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A Fascinatingly Disturbing Thought About Intelligent Life in the Universe

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  1. BigBird

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    A fascinatingly disturbing thought from astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Very interesting thought; to sum it up he speculates about just how much smarter other intelligent life in the universe could be. He uses the comparison of the 1% of DNA difference between us and chimps to show just how much of a difference it would be if there is other life that has a similar 1% difference to us. Mind=blown.
     
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    The possibility of there NOT being life outside of Earth is so small it's almost laughable.

    Intelligent life is obviously another question altogether. People always assume that intelligent life would be more advanced than us......

    But yeah, interesting video.
     
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    That particular forum is close to 90 minutes long, IIRC.

    Listen to the whole thing for several mind blowings.
     
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    I aliens have been here all along but that's just the conspiracy theorist. Either way (i.e. if we are alone as far as we know as it appears), the universe is too large and the mathematical probability is against us being the only life in the universe. The only question is would we or they ever be able to reach us so we could find out the answer? Short of being able to go the speed of light, we would never be able to reach the next star in our lifetimes.
     
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    "I think aliens..."

    Sorry.
     
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    Tom Cruise is light years ahead of us?
     
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    Here is another mind blowing thought, why do people look down and bash anyone who is a conspiracy theorist? Seriously, some conspiracy theorists do go way overboard (or it would seem) but if you look back on the history of human civilization we are known to conspire all the time, our entire history is riddled with people conspiring with others.

    It's not like suddenly it has stopped and no-ones conspires with anyone anymore, it must still be happening.

    I love hearing what conspiracy theorists think and looking at the ones that justify and warrant real possibilities.
     
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    excellent, thanks for sharing.
     
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    and what if other life was 5% less intellgient than us?
     
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    I KNOW...THEY'D BE PRETTY ****ING STUPID

    lol
     
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    It’s one thing to believe people work together. It’s another to think the WTC were detonated by a bomb, that we didn’t land on the moon, that JFK couldn’t have been shot by a disgruntled marine, and that the world is secretly controlled by Jews/Lizardmen/Penguins.

    Seriously, name a conspiracy theory which warrants real possibilities.
     
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    I don't disagree with anything you just said....

    though I think it's highly possible there was more than one person involved in the JFK assassination....

    and I think it's entirely possible that if the US government knew about intelligent life visiting here on earth, they might withhold it to the best of their ability.
     
    #16 MadMax, Dec 3, 2012
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    This...some conspiracy theories are bred in ignorance and propagated to others who take the initiator as some "expert" when they are really some hack who was too lazy to find the real answers on their own.

    This video on the other hand is very cool, thanks for sharing.
     
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    Pfft, They live underground and can shapeshift.

    Prove they do not exist? Exactly. :rolleyes:
     
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    Watch out guys...were dealing with a badass over here.
     
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