BF2S Forums What would happen if we discovered alien life

DrunkFace wrote:

SEREMAKER wrote:

DrunkFace wrote:

ummmmm wat?

" to think we will ever have any meaningful communication or contact "

watch the movies " Contact " and " Close Encounters of the Third Kind " and you know what I'm talking about

One can not travel faster then the speed of light. /current scientific knowledge.
Therefore... to get to or just to communicate with aliens would be "impossible and completely impractical"

Nearest star: 4 light years (A minimum of 4 years travel). possible, but unrealistic. Also you have restricted the search for life from billion of billions of stars to one.
Nearest galaxy: 25000 light years (a minimum of 25000 years travel). Impossible.

have you seen those moives bc it doesn't take a light year to get down to blockbuster ....... trust me they will answer all your questions

ATG wrote:

DrunkFace wrote:

SEREMAKER wrote:

" to think we will ever have any meaningful communication or contact "

watch the movies " Contact " and " Close Encounters of the Third Kind " and you know what I'm talking about

One can not travel faster then the speed of light. /current scientific knowledge.
Therefore... to get to or just to communicate with aliens would be "impossible and completely impractical"

Nearest star: 4 light years (A minimum of 4 years travel). possible, but unrealistic. Also you have restricted the search for life from billion of billions of stars to one.
Nearest galaxy: 25000 light years (a minimum of 25000 years travel). Impossible.

Defining the universe by the laws of physics as we understand them is about as intelligent as believing  that dogs do not have souls.

Until things are proved otherwise it's all we have to go by. And its much better then just making shit up.

It will be much easier to simply fold space and time in half.  enough gravity can do the trick.

SenorToenails wrote:

ATG wrote:

Defining the universe by the laws of physics as we understand them is about as intelligent as believing  that dogs do not have souls.

I would much rather define the universe in terms we know/understand, while simultaneously recognizing that it will change and that there are definitely things we do not understand.  Put that against "Why try?", and any scientist or critical thinker will know which is the better choice.

Well, of course. And well stated sir.

I'm just saying people saying " the speed of light is the end all " and being sure about it is as dogmatic as a fanatical religious kookjob.

Look how far we have come in the last 150 years.
If the rate of growth is linear the we will have Mobius Strip Expressways in a few generations carrying us to other stars and galaxies.
Penicillin was invented in 1928 and had a profound effect on people and science.

Some day, maybe tomorrow the Break through will be made; a new technology that will change our work forever, _2012???

Last edited by ATG (2008-03-18 21:42:20)

ATG wrote:

SenorToenails wrote:

ATG wrote:

Defining the universe by the laws of physics as we understand them is about as intelligent as believing  that dogs do not have souls.

I would much rather define the universe in terms we know/understand, while simultaneously recognizing that it will change and that there are definitely things we do not understand.  Put that against "Why try?", and any scientist or critical thinker will know which is the better choice.

Well, of course. And well stated sir.

I'm just saying people saying " the speed of light is the end all " and being sure about it is as dogmatic as a fanatical religious kookjob.

Look how far we have come in the last 150 years.
If the rate of growth is linear the we will have Mobius Strip Expressways in a few generations carrying us to other stars and galaxies.
Penicillin was invented in 1928 and had a profound effect on people and science.

Some day, may tomorrow the Break through will be made; a new technology that will change our work forever, _2112???

I believe in the olden days, many scientists said that no one would ever break the sound barrier.
How wrong were they?

100 years ago a plane took off for a few seconds, would any of them then believe 60 years later a man would land on the moon?

SEREMAKER wrote:

Reciprocity wrote:

any lifeform with the capacity to travel, with purpose and haste, through space, would have no problem fucking us up at their whim.  what would we do?  shoot them with nukes or lasers?


If aliens ever knock on our door we need to be polite and courteous.

I smell a thread in the works bc of this thread

" 100 aliens vs the entire USMC " or " 100 aliens vs all the SAS "


I know someone will do it ................. who will it be

i did

I saw this one movie where all these aliens came and were like "Sup bitchez" and broke out with the lazors and shit, and peeps were all "AGGGHHHHHH" and blowing up.


Probs liek that one movie Im thinking.

If it was a discovery of something far away, Britney Spears definitely would obscure it in the news.

If they dropped by the Whitehouse, i'm afraid alot of the tinfoil hat types would stir up some shit, religeous nuts would go apeshit; fruit punch parties hardcore, People would panic, Rednecks would take to the streets, and the militray would suddenly, by coincidence, begin developing weapons to fight in outer space.  Russia would say that the UFOs are allied with the U.S. to attack the motherland,

Political parties would find some way to try to buy them into thier party, they would take a look around and say "Fuck this, we'll come back when you all get your heads out of your asses" and be gone for a while, Britney Spears would then make everyone forget what happened after she eats feces at a resturaunt.

Fox News would claim it never happened, or some crazy shit.

We'd all go mad and start eating each others brains.

Mmmm. Braaaains...



Actually, chances are, it wouldn't change anything by one iota.

'Sphere'
Michael Crichton

there is only one solution




lawls

People will use it as proof that Obama is actually an AQ sleeper...

On a serious note, the people who are saying interstellar travel is impossible based on our current understanding of physics haven't looked into quantum physics. It is part of our current understanding of physics, but is in its early stages. Fully leveraging that bit of science will change our world...guaranteed.