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SheriffBob

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1. Neil Young

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 02:42 PM

Jun 2016

"After The Gold Rush"

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Yes, There Have Been Aliens [View all] Uncle Joe Jun 2016 OP

Neil Young SheriffBob Jun 2016 #1

Neil Young is a wonderful human being. saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #13

Thats a very rational perspective PJMcK Jun 2016 #2

Thanks for a thoughtful commentary. CrispyQ Jun 2016 #4

The Well World series sort of outdid that ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2016 #11

I believe that there are aliens RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 #3

As the musician Joe Jackson wrote: PJMcK Jun 2016 #5

Uh, there were not 13 channels. RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 #6

Didn't your TV have the special, secret extra channel? PJMcK Jun 2016 #7

Channel 1 had all the best stuff jberryhill Jun 2016 #8

It still does! William Seger Jun 2016 #19

So that's why channel UHF never worked. chknltl Jun 2016 #10

That was the best way to contact aliens jberryhill Jun 2016 #20

There were more than 13 channels Major Nikon Jun 2016 #14

Seems reasonable. DirkGently Jun 2016 #9

Uncle Joe, K&R for those who saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #12

Thanks Uncle Joe, now the Fermi Paradox is even more mysterious! JoeOtterbein Jun 2016 #15

This article and the Fermi Paradox suggest to me that Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #22

I agree that the exceptions are extreemly rare due to those factors JoeOtterbein Jun 2016 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author JoeOtterbein Jun 2016 #16

There very well may be other LuvNewcastle Jun 2016 #17

Could Donald Trump be an alien? red dog 1 Jun 2016 #18

thank you for this very interesting article. niyad Jun 2016 #21

The problem is that we have NO rational basis for estimating any of the probabilities struggle4progress Jun 2016 #24

Evolution here on Earth and the sheer, overwhelming magnitude of other like conditions Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #25

What exactly is needed? Intermittently drying tidal pools? Or intermittently drying tidal pools struggle4progress Jun 2016 #27

If you're speaking about good fortune or luck, from my understanding of the Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #28

With 100 billion or so galaxies, there's perhaps plenty of possibility for unimaginably strange struggle4progress Jun 2016 #31

I have no doubt there are all forms of life out there. Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #32

We have a few data points. The ridiculously huge size of the known Universe. The fact that planets Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #33

Unless they are in our own galaxy it exboyfil Jun 2016 #26

"The Universe in 4 Minutes." Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #29

"The History of the Universe in 10 Minutes" Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #30