Strange science 😦

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Aliens are not in our solar system after all. New proposition says that aliens are lazy couch potatoes.

Why aliens are (probably) too lazy to make first contact

A NASA scientist has proposed an unexpectedly down-to-Earth solution to one of astronomy’s most enduring mysteries: why we’ve never heard from other alien civilisations.

In the study, which was published on the preprint server arXiv and is yet to be peer-reviewed, Dr Robin Corbet of the University of Maryland and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre argues that the answer could simply be “mundane”.

In this “less terrifying” Universe, there may be a modest number of technological civilisations scattered through the Milky Way, none of which have achieved or desired the galaxy-spanning capabilities imagined by science fiction.

That means no Dyson spheres, no planet-wide laser beacons and no fleets of probes zipping across the vastness of space.

Even if interstellar travel were technically possible, Corbet wrote, “the benefits obtained must outweigh the cost and potential risks.”

Eventually, any civilisation might find that “not much new was found from each encounter” with other alien civilisations and lose motivation to keep searching – a galactic version of scientific burnout.

Corbet likened this to a form of cosmic habituation, where “a creature’s response to a repeated stimulus diminishes”. If most civilisations hit a technological ceiling, they might decide that sending probes or beacons across the Galaxy is simply pointless, not worth the effort or dangerous.

In such a world, humanity’s own radio searches would likely detect only weak “leakage” signals rather than deliberate messages.

“A detection… may not be too far off, historically speaking,” Corbet concluded.

“Although this would have profound implications in many ways, it may not lead to a huge gain in our technology level, and could leave us somewhat disappointed.”

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens...-mundanity

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Edgar Mitchell has done science on the spoon-bender.

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Edgar Mitchell has done science on the spoon-bender.

Hasn't anyone told these guys?

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These researchers say they have serious questions about UFOs, aliens

A group of researchers say it's time for academia to get serious about studying UFOs.

Michael Cifone, who holds a Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Maryland, College Park, is hoping the study of UAPs can become the subject of serious, rigorous academic study, with the same scientific objectivity of any discipline.

He's the nonprofit's executive director and co-founder along with Michael Silberstein, a philosophy professor at Elizabethtown College. Cifone is currently a research fellow at the Center for Alternative Rationalities in Global Perspectives at Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany.

The Society for UAP Studies' board of advisors, advisory council and leaders include dozens of academics from all over the world, representing a variety of disciplines including philosophy, law, the sciences and humanities.

"We're not necessarily taking a position" on whether UAPs are evidence of extraterrestrial life, or what their existence could mean for humanity's understanding of its place in the universe, he said. "But we are interested in taking on these topics that don't fit neatly anywhere. As academics, our skill is in establishing a framework so we're not simply speculating, but situating it within historical, cultural and scientific frameworks."

He realized that "while (the study of UAPs) was a topic of ridicule, there was still something strange and odd for which there seemed to be some good anecdotal evidence and witness evidence, evidence that was not easily dismissible by conventional analysis."

It wasn't just ordinary people reporting strange, unexplained sights. In 2004, U.S. Navy pilots and radar operators aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz and the U.S.S. Princeton reported seeing "anomalous aerial vehicles,” or AAVs high above where commercial and military craft can fly, performing maneuvers that seemed impossible to their trained eyes. In 2024, Congress conducted hearings on the issue, and the Pentagon, while saying it found no definitive evidence of extraterrestrial beings, also said there were "definitely anomalies."

Cifone said the society's goals are to bring scientific and academic rigor to phenomena that to many is still a fringe idea. They're not trying to convince anyone, including themselves.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...602420007/