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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:23 PM Original message |
Stephen Hawking aliens theory doesn't scare planet hunters. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's right. Plus, if the aliens give us any trouble, we'll get Chuck Norris |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not Will Smith? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I hope they both suit up for the starting line-up. We may need 'em. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. If they're especially vile aliens, he'll probably just want to have a beer with them |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Probably right. We need to be careful here. It could be a recruiting |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. The aliens we're most likely to find are bacterial |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Birth leads to death. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. They'd carry them back only if they made them come back |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. We don't know what earth pathogens could survive. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Many spore- and cyst- forming organisms could survive |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hey, whatever works. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. We do, actually, we've got a great idea of what can be killed and how |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well we just found shrimp in Antarctica |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Vacuum is different |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. We already know vacuum is survivable. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Inside rock, yes |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. We don't know anything of the sort. |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Why would alien microbes have evolved to attack human hosts? |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hope they bring their Birth Certificates |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ...and some poultry, in case they have to barter for health care in |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. And if they do bring birth certificates with them .... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. The thing with Hawking's warning is that it is already ridiculously easy for aliens to find us |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. This dude just doesn't think much, does he? |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. They degrade, and we're in the boonies after all. n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. True, and redundant in any case. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Wiki has a good entry on the Fermi paradox |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I've never seen a contradiction. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Not ego |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Our earth-centric view then. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. If they're even looking, or care. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. You are presupposing it is US they would be interested in, |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Even country music sounds good that far away |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. this made me laugh |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Good one! |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. HAHAHA |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. People may laugh or mock at him for saying it, but... |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No one agrees he's right. Not even NASA. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No one? |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No one. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I'm glad I don't count! |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. Cause they are smarter. |
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