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Thinking about intelligent life in the far reaches of the universe

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Dingo69
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I think its very hard to believe that out of the trillions of planets that there surely are in the universe that none of them would harbor life of some kind and out of those none harbored intelligent life like on earth. Its pretty crazy to think about isnt it? But the sad fact is that it is very unlikely that these intelligent species will ever be able to communicate or even hear from one another due to the vastness of space. All we can do is have faith that there are other civilizations out there and wonder how advanced they just might be.
If it was just us doesnt that seem too weird to believe? That in all the cosmos, only one planet evolved life?
Think about it...
May 21 2013 10:18PM
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white+wolf
Posts: 874 - Karma: 492
God wouldn't let that happen
May 21 2013 10:18PM
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~Gotama~
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May 21 2013 10:29PM
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Dirac
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the crazy thing is we have been civilized for like ~10,000 years. think about the progress we have made in just the last 100 years. now imagine how short those times are in terms of the age of the universe. There could potentially be civilizations out there that are millions of years more advanced than us. we all think about space being vast in distance but we often overlook the incredible stretches of time.
May 22 2013 12:13AM
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daannnnieel
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octopusses (yes, it can be said like that) are pretty damn smart if you ask me.
May 22 2013 12:18AM
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*ninja*
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May 22 2013 12:19AM
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*ninja*
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danmit
May 22 2013 12:20AM
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Sophistication.
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You should know better, you'll never get a straight answer on NSG. Find yourself a woman and talk to her about deeply interesting things that threaten our basic idealistic human nature.

Then pee in her butt gloriously.
May 22 2013 12:21AM
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fujarome
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is it just me, or is the aliens meme guy floating off on the far left of anyone else's screen?


because it's perfect.
May 22 2013 12:24AM
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SamtheEagle
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trippy mane
May 22 2013 12:29AM
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whoa-dere
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there are definitely civilizations out there.
May 22 2013 12:31AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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not just you. not sure how that happened, but it's awesome.
May 22 2013 12:50AM
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*ninja*
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 1,143
from personal encounters there r deffiantly other civilizations out there.
May 22 2013 12:53AM
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BdoubleU
Posts: 880 - Karma: 291

Definitely a thought to think about...

Also, If you're in college and have the chance, take an astronomy science class. I have enjoyed the hell out of this quarter as space is literally fucking nuts.

May 22 2013 12:55AM
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Bogs
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Just when I couldn't think op could get any stupider he somehow manages to go ahead and do just that. At this point all I can do is applaud you, dingo, and your efforts to sink humanity to new depths of stupidity. Well done, champ, evolution took a massive step backwards when you were born.
May 22 2013 1:35AM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,155
I want to see first contact in my lifetime. Not more bullshit UFO stories; REAL first contact, When we get a signal, or they come land in a public place and announce their arrival to the entire world.
May 22 2013 1:46AM
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act.resist
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but youre all just figments of my imagination, im the only person that exists
May 22 2013 1:48AM
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000000000000
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proof?
May 22 2013 1:50AM
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act.resist
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why would i prove something to someone that lives inside my head
May 22 2013 1:52AM
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Black.Bird
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Well this guy is definitively one of them apparently.
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May 22 2013 1:53AM
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ski.cats
Posts: 577 - Karma: 352
thats like saying we dont have the technology to drive across the United States because it would take longer than methods.  we can communicate with any intelligent life as advanced as human life wasw over 100 years ago. it just takes a long time for the signal to reach anyone or thing
May 22 2013 2:21AM
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feihlination
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i do have this theory that only very peaceful civilizations will survive long enough to reach "our-level-plus-10000-years". so they are intelligent and benevolent. they know that they shouldnt interfere with us because we couldnt handle it and it would destroy us. there are probably "space travel guidelines" that prohibit aliens to contact "lower" civilizations, just like we create nature reserves and national parks and stuff where you arent allowed to interfere with the animal's lives.


i seriously think that very very advanced technologies can travel in ways that are completely foreign to us and they probably can go beyond what we call (at least some) "laws of physics". i mean we have dark matter, dark energy, dark flows or parallel universes, wormholes and all these are basically just placeholder terms for "we dont know the fuck were talking about". obviously we have come a long way and know ten times more about the universe than a few decades back, but its stupid to see the universe with our "limitations" (no matter how general and universal we think they are) and expect them to bind and restrict all civilizations in the universe.
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