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Poll: What are aliens that visit us most likely to be?
This poll is closed.
Pretty human like.
22.22%
2 22.22%
Strange but recognisably organic.
55.56%
5 55.56%
Machines that have long since replaced their organic creators.
11.11%
1 11.11%
So different that we don't even recognise them as living.
0%
0 0%
Something else
0%
0 0%
Super intelligent shades of the colour blue.
11.11%
1 11.11%
Total 9 vote(s) 100%
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If we make contact?
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RE: If we make contact?
(November 7, 2008 at 8:53 am)Darwinian Wrote:
(November 7, 2008 at 8:34 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Also the question is perhaps, "How human-like is 'human-like?'"

We are talking about the sort of aliens you get in Star Trek!
Well I think the best average wager would be to bet on option 2, so I'm gonna do that, its probably the closest. I'm not sure but I have more reason to think that than any other. I think that aliens would have to evolve to have similar solutions to us if they are intelligent.
But to suggest they'd all be humanoid to the point of star-trek!
That seems absurd to me and perhaps a bit connected to the thing about man being in God's image perhaps.
Perhaps a bit of subconsious conceit lol.
I could be wrong, perhaps option 1 is indeed very probable merely counter-intuitive to me - but I think not.
If anyone thinks 1 is the most probable option I'd be very interested to know why.
Hmmm, if human-like is star-trek I'm not sure how human-like 'pretty human-like' is, how close to Star-trek is 'pretty human like'? I'm not sure so I think 2 is best, it covers a wider area. Besides 2 could very well cover 1 aswell, because I think that 'pretty human like' is still both strange and recognizably organic! So I think 2 covers a wider area and probably applys to 1 aswell.
So I'm voting for 2.
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Messages In This Thread
If we make contact? - by Darwinian - November 6, 2008 at 3:14 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Kyuuketsuki - November 6, 2008 at 9:06 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Edwardo Piet - November 6, 2008 at 1:51 pm
RE: If we make contact? - by Tiberius - November 6, 2008 at 4:52 pm
RE: If we make contact? - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2008 at 8:34 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Darwinian - November 7, 2008 at 8:53 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Kyuuketsuki - November 7, 2008 at 9:22 am
RE: If we make contact? - by allan175 - November 7, 2008 at 10:03 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Kyuuketsuki - November 7, 2008 at 10:12 am
RE: If we make contact? - by allan175 - November 7, 2008 at 10:24 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Kyuuketsuki - November 7, 2008 at 10:29 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2008 at 9:52 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2008 at 10:16 am
RE: If we make contact? - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2008 at 10:36 am
RE: If we make contact? - by leo-rcc - November 13, 2008 at 12:16 pm
RE: If we make contact? - by Edwardo Piet - November 13, 2008 at 10:44 pm

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