 |
| |
|
|
Lancer
|
|
Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
time: 05:34
|
|
Assuming, of course.
I don't think anything we're doing is particularly interesting to creatures that can cross the galaxy. Politics, wars, blah, all boring.
This earth...maybe. The planet might be interesting. Who knows how common nice planets like this are? So, they might want it. However it's crawling with nasty bugs, germs, viruses, all likely to be particular to this planet.
Life. The defenses against germs and viruses might be interesting for the aliens. If the aliens have been traveling the galaxy for a billion years, might they also have been evolving themselves geneticly for eternal life. If you live forever things that can bring that life to an end would be interesting. Also, natural adaptions that coiuld improve ones life would be of interest.
So, if they want the planet or if they want to learn about life on earth, they would have a reason to come here.
Why then, remain hidden from human beings? Except for the odd sightings, like the recent one MtG described, or the sighting I had maybe 20 years ago. Unless of course the aliens are in contact with humans at some level. If it's a government or governments, why would they remain silent?
blah...
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Dr Strangelove
|
|
Water. There are some suspiciously missing lakes in California and Kazakhistan.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Solver
|
|
Apolyton Duke Of Something
|
 |
Latvia, Riga
Sep 2000
time: 07:34
|
|
Lancer,
I believe the reasons for alien presence here are not understood yet and we can only guess. Possible reasons, all speculative, include that Earth is a planet with some rare characteristics (high amount of water or whatever) so it's of interest to the aliens, or that the aliens have been intervening on Earth for a long time and it's kind of an observation project for them, or that Earth isn't even of particular interest, but they observe all populated planets within their reach.
Making a healthy assumption that the government (this actually means several governments) knows about the aliens, it wouldn't be surprising that there's no disclosure. After all, such a disclosure would unfortunately have consequences too big. No, I'm an optimist, and I think that information should be disclosed. But the damage done to, for example, some religious groups could be very big, directly disproving that humans are the only intelligent beings. On the other hand, I believe that religion would deal with aliens just as it did with the revelations that the Earth is round, that the Earth goes around the Sun and that genetic traits exist.
As to why the aliens themselves are unwilling to show their presence, there can again be several reasons. One might be pretty much the same as above, them believing that the social consequences would be too bad. Another might be that they don't want us to have their technology, which could happen if they disclosed their presence (and obviously any alien race that has the capability to travel here has technology far more advanced than ours). If Earth is an observation laboratory for them, then they would try to stay hidden for the "purity of experiment".
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Richelieu
|
|
Gatineau
Dec 2001
time: 00:34
|
|
They're using Earth as the settings for the latest installment of alien Survivor.
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Dr Strangelove
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Solver
Lancer,
I believe the reasons for alien presence here are not understood yet and we can only guess. Possible reasons, all speculative, include that Earth is a planet with some rare characteristics (high amount of water or whatever) so it's of interest to the aliens, or that the aliens have been intervening on Earth for a long time and it's kind of an observation project for them, or that Earth isn't even of particular interest, but they observe all populated planets within their reach.
|
I believe that most planets which would support the development of space travelers would have a lot of water. Tool using sentient beings would have to evolve on land, but it takes a lot of ocean water to evaporate enough moisture to support life on land. Consider how much of the world's land mass is desert despite the fact that 2/3rds of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Zkribbler
|
 |
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Feb 1999
time: 21:34
|
|
Wellllllll,
I saw the thing, comin' out of the sky,
It had one big horn and one big eye,
I began a shakin' and I said "Oooohie,
It looks like a purple people eater to me."
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
Sure looked strange to me.
Well, it came down to Earth and it sat in a tree.
I said, "Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me."
I heard him say in a voice so gruff,
"I wouldn't eat you, cause you're so tuff."
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.
Sure looked strange to me.
I said, "Mr. Purple People Eater what's your line?"
He said, "Eatin' purple people, and it sure is fine.
But that' not the reason why I came to land,
I want to get a job in a rock-and-roll band."
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Lancer
|
|
Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
time: 05:34
|
|
Sorry for my delay in responding, it seems like my ISP has been banned and I can only log in from work.
Solver posted the following:
I believe the reasons for alien presence here are not understood yet and we can only guess. Possible reasons, all speculative, include that Earth is a planet with some rare characteristics (high amount of water or whatever) so it's of interest to the aliens, or that the aliens have been intervening on Earth for a long time and it's kind of an observation project for them, or that Earth isn't even of particular interest, but they observe all populated planets within their reach.
Solver, there's lots of water in the solar system. Metiors or asteroids or something is made of ice. Also, one of the moons around one of the gas giants has lots of water and there cis speculation that it may hold life in oceans under the ice. Water isn't particularly rare.
"Making a healthy assumption that the government (this actually means several governments) knows about the aliens, it wouldn't be surprising that there's no disclosure. After all, such a disclosure would unfortunately have consequences too big. No, I'm an optimist, and I think that information should be disclosed. But the damage done to, for example, some religious groups could be very big, directly disproving that humans are the only intelligent beings. On the other hand, I believe that religion would deal with aliens just as it did with the revelations that the Earth is round, that the Earth goes around the Sun and that genetic traits exist."
Consequences too big? Like what? The religious thing, do you really think any church would care about such a disclosure? The Catholics said we were the center of the universe and they were wrong. Persecuted an innocent they did. I doubt they're still stuck on that. Besides, in the bible Jesus says he has to go and tend other flocks, or something like that. Could be he's got more going on in this big universe that this little world.
"As to why the aliens themselves are unwilling to show their presence, there can again be several reasons. One might be pretty much the same as above, them believing that the social consequences would be too bad. Another might be that they don't want us to have their technology, which could happen if they disclosed their presence (and obviously any alien race that has the capability to travel here has technology far more advanced than ours). If Earth is an observation laboratory for them, then they would try to stay hidden for the "purity of experiment"."
Yeah, the Star Trek thing. I doubt it myself. I'm more inclined to think they either just couldn't be bothered because they are so advanced, or that they don't because of religious reasons, ie God told them not to mess. Satan and his angels cast out, this planet their destination because luci8fer was in charge of it, (or something like that) makes earth a place of great interest for the universe but also a quarantined planet.
Man I miss spell checker. 
"Man, I don't believe in coincidences any more! I just watched I Married A Monster From Outer Space (don't let the title put you on the wrong foot, it is almost as good as the original Body Snatchers!) and you're right on the mark  "
Hueij, if they were here for the women then there is no intellegent life in the universe.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Dr Strangelove
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Urban Ranger
That has more to do with the climatic patterns.
Some areas get huge amounts of rainfall while some others receive almost none. |
Yes, but any planet with oceans and land masses is going to have weather patterns. My point is that if a planet had considerably less water than the Earth, with other characteristics being relatively equal, it would have considerably less arable land.
|
|
| |
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:34.
Apolyton Time is 00:34. |
top of page
|
|
|
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
|
|
|
|
|
|
13-06-2005 13:11
Attachment: 
|
