RE: What do you think about aliens?
May 22, 2019 at 9:22 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2019 at 9:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I suppose a candle would be a "waste of money" compared to a flashlight, too..but as far as the analogy goes all we have is the seti candle. It'd be nice if we had more powerful means, but we don't.
The resolution to whether or not we're alone in the universe has more and more meaningful implications than the resolution of whether or not there are gods. You don't seem to take issue to the collection plate, or the vast amounts of wealth accrued by religious institutions and used...primarily it would seem, for real estate deals and covering up sexual abuse...and yet....
We can be frank and honest with each other and ourselves, I think, yes? The reasons you've given aren't the motivations you have for objecting to seti or to the notion of extraterrestrial life. You don't mind people blowing money. You don't mind people searching without finding. Hell, you -can't- mind enormously long odds. For whatever silly reason, you think that the existence of extraterrestrial life threatens your belief system. All of this has been a reactionary compulsion to protect the valued articles of your very specific faith....it;s something you bleed into just about every convo, from what I've seen on the boards.
Why do you think that, though?
The resolution to whether or not we're alone in the universe has more and more meaningful implications than the resolution of whether or not there are gods. You don't seem to take issue to the collection plate, or the vast amounts of wealth accrued by religious institutions and used...primarily it would seem, for real estate deals and covering up sexual abuse...and yet....
We can be frank and honest with each other and ourselves, I think, yes? The reasons you've given aren't the motivations you have for objecting to seti or to the notion of extraterrestrial life. You don't mind people blowing money. You don't mind people searching without finding. Hell, you -can't- mind enormously long odds. For whatever silly reason, you think that the existence of extraterrestrial life threatens your belief system. All of this has been a reactionary compulsion to protect the valued articles of your very specific faith....it;s something you bleed into just about every convo, from what I've seen on the boards.
Why do you think that, though?
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