Will ET Be Here Soon? NASA Brings Scientists, Theologians Together To Prepare

[Amaterasu]

That does NOT answer my  question.

The question was "Why does everyone assume they must be advanced?"

[shrug]  Was not trying to answer the question.  Just pointing out that "We" is a poor choice in claiming a choice to war. 

[Norval]

That does NOT answer my  question.

The question was "Why does everyone assume they must be advanced?"

, , , as you also stated, , we use their technology by reverse engineering.   


There are only TWO kinds of ET's Good and Bad, the kind you would want for a neighbor, and the kind you don't want for a neighbor. 

The war up there is over, , the Bad ones were thrown down here, , , , ,

Yes, the time is short, , , , , , , , , , 

[sky otter]

Will ET Be Here Soon? NASA Brings Scientists, Theologians Together To Prepare 

[Ellirium113]

There are only TWO kinds of ET's Good and Bad, the kind you would want for a neighbor, and the kind you don't want for a neighbor. 

If you were a conscious cheeseburger would you judge any who want to eat you as EVIL or GOOD?

The war up there is over, , the Bad ones were thrown down here, , , , ,

Yes, the time is short, , , , , , , , , , 

Maybe...maybe not. Maybe they only like certain flavors of cheeseburgers. 

[Pimander]

I'm an evil Cheeseburger.  What do I taste like? 

[The Matrix Traveller]

Do NOT hold your breath that they are coming here to save us from ourselves. They are likely here to check out the competition and do a threat analysis

Now that's closer to the Truth of the Matter Z.

Love the bit where some get out there to welcome the Visitors, with their banners etc.


The Visitors then respond with delivering a little explosion.       

[burntheships]

I am of the opinion that any we encounter may be older, but not necessarily greatly advanced;

My thoughts too, highly likely "they" are "older than dirt".

[rdunk]

That does NOT answer my  question.

The question was "Why does everyone assume they must be advanced?"

Obviously, we cannot yet get to them, and where they live! If they can get to us from where they live, then they are very likely to be "advanced" beyond us IMO.

[Ellirium113]

I'm an evil Cheeseburger.  What do I taste like? 

Because your an EVIL burger you would be barbequed with extra bacon as well...DELICIOUS.   

[Destiny]

Obviously, we cannot yet get to them, and where they live! If they can get to us from where they live, then they are very likely to be "advanced" beyond us IMO.

Ahhhh...but what if.  They have already been here, traded with our ancestors the technology, and wisdom to prosper and evolve as a peace loving people.  They collected what they wanted/needed and left.

They came back at a much later date to check up on us.  Saw that we screwed it all up beyond imagination.  So, took off again, and just wrote us off as not intelligent enough to waste their time on anymore.

Des

[Wrabbit2000]

I wonder if this isn't putting the cart a few blocks out ahead of the horse? Unless technology exists that we have no hint of at this point, then we are still a life form trapped by logistics within our own Solar System. By modern technology, we're trapped much closer than that, to be realistic.

So, isn't this akin to a boy in Africa or America spending serious time and effort speculating about Antarctica without the hope of ever seeing it for a direct observation? Whatever the boy would determine, right or wrong, would be moot for his lifetime, as nothing he could determine would make any difference beyond the geography category of a trivia game?

On the other hand, we do have a number of planets and many more moons that are within flight distance of unmanned systems, at the least.

With that in mind, wouldn't it be far more productive for NASA to focus exclusively on answering the question within range of what we can reach today, rather than speculating on what is beyond physical possibility to start toward within our lifetimes?

It seems to me, the only way this question is answered outside our Solar System is if "they" come to "us". If that is the case, we're talking alien realities by definition and so, nothing done to prepare for what cannot be imagined would be productive at this stage, would it?

[The Seeker]

wrabbit, some reading material for you:

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/index.php?topic=6359.0

you might find it of interest...

seeker

[Pimander]

With that in mind, wouldn't it be far more productive for NASA to focus exclusively on answering the question within range of what we can reach today, rather than speculating on what is beyond physical possibility to start toward within our lifetimes?

The military industrial complex are so fixated on squeezing every penny it can (including faking Moon landing footage) out of the US tax payer, I think it would be more likely that the Chines will do it first at a tenth the cost.

[Senduko]

The thing that I always ask myself is why do people think that the ET society would be any different then what we have here?
Any ET out there is bound the have the same corruption, the same people trying to exploit.

Seems like the way of the universe, only the strong survive.

Well peace leads to apathy. A race at constant peace does not grow  they stagnate.

Now this will keep me awake tonight, this is the first time I looked at it like that, gold.




Lol Wrabbit2000 nice to see you here, we had a few U2's back at ATS, I was MessageforALL Untill I got the B hamme.

[Pimander]

Any ET out there is bound the have the same corruption, the same people trying to exploit.

That is second prize for assumption of the week.

First prize to the idea that aa advanced species at peace stagnates.  Like humans have ever been at peace to put the idea to the test.