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longship

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42. Well, now you are twisting me around.

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:44 PM

Sep 2015

Which is always a good thing. One can only adhere to something if it is challenged.

I hope you click through to the Larkin poem.

Thank you very much for this dialog, a most enlightening one.

My best.

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According to this Youtube site, Edward Snowden says we are being "controlled by aliens." [View all] Archae Sep 2015 OP

Relax, it's Pure Bunk m night shanahan Sep 2015 #1

I haven't listened to the podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson, but that's probably not quite accurate: cpwm17 Sep 2015 #2

Aliens wouldn't transmit with radio waves anyway.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #3

Huh? Which way is faster? longship Sep 2015 #5

It's a given that interstellar travel requires breaking the time barrier. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #6

Huh? longship Sep 2015 #7

What is speed but distance over time? Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #8

What makes one think that backwards in time is possible? longship Sep 2015 #9

Do you really believe there wont be FTL travel 5000 years from now? Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #10

Yup! I do indeed believe that. longship Sep 2015 #12

Just keep in mind the number of predictions made by science that were wrong.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #14

Utter rubbish. longship Sep 2015 #15

Yes. The irony is he is now adopted as an authority figure. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #17

I think he adequately addressed that precise point. longship Sep 2015 #19

I really believe there will come a time when it's discovered life is plentiful in the universe.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #20

I can embrace that. longship Sep 2015 #21

Frankly, I think we're in the boondocks. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #26

That is a good argument, too. longship Sep 2015 #29

We came up with religion and stuck with it out of tradition. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #32

I can embrace tradition. longship Sep 2015 #38

At least religion gave us flying buttresses. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #39

I love gothic cathedrals. longship Sep 2015 #40

Many of the rituals and ceremonies of old were folded into the Christian religion.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #41

Well, now you are twisting me around. longship Sep 2015 #42

Well, now ya know... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #24

That's okay, I'm just visiting this planet. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #27

Me, too! gregcrawford Sep 2015 #33

Thank you, my good friend. longship Sep 2015 #30

Let me just say. Cheviteau Sep 2015 #23

Well, the physical laws DO seem to apply everywhere in the universe. longship Sep 2015 #25

"Science is very, very good at the method thingie. It has had lots of practice." Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #28

Well, indeed, serendipity plays a role. longship Sep 2015 #35

Forget, "Eureka!". It's more like, "That's funny,...".... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #37

That doesn't mean *everything* is possible n/t arcane1 Sep 2015 #16

True, I don't expect Cheney to go to jail. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #18

we will be extinct long, long before then so... wildbilln864 Sep 2015 #22

5000 years is a blip in evolution so humans will still be here.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #31

200 years max. wildbilln864 Sep 2015 #34

Think about it, we think of all of the ways the world could come to end.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #36

yes it occurs to some but wildbilln864 Sep 2015 #44

Just a lame attempt to smear him. BeanMusical Sep 2015 #4

What he actually said was that alien transmissions must be encrypted, natch. He's obsessed uhnope Sep 2015 #11

Here's the source. longship Sep 2015 #13

This video is absolute rubbish. longship Sep 2015 #43