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Re: Some great Space info and dicussion
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:10:05 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John P. Henderson writes:
> True. I always find it unsettling that when I see a documentary on SETI and
> there is invariably an interview with some scientist who says something
> like, "Surely if there are advanced alien societies, then they will want to
> communicate with us or offer us technology," or maybe something like,
> "Contact with aliens will lead to great advances in science, medicine, and
> food and energy sources."
I'm strangely reminded of Pierce Brosnan's character in Mars Attacks.
> My reaction to this is: Hello?!? Aren't you guys supposed to be scientists?!
> I thought science was based on a logical method of collecting facts to prove
> theories. Currently there are no facts on alien societies. Yes, you can
> mathematically calculate the likelihood of what-we-consider-life developing
> elsewhere in this vast universe. However, with the current evidence
> available to us, we have no way of knowing what that alien life might be
> like. What the scientific community *should* say is, "Alien societies
> *might* provide us with a helping hand, but they *might* also need a helping
> hand from us. They *might* be more advanced, or they *might* not be. If
> they are, they *might* be friendly, or they *might* treat Earthlings the way
> the Europeans treated the Native Americans, or they *might* just want to eat
> us. We don't know."
Not being that familiar with scientists in general, I can only guess that
even the godless need something to believe in. Besides, the warmongers
surely have enough paranioa for everone.
Allister
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| (...) True. I always find it unsettling that when I see a documentary on SETI and there is invariably an interview with some scientist who says something like, "Surely if there are advanced alien societies, then they will want to communicate with us (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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