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  • 11.29.2012 3:50 PM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

  • 11.29.2012 3:51 PM PDT

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I'm not closed-minded. Along with arrogant, I think it's statistically unlikely that we are the only intelligent beings to exist.

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  • 11.29.2012 3:51 PM PDT

Ohai, I'm Loscocco (pronounced Loss-cocoa). I'm a college student (computer science major), 3D animator, and long-time Halo player.

You've been watching too much History channel.

  • 11.29.2012 3:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Breathing Roses
non aerodynamic shapes

Because aliens wouldn't be dumb enough to know how to travel space, but not how to reduce friction.

  • 11.29.2012 3:51 PM PDT

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But what if we r teh aleens

  • 11.29.2012 3:52 PM PDT

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  • 11.29.2012 3:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: WitchDocktor
I saw a large bird at night the other day.

Was that an alien?


and then no point was made by this man

It's simple OP, they just don't want to blindly jump into conclusions, they try to find a logical explanation first until they see the truth with their very eyes. It's not safe to quickly assume aliens, either because they don't want to believe it, don't think it's possible, or don't wanna be associated with conspiracy theorists (who turned out to be right more times than wrong)

  • 11.29.2012 3:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: Breathing Roses

Posted by: Recon Number 54
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

Rehashing dumb quotes doesn't make a good argument.
He's not wrong.

  • 11.29.2012 3:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Breathing Roses
non aerodynamic shapes

Because aliens wouldn't be dumb enough to know how to travel space, but not how to reduce friction.

There's no friction in space. Learn basic science.

Then why are spacecraft in the atmosphere?

  • 11.29.2012 3:54 PM PDT

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Simply because our Galaxy is massive, and even if there was another sentient species nearby, the odds that they would come here, out of all the other possible places to explore, are infinitesimal.

I won't say that it's impossible that other races have visited us, just extremely unlikely.

  • 11.29.2012 3:55 PM PDT

Because the possibility that we are not the center of the universe is terrifying.

  • 11.29.2012 3:56 PM PDT

UFO's? No, we're still searching for alien life and uncertain as to whether we'll ever come across it or not (probably not in the absence of a high probability due to the infinite vastness of the ever-expanding univers...).

  • 11.29.2012 3:56 PM PDT

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I think; therefore.

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Posted by: Recon Number 54
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

Rehashing dumb quotes doesn't make a good argument.
He's not wrong.

It's a completely subjective outlook. It cant be right or wrong.
Your extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence. That's all there is to it.

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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

Posted by: Breathing Roses
Posted by: Recon Number 54
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

Rehashing dumb quotes doesn't make a good argument.

Repeating a truism to people who should understand it better doesn't mean that they will. Apparently.

I can't accept "lights in the sky = ET".

I am open to the idea, but I have yet to see adequate evidence. If you have, that's fine. But forgive me if I treat your belief with the same respect and acceptance that I do for someone who accepts other "truths" based on testimony and faith.

  • 11.29.2012 3:58 PM PDT
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On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: Breathing Roses
There's no friction in space. Learn basic science.

Seldom do you come across areas in space within galaxies that aren't occupied by some quantity of matter. The interstellar medium still causes friction, though I'm not sure it'd be anything too severe.

You'd have significantly better luck finding what would essentially be a full-vacuum in the intergalactic medium.

  • 11.29.2012 3:58 PM PDT

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