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In reply to the discussion: UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)217. Your epistemology is at the level of a 7th grader
So even though the nearest possible life forms you don't don't it coincidental that after tens of thousands of human evolution foreign visitors happen to show up exactly at the point that science fiction popularizes the idea and humans get close to approaching the technology.
No evidence of It is until science fiction starts to present images of flying saucers and then presto people begin seeing flying saucers. You are the inheritor of 50 years of gibberish, just slightly more sophisticated.
That you would cite an article that refers to anthropocentric projection while engaging in classic anthropocentric projection is by turns ironic and hilarious.
Did the government lie about what it was doing in New Mexico n the 50's? Yes but not about UFO. Roswell NM was ground zero for government experimentation that went wild during anti communist hysteria.
During the same time that the government was experimenting in NM they were releasing contamination from Hanford Atomic works in WA state to see how it would effect live stock. Decades later the government admitted what they did and paid out claims, but it was never really reported nationally.
Evidence that you can't explain isn't proof or evidence of anything, especially in the world of CGI.
There are lots of places that will embrace your low brow obsession with UFO, this isn't one of them but in the era of Trump we can all use a good laugh, thanks.
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In what way would the existence of extraterrestrials contradict the existence of a God?
musicblind
May 2019
#261
+1. The concise phrase "improbable discovery at the right moment" captures my feeling.
John1956PA
May 2019
#146
The universe is older than 14 billion years old. Our galaxy alone is around 13-14 billion years old
Blue_true
May 2019
#185
If one accepts the Big Bang Theory, the Milky Way and Universe are the same age.
Blue_true
May 2019
#203
On the star estimate. Several sources that I read, including one associated with NASA
Blue_true
May 2019
#212
this is somewhat off-topic, but are you familiar with the Conformal Cyclic Cosmology?
anarch
May 2019
#220
Actually, if you understood the nature of light and what can be possibly done with it.
Blue_true
May 2019
#179
It is called having the capacity to take the known physics of the universe and apply it.
Blue_true
May 2019
#178
I don't believe in angels. I do believe though that there is vastly superior intelligence in the
Blue_true
May 2019
#208
I guess if the whole topic is a big joke, then this thread isnt for me. Thanks.
Chin music
May 2019
#174
not that I'm kicking this thread out of personal interest in the topic or anything, but...
anarch
May 2019
#221
Projecting extraterrestrial travel into form familiar to 21st century technology
grantcart
May 2019
#41
Seeing is believing, I believe. As one who saw one in broad daylight, fly right over me...
SWBTATTReg
May 2019
#44
I too, do believe people when they tell me something. As you do, I give the benefit of the doubt...
SWBTATTReg
May 2019
#164
We've already adjusted to the fact that weather balloons, natural phenomena
LanternWaste
May 2019
#47
technically speaking, there's a strong possibility that all life on earth originated from space
anarch
May 2019
#77
Whitley Striber (Communion) considered the possibility that they were us
happyaccident
May 2019
#108
what is people's take on this CBS story, which I assumed was the impetus for the thread?
anarch
May 2019
#81
trump* being in the White House has convinced me that ANYTHING is possible, so why not.
Siwsan
May 2019
#64
this is going to be a controversial topic, because there has been a long term effort to suppress it
anarch
May 2019
#70
The Maryland Air National Guard has already disclosed what they were doing that night
jberryhill
May 2019
#85
But if the believers in dead angel choirs and the believers in little green men join up...
Iggo
May 2019
#103
I'm scheduled to go out to NM later in the summer . Is Roswell worth a visit - anyone ?
lunasun
May 2019
#109
once again a group of old white men telling us what we should and should not believe in.
912gdm
May 2019
#138
The probability of a technologically advanced alien species sending spacecraft to earth is near zero
Spider Jerusalem
May 2019
#143
Ever notice that. as our photo capability has improved, the quality of UFO images has decreased?
brooklynite
May 2019
#153
Extraterrestrials do exist and they are far more advanced than humans.
democratisphere
May 2019
#154
Silly argument. The burden is on the person making the unlikely claim. So.......
USALiberal
May 2019
#196
Human exceptionalism is what leads people to believe they must be visiting us
jberryhill
May 2019
#186
Of course though, I wouldn't blame them for not wanting anything to do with us
sandensea
May 2019
#257