(July 4, 2015 at 7:46 pm)Spooky Wrote:(July 4, 2015 at 7:04 pm)Elskidor Wrote: With all that religious babble aside I think the possibility of life elsewhere is more plausible than gods and ghosts. We've been here for billions of years and still have no evidence of much superficial claims, but until science gets us deep into space that is left unknown. I can't say I believe it, but I'm open to it. If we ever get to that point I'm willing to bet that we'll be the alien invaders though.
A fair statement.
I personally base my opinion on that of a very intelligent scientist.
Stephen Hawking on Aliens
"If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the American Indians."
He's right. If there are aliens advanced enough to come and visit us, we will be totally fucked if they decide to do so. In fact, I am inclined to think that we will be even more completely fucked than the American Indians have been.
Fortunately, the extreme distances mean that it might be impossible for any being in the universe to make such a trip. I am hoping that that is the case, or at least that they wait to fuck the earth until after I die from other causes.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
