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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Ryan Farrington wrote:
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> > If that were the case, God also told man to fill the earth and rule it.
> > That would mean that we have dominion over all the planets and places where
> > aliens might reside. :)
>
> Ha! Try telling that to the little green guys!
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> I like Stephen Hawking's take on alien life: He essentially says that if there
> are other intelligent beings out there, then we should keep our heads down and
> hope they don't notice us, for exactly the reason stated in the paragraph
> above, except it would be the aliens stating it and they have better death ray
> guns than us.
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> Jennifer Clark
Indeed. I wish that I could remember the date, but I have a Scientific American
that deals with the topic of alien contact, and how it may be to our peril if
and when it happens. If the predator/prey relationship is universal, then we
may be a tasty treat for a higher civilization. Seriously, I believe that we
may need to re-think our attempts to make alien contact; are we prepared for the
possible consequences if we do meet up? On the other hand, I partly subscribe
to the idea that the interstellar distances may be so insurmountable that
pockets of intelligence scattered throughout the universe are effectively
quarantined from each other.
Side note: I love that scene in So Long and Thanks for all the Fish where Ford
Prefect is an a bar on some alien world, and he causes a ruckus, and the book
says something like "All eyes were on Ford; some were on stalks."
james
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