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cstanleytech

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7. Thats assuming any other such civilizations currently still exist as we do not know the rate at

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 6, 2019, 09:44 PM

Jun 2019

which such species and civilizations might evolve but we do know that no species is static and that eventually they either cease to exist or in some cases evolve into other species.

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A Physicist Has Proposed a Pretty Depressing Explanation For Why We Never See Aliens [View all] lordsummerisle Jun 2019 OP

"Or maybe they just don't want anything to do with us?" Hard to argue with that explanation... hlthe2b Jun 2019 #1

Our radio signals from our planet lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #2

Thats assuming any other such civilizations currently still exist as we do not know the rate at cstanleytech Jun 2019 #7

i think the physicist is full of shit. 5X Jun 2019 #3

Agreed. The cosmos is too vast for us, a small world, buried on an obscure section... brush Jun 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #8

I agree. Duppers Jun 2019 #15

Just about anything we have to say about alien motives is anthropomorphization. Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #4

Or they may have come and gone long before we arose. trev Jun 2019 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #9

...leaving behind evidence in stone that we have chosen to ignore. Enoki33 Jun 2019 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #11

"new lords Prayer" trev Jun 2019 #14

Yup. trev Jun 2019 #13

2 space aliens looking down on earth. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #12

No doubt at all! Thanks for the post. Judi Lynn Jun 2019 #16

Don't know, but they both made you think about their message sometimes. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #17

Calvin and Hobbes was by Bill Waterson FiveGoodMen Jun 2019 #20

I guess one could live their lifespan of 75 years in the middle of the Sahara Desert.... JustFiveMoreMinutes Jun 2019 #18

We're so fucking stupid we don't even recognize the cultures of non-human species here on earth. hunter Jun 2019 #19

Good points lordsummerisle Jun 2019 #21