. I have joined the local science musuem for several talks on the subject. Fascinating. One researcher said that we have probably found a planet that has some sort of life on it, maybe not intelligent. But one of them probably has it, just proving it will be tough...then he went on how he thought it could be proven.
the bulk of religious people who are not asshats won't give a frick. why would it matter?
the religious people who are annoying, are anti-gay marriage, hate sechs, are in general d-bags will be really annoying about this.
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but I am really curious how religious people will respond to the news
the bulk of religious people who are not asshats won't give a frick. why would it matter?
the religious people who are annoying, are anti-gay marriage, hate sechs, are in general d-bags will be really annoying about this.
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Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:33 pm to Cold Cous Cous
quote:million dollar question
have you heard of Jesus Christ?" If they say yes, that settles it. But if they say no, doesn't that settle it too?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:33 pm to shutterspeed
I predict we'll put a man on Mars before finding life elsewhere in the universe.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:34 pm to The Stash
are you all really going to be so dishonest and say that the discovery of life elsewhere would not affect religion? just brush it aside?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:34 pm to Salmon
Yes they would. That's how they have been taught.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:35 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
I'll be interested, first, in whether the life is intelligent, and then whether they are more structured and higher functioning than we are.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:35 pm to iliveinabox
Bringing back memories of the South Park episode Starvin Marvin in Outer Space.
If you havent seen it, look it up, it's in my top 5 south park episodes of all-time.
If you havent seen it, look it up, it's in my top 5 south park episodes of all-time.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:35 pm to shutterspeed
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How does NASA plan to accomplish this? They'll be lucky just to launch a probe to one of Jupiter's or Saturn's moons at the current pace.
Not with a probe, but maybe some type of non-natural signal. Just like we are sending out radio waves.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:36 pm to Salmon
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just seems like the Bible was pretty Earth centric...
Yeah, considering God made the sun, he moon, and the stars in a day, I'm guessing we curb stomp these Aliens.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:36 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
What i'd like to happen: We all get a radio transmission from an Intelligent Alien that shares their incredible technology with us making the human race a wiser, intergalactic species in a matter of decades. We reach an unimaginable level of peace and tranquility amongst our species and others in the universe with the collective drive to explore the unknown void of space.
What Id really like NOT to happen: We run across a species of aliens to only find them to be the Flood/Zerg and we are boned beyond belief.
What will most likely happen: We find a planet with our radio telescopes, etc, and rule that the the only way the variation of chemicals in the atmosphere are possible is through the existence of some biological process going on.
What Id really like NOT to happen: We run across a species of aliens to only find them to be the Flood/Zerg and we are boned beyond belief.
What will most likely happen: We find a planet with our radio telescopes, etc, and rule that the the only way the variation of chemicals in the atmosphere are possible is through the existence of some biological process going on.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:37 pm to LesMiles BFF
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Not with a probe, but maybe some type of non-natural signal. Just like we are sending out radio waves.
the researcher that talked to us says they are making advancements in being able to tell composition of atmospheres, and you can induce if plant life and/or animal life was present based off the composition of the atmosphere.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:37 pm to LesMiles BFF
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ETA: It was Hawkings
I have no idea how he arrived at that conclusion but Hawking is not the most reliable of sources, in my opinion. He did steal much of his black hole theory from others.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:37 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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"have you heard of Jesus Christ?
Pronounced "Hey-Zues". I'm pretty sure that all aliens are Mexican.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:37 pm to Salmon
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that the discovery of life elsewhere would not affect religion?
Don't see how it would .. I have never been "sold" (as you would put it) that God only created Earth
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:39 pm to The Stash
I didn't use "sold"...
I'm just thinking, that if I'm a religious person, say a Christian, and the Bible makes no mention or anything of intelligent life elsewhere, that it wouldn't make me a few question things..?
no?
I'm just thinking, that if I'm a religious person, say a Christian, and the Bible makes no mention or anything of intelligent life elsewhere, that it wouldn't make me a few question things..?
no?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:39 pm to Salmon
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I believe that intelligent life has existed elsewhere
I'm skeptical if it still exists
just think how old the universe is, and how small of a timeframe we have been around
entire worlds could have began and been destroyed and we could still have missed them by a BILLION years
I agree with you. I also believe that for a species to last long enough to master space travel to the point that would allow them to travel to other solar systems is very unlikely.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:40 pm to Salmon
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I'm just thinking, that if I'm a religious person, say a Christian, and the Bible makes no mention or anything of intelligent life elsewhere, that it wouldn't make me a few question things..?
no?
Not really.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:40 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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the first thing we should ask any aliens (once we've built our universal translators) is "have you heard of Jesus Christ?" If they say yes, that settles it. But if they say no, doesn't that settle it too?
You could ask a chimp or a tribesman in the Amazon that question and get the answer you want, if you really thought that would settle it for you.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:41 pm to The Stash
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Not really.
alright that's cool I guess
I don't see how that is possible, but then again, I'm not religious
Posted on 7/15/14 at 2:42 pm to GRTiger
Can we being steering this discussion away from religion now? This happens every time. 1 page about the topic itself and then 13 pages of back and forth about how this or that will affect religion.
It gets annoying.
It gets annoying.
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