Are there other intelligent beings 'out there'?Caradoc wrote:I thought it might be fun to discuss the question of whether we are alone in the universe. Are there other intelligent beings 'out there'? And have we seen anything of them around here?
Or maybe if they are smarter than us, they don't want anything to do with us (my personal belief) if they are dumber than us, they might eventually find us but have no idea what they are getting into.Thelonious wrote:In Holland there is a comedian who said something that I found particularly interesting:
'There are 2 possibilities: there are, or there aren't any aliens. If there are aliens, there are another 2 possiblilities: either they are smarter then us, or they are dumber. If they are smarter, they'll find us, before we'll find them, if they are dumber I want nothing to do with them. So in all cases the money invested in searching extra-terrastial life is waisted.'
I think that's an interesting thought.
Why those bastards... i demand to be payed.Caradoc wrote:They are filming us.
Yeah and it is called "How not to run a planet" or "How to ruin a world!"Caradoc wrote:There is a possibility that ETs might find us entertaining. We could be some intergallactic reality program being beamed into holo-vids everywhere. That's why they don't make contact, but always seem to be hovering around. They are filming us.
See South Park episode "Cancelled" (7x4)Caradoc wrote:There is a possibility that ETs might find us entertaining. We could be some intergallactic reality program being beamed into holo-vids everywhere. That's why they don't make contact, but always seem to be hovering around. They are filming us.
You speak as if it is not inevitable that any intelligent life form would not run into the same problems that we have, that somehow (if there is other intelligent life out there) we are the only beings who would have made mistakes along the way. I do not believe that is a justifiable assumption. If other intelligent beings are out there I think it is reasonable to assume that they, too, would have encountered the same problems. They, like us, would have religion, nationality, morals and race as a cause for war. They, like us, would have technologies that contribute to problems with their own ecosystem. They, like us, would have to tackle overpopulation. They, like us, would have humanlike frailities such as greed, envy, malice. They, like us, would have despots, terrorists, zealots, slavery, rape, murder, drugs, serial killers, prostitution, poverty, political parties, religious sects, revolutions and contentious political strife. Just as they, like us, would probably have the capacity for great things, like love, art, science and philosophy. Certainly, if they are sufficiently more advanced than us to know about us much less to be able to visit our planet, it is conceivable that they would have solved many of the problems that we face now (and they no doubt faced at one time). But by the same token, they most likely would be facing their own problems, problems that we no doubt will likely face in the future.Mytical wrote:Yeah and it is called "How not to run a planet" or "How to ruin a world!"
No. They would have sex, kill their mate, eat the corpse, and not feel guilty about it afterwards.Caradoc wrote:A lot of the behaviors that Corribus mentions can be attributed to our origins as Primates. Would an insect-based intelligence have the same problems, I wonder?
What's to feel guilty about? Making sure the kids don't starve? More power to them I say.Corribus wrote:No. They would have sex, kill their mate, eat the corpse, and not feel guilty about it afterwards.
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