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TheDebbieDee

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6. Shhhhhhh! Don't say this too loudly! The religious people might lose their $hit!

Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:54 PM

Aug 2016

I believe that they've talked themselves into believing that any extra-terrestrials that turn up are demons cast out of heaven... And these demons, if found, need to be EXORCISED!

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Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space [View all] 63splitwindow Aug 2016 OP

Something got lost in translation VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #3

Oops, my bad. Don't know what the problem is. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #4

exciting! rurallib Aug 2016 #2

6.3B years old, not 65B BadgerKid Aug 2016 #5

also 95 LY away is fairly close, in terms of our galactic neighborhood. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #18

if i pack in a hurry pscot Aug 2016 #30

Shhhhhhh! Don't say this too loudly! The religious people might lose their $hit! TheDebbieDee Aug 2016 #6

The ironic thing is that one of those extraterrestial beings MIGHT be their God. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #7

The REAL irony for Christians is that if Jesus has returned... TheDebbieDee Aug 2016 #8

He would be branded a Lib and shunned. If he had ertraterrestial powers their asses would be grass. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #9

R U say'n Kolob is orbiting HD164595? HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #11

I'm say'n the possibilities are infinite and beyond our limited comprehension. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #12

Detected in Russia, eh? Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #10

Disliking that the Russians sat on this for a year GoDawgs Aug 2016 #13

Looks like it they are not operating. Here is link to their website. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #14

Too bad. China's FAST is finished but still shakedown & commissioning GoDawgs Aug 2016 #15

The obligatory... Binkie The Clown Aug 2016 #16

Yeah, I had to stop at 65 Billion year old star, too. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #17

Go to the source story where the age is correctly stated... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #19

Yeah, I got that. Just find mainstream science reporting exasperating, that's all. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #23

So is "Independence Day: Resurgence" about to hit streaming? (n/t) Kennah Aug 2016 #20

Well, let's see. It was estimated in 2014 that there were roughly 70 billion trillion 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #21

Look around PJMcK Aug 2016 #29

A 6.5 billion old Sol would not be a good star to be home for life. longship Aug 2016 #22

we only have a sample size of one for life to go on, at this point, so we can't really say. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #24

Well, stellar evolution is more than a hunch. longship Aug 2016 #25

I'm not suggesting that we don't have enough data to know what happens to stars. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #26

Or, could the signal be a billion years old forgotmylogin Aug 2016 #27

According to the article, no, assuming they've got the right star as the source. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #28

An advanced civilization might move as its star brightened daleo Aug 2016 #39

But not likely. longship Aug 2016 #40

I Wonder Why magicnpoetry Aug 2016 #31

They get a lot of false positives, so they try to rule out a much a they can bananas Sep 2016 #44

IF they could pick up our radio... Thor_MN Aug 2016 #32

Don't you believe it is somewhat naive to rule out anything about "them" or their capabilities? 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #33

I think it's naive to believe that physics can somehow work differently. Thor_MN Aug 2016 #35

We no more understand the capabilities of beings millions of years more advanced than us 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #36

Trying to argue that you don't understand physics is hardly a winning tactic.... Thor_MN Aug 2016 #37

Claiming no know all there is to know about what we call physics and how it can be 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #38

"Claiming no know all there is to know" Huh? Thor_MN Aug 2016 #41

I am done with you. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #42

Sounds good. Thor_MN Aug 2016 #43

It is on CNN frontpage now 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #34

We can't possibly imagine.. that a Russian Military satellite could confuse a Russian observatory Thor_MN Sep 2016 #45