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tama

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1. Worth contemplating more seriously

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 06:39 AM

Sep 2012

the origin of the very idea and attitude behind the will to "safely colonise, safely exploit".

Who knows, perhaps all the claimed channelings of extraterrestial civilizations about peace and harmony and ecological balance are not just noise and personal aspirations, but there is some form of contact with some form of intelligence and common message coming through culturally dependent interpretations. Something that makes me think of Keany Reeves movie "The Day That Earth Stood Still".

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The Fermi paradox vs the �Undetectability Conjecture,� [View all] Ichingcarpenter Sep 2012 OP

Worth contemplating more seriously tama Sep 2012 #1

Many sci fi writers had stories where Ichingcarpenter Sep 2012 #3

It is not only prey which is silent.. Fumesucker Sep 2012 #2

Logical problem bongbong Sep 2012 #4

just because you are aggressive or able to wage war qazplm Sep 2012 #7

That's the point bongbong Sep 2012 #14

That's not a logical flaw; you just have a different point of view muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #10

Sorry, it is a logical flaw bongbong Sep 2012 #13

The 'if' premise is not part of what Gato-Riviera suggests muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #15

More bongbong Sep 2012 #16

What would be the point of self-replicating robots, if they can't be traced? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #17

Even more bongbong Sep 2012 #18

'fairly quickly' in terms of astronomical time muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #21

And .... bongbong Sep 2012 #22

A couple of alternatives. longship Sep 2012 #5

Our existence is no more than an accident. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #6

One problem with the "Beserker" explanation ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #8

Greg Bear is pleased. sofa king Sep 2012 #9

Good idea to put out there, but I don't buy it caraher Sep 2012 #11

Perhaps more advanced civilizations have moved beyond scattershot radio broadcasts ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2012 #12

Never a fan of the Fermi Paradox because it assumes three things: Phoonzang Sep 2012 #19

Even more doubt on aliens bongbong Sep 2012 #20