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Theories on why we haven’t determined if aliens exist
Posted on 12/9/18 at 10:58 am
Posted on 12/9/18 at 10:58 am
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Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:02 am to weagle99
I'm betting on one of the bottom two theories.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:02 am to weagle99
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:07 am to weagle99
Clearly one of the last two.
ETA:
And yet we have morons still wanting to physically travel through space. We need to map and communicate first.
ETA:
And yet we have morons still wanting to physically travel through space. We need to map and communicate first.
This post was edited on 12/9/18 at 11:09 am
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:13 am to weagle99
We humans have only been around for a few thousand years. That's not even a blip on galactic time scales. Let's hang around for a few million years without contact before we really worry about this.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:14 am to weagle99
The early bird theory is interesting.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:15 am to weagle99
They are among us in human like form. Destroying us by pitting one against another.
This post was edited on 12/9/18 at 11:15 am
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:16 am to weagle99
The Universe was created for only ourselves. No way nature can create another Earth and conditions for life.-sarcasm
We are not alone but might as well be because we will never have hard evidence of such.
We are not alone but might as well be because we will never have hard evidence of such.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:20 am to weagle99
The Great Silence and it’s not even close.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:22 am to weagle99
I think it’s just that we’re the galactic neighbor all the other neighbors try to avoid. Because they think we’re a bad mix of crazy, dumb, and trashy.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:24 am to weagle99
Dude, we’re on an anthill in the middle of a rain forest. We just aren’t important enough for the aliens to really justify a visit IMO.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:25 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:26 am to weagle99
Combination of all that. Earth has its own timeline. Not only are habital planets less probable than winning the lottery several times in a row, intelligent life developing on those planets are probably just as improbable. Then that possibility has to hit the moving target of time. They may have developed trillions of earth years ago or are trillions of years coming. One would have to believe in an intelligent designer to believe we could contact other intelligent beings.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:28 am to weagle99
Author forgot to include the Dark Forest Theory
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The first axiom is that survival is the primary need of civilization. Therefore, civilizations will do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival. The second axiom is that civilizations always grow and expand, but the amount of matter and resources in the universe are finite.
So every civilization other than your own is a likely threat. At the very least, they are occupying a planet that you could use to expand your civilization. At worst, they are more technologically advanced and will wipe out your civilization to expand their own.
When two civilizations meet, they will want to know if the other is going to be friendly or hostile. One side might act friendly, but the other side won't know if they are just faking it to put them at ease while armies are built in secret. This is called chains of suspicion. You don't know for sure what the other side's intentions are. On Earth this is resolved through communication and diplomacy. But for civilizations in different solar systems, that's not possible due to the vast distances and time between message sent and received. Bottom line is, every civilization could be a threat and it's impossible to know for sure, therefore they must be destroyed to ensure your survival.
You might be thinking that if an advanced civilization detects the radio signals from Earth then they would know that we are less advanced and therefore not a threat. But again you have to consider the vast distance and time it takes for those signals to travel. Even if a nearby civilization (only 10 or 20 light years away) detects us, it would take hundreds or even thousands of years for them to reach us and that is plenty of time for a technological explosion. If they don't attack us at once, then we might develop technology fast enough to catch up and threaten them.
It won't be like Star Trek. Without faster than light travel, there won't be any communication, diplomacy or trade with alien races. It's kill or be killed.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:29 am to SundayFunday
Had not read that one. Interesting
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:32 am to weagle99
The Great Silence is my bet. We would be like ants to any passing aliens. They wouldn’t look at us twice.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:33 am to weagle99
Its a topic in the "A Remembrance of Earth's Past" series.
It is one of the best hard science fiction series ever written and I 100% recommend.
It is one of the best hard science fiction series ever written and I 100% recommend.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:34 am to weagle99
None of those. we found aliens but the government hides them. And since the aliens mostly just kidnap trailer trash for anal cavity research, it’s easier for the government to get away with it.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:35 am to weagle99
How did you come to the conclusion that we haven't interacted with aliens?
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:49 am to weagle99
I’m going with number one.
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