CycleChat Ivestigates - Alien Life
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Yellow Fang
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I read a book called Alone in the Universe, which reckoned there was not much intelligent alien life out there. There must be some out there somewhere in the universe, but in our galaxy, not much. The author reckoned we were in a relatively stable part of the galaxy. Not many neighbouring stars pass by to send lots of asteroids and comets crashing in. Those that do come are swept up by Jupiter. We had other bits of luck. For instance the cataclysmic crash that formed the moon thinned the earth's crust, which allowed the tectonic plated to move, which enabled the carbon cycle. It's a bit of a mystery because according to Drake's thingy the aliens should have got here by now, if only by probe.
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Drago
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How about this from a respected and authoritative source?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/keir-starmer-synth-construct-alien-36083814
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/keir-starmer-synth-construct-alien-36083814
classic33
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Consider another option.
The "aliens" people report seeing are actually a lifeform that developed on this planet. Got advanced enough to engineer means to escape the planet, and solar system.
They underestimated the attraction they'd have for a planet they once called home, and some make the trip back to see how things have gone since they, as a species, left.
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Drago
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Aliens must exist, else why would the government have faked Huw Edwards BBC sacking to free him up to join the men in black?
DRM
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They arrived in a giant egg, circa 1978, never bothered coming back, after his reports back "Mork Calling Orson, They're all bonkers, forget it, Nanu Nanu"
fossyant
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We'll be fine. We will just send Drago out in his y-fronts to greet any visitors. They will run for the hills of Mars.
The existence of Michael Gove suggests that they walk amongst us.
On a more serious note: life evolved quite rapidly on earth, very soon after liquid water.
But it took billions of years for complex life, then hundreds of millions more for intelligence.
*If* that's typical it suggests that simple organisms are common, but intelligence rare, and perhaps very rare indeed.
We also know that we've not detected any sign of alien technology, which suggests any aliens there are, are far too far away to ever communicate with. The speed of light is extremely slow compared to the size of the universe.
On a more serious note: life evolved quite rapidly on earth, very soon after liquid water.
But it took billions of years for complex life, then hundreds of millions more for intelligence.
*If* that's typical it suggests that simple organisms are common, but intelligence rare, and perhaps very rare indeed.
We also know that we've not detected any sign of alien technology, which suggests any aliens there are, are far too far away to ever communicate with. The speed of light is extremely slow compared to the size of the universe.
FrankCrank
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When I have dealings here with the immigration office, I'm referred to as an alien, which is nice.
Beebo
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Sting wrote a song about being a legal alien in New York.
DRM
Guru
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Poor Mork was very confused when he was told to "sit on it"
DRM
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Also, if they don't exist, why has his orangeness, the U.S President ordered his I.C.E goons to round them all up, all of the aliens, and ship them off to Venezuela, must mean they're already here, watching & waiting, reporting back to their own planets
