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Andy Pandy posted:
Yeah, there would be debate about what's causing it and a bunch of theories would be put forward and there would be a lot of doubt and confusion about what we're even looking at. Oh wait
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Dec 21, 2021 21:05
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Slavvy posted:Let's try it this way: OTOH there's nothing physically stopping humanity as is (or even back during the space race) from expanding out into the solar system right now without any change to our current political/economic systems. All it would have taken is some Sea Dragon heavy lift rockets to cheaply launch a first-wave industrial base into orbit and suddenly capitalism has access to a whole new frontier of cheap resources (and lol as if that would have been shared with the developing world).
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Dec 21, 2021 21:08
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Andy Pandy posted:I'm partial to the idea that any sufficiently advanced civilisation will never even leave their home planet. If they are in equilibrium with their environment, and if they are at peace with their place in the universe, it may not even occur to them.  always knew the trees were up to something
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Dec 21, 2021 21:09
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what if the universe is alive our solar system is the equivalent of an atom UFOs are how we perceive it when the universe (some dude named "trumo") scratches its balls
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Dec 21, 2021 21:15
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Andy Pandy posted:My bet is that truly advanced technology is indistinguishable from nature - and we might not even recognise it if we were staring right at it. Bok globules are alien space whale cum. Seeding the universe with new creation
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Dec 21, 2021 21:19
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yesss
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Dec 21, 2021 21:23
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God bless the crab thread
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Dec 21, 2021 21:27
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I can see normal people taking the dark forest theory seriously, but anyone who has spent any amount of time reading about UFOs should understand by now that they're already here. And once you believe that they're already here, then the question becomes when did they first get here? I'm a fan of the idea that various Sanskrit epics like the Mahabharata are descriptions of things that actually happened. Basically long ago aliens came to Earth and played the God Game, flying around in their UFOs (called vimana's), loving the locals, and starting wars fought with missiles and nukes (look up astras and the Brahmastra astra). The things we do when we play video games like the civilization series, the aliens did in the real world. Eventually some more benevolent aliens got tired of this poo poo, kicked everyone off-planet, and quarantined Earth so that things could develop somewhat naturally. Supposedly they've found ancient cities in India that look like they were nuked, as well as deserts full of glass that is normally only produced by nuclear explosions. Haven't really read up much on this so I can't say how conclusive the evidence is. Imagine the outcry if we found proof that Earth is a game-board, all humanity are pawns, and bored, decadent, immortal aliens are pissed because they were told they can't play with their toys anymore? "Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."
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Dec 21, 2021 21:36
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Yee-claw! Conspiracy theory: The anti-nuke movements of the 70's and 80's were ops by aitees to keep humanity on earth, and only capable of nuking ourselves.
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Dec 21, 2021 22:29
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Rah! posted:our solar system is the equivalent of an atom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0 toggle has issued a correction as of 23:33 on Dec 21, 2021 |
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Dec 21, 2021 22:39
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Slavvy posted:Let's try it this way: Wouldn't the case be that 1200-1400 years (or however many LY away that is) ago they were doing that stuff? So if they advanced from that to FTL at any time since they could conceivably already be here. Also not all Trek aliens are humanoids and just people in makeup. There's weird bugs and sentient minerals and all sortsa poo poo, we just generally don't interact with them much because we don't live in compatible environments and we are as uninterested in their radioactive rocks as they are uninterested in anything we make.
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Dec 21, 2021 22:41
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Fried Watermelon posted:Dark Forest theory probably true but only because an alien race will detect us and put us down like we do with rabid animals in the forest it's 100% this 
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Dec 21, 2021 22:58
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things are getting spicy https://twitter.com/patrick41016682/status/1473297200067264522
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Dec 21, 2021 23:00
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neutral milf hotel posted:things are getting spicy Oh man, radar's gonna be so disappointed by that Patrick guy.
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Dec 21, 2021 23:26
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neutral milf hotel posted:things are getting spicy Reading this in Patrick's voice really adds to it
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Dec 21, 2021 23:54
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Hyped for first contact 
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Dec 22, 2021 00:07
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Slavvy posted:Reading this in Patrick's voice really adds to it 
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Dec 22, 2021 00:18
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Hearing that there will be some very interesting first contact news in about 2 weeks, the next two weeks
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Dec 22, 2021 01:05
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first contact of Jrooti on this dilz
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Dec 22, 2021 01:10
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neutral milf hotel posted:things are getting spicy jrooti lied, hybrids died
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Dec 22, 2021 01:52
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Bob Socko posted:Oh man, radar's gonna be so disappointed by that Patrick guy. radar is running an op
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Dec 22, 2021 01:53
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patrick is radar
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Dec 22, 2021 01:53
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radar is patrick
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Dec 22, 2021 01:54
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Rah! posted:jrooti lied, hybrids died
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Dec 22, 2021 01:56
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I’m jrooti contact has begun; but since you doubt sim pushing it back by one year
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Dec 22, 2021 02:02
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much like valve and their tf2 property, the pnutty ofc efforts have devolved to collecting hats THANKS RADAR
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Dec 22, 2021 02:20
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https://twitter.com/SandiaWisdom/status/1473448360749187074?s=20 Pics or OFC didn't happen
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Dec 22, 2021 02:40
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:https://twitter.com/SandiaWisdom/status/1473448360749187074?s=20 
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Dec 22, 2021 02:53
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:https://twitter.com/SandiaWisdom/status/1473448360749187074?s=20 that's a picture of jrooti reading my posts 
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Dec 22, 2021 02:53
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Dec 22, 2021 02:59
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goochtit posted:All those goddamned postcards I sent and this is how I find out we're not friends No kidding All that time projecting gratitude was apparently bullshit to these jokers
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Dec 22, 2021 03:02
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where the gently caress are the peanuts
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Dec 22, 2021 03:08
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Ross showed up on another podcast for those who care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KscY0219sDw&t=16020s quote:One of the things that I’ve been copping recently is a lot of anger from people on social media saying “Why aren’t you working harder to expose this? Why aren’t you breaking more stories?” I feel an intense sense of frustration with that kind of expectation, because we’re only ever as good as our sources.
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Dec 22, 2021 03:24
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well when OFC doesn't happen and the peanutties decide to keep themselves revealed I just want you all to know that I'll still be posting here with you
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Dec 22, 2021 03:25
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Imagine, cities so vast you cannot see one end from the other, full of great towers tall enough to scrape the heavens and which gleam brighter in the light of day than any river or lake, in which multitudes of people dwell together, more than have lived in any nation that has ever existed! And at night, these cities blaze with light, their people's clever inventions shining against the dark as bright as the sun itself! Truly, such peoples must be wise beyond our reckoning, no longer given over to the baser instincts of man, to war, to fight, to exploit their fellows.
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Dec 22, 2021 03:31
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Wheeee posted:Imagine, cities so vast you cannot see one end from the other, full of great towers tall enough to scrape the heavens and which gleam brighter in the light of day than any river or lake, in which multitudes of people dwell together, more than have lived in any nation that has ever existed! And at night, these cities blaze with light, their people's clever inventions shining against the dark as bright as the sun itself! Truly, such peoples must be wise beyond our reckoning, no longer given over to the baser instincts of man, to war, to fight, to exploit their fellows. Sounded like Manhattan until you said that "baser instincts" think
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Dec 22, 2021 04:04
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Bilirubin posted:Sounded like Manhattan until you said that "baser instincts" think yea i'm not exactly a believer in the 'dark forest' thing since it's predicated on a few assumptions about the nature of reality that we can't currently answer, but the objections to it posted here are mostly unfounded ideological projections posted with a ludicrous air of certainty the best argument against the dark forest posted here is that it appears we may already have visitors who are more interested in observing and loving with us than annihilating us and on the topic of diversity of ideological views, how you finding TBP?
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Dec 22, 2021 04:36
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Wheeee posted:yea Inhaled it, and loved it. The Trisolarans concern about the speed of technological advance on Earth was a really nice touch. I'm definitely going to read the rest of the trilogy
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Dec 22, 2021 04:47
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Wheeee posted:the best argument against the dark forest posted here is that it appears we may already have visitors who are more interested in observing and loving with us than annihilating us or are they harvesting all this anger and desperation they are indirectly inciting our species to create 24/7? i like the dark forest as useful kind of framework to think in, its one humanity knows extremely well, indeed its in our DNA and hardwired danger instincts and very deep involuntary thought modes happen to us when exploring those sorts of places. and it also holds in my mind the duality of a proper mysterious fairy tale forest on the one hand there are many dangers, some mundane like oxygen supply, ship maintenance, crew not going stir crazy etc and certainly some unknown ones too on the other hand it holds answers to questions we havent yet formulated, vast incredible riches and literally an infinities worth of adventure to be had
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Dec 22, 2021 04:47
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I lurk the hell out of this thread, but I have my own thoughts about the dark forest stuff. I think it's overly simplistic and ignores the possibility that a civilization capable of interstellar travel could have ethical reasons to avoid sterilizing any world that harbors intelligent life. Maybe the UAPs we see now are the work of the first guys to become interstellar? Maybe they're autonomous, unmanned observers that monitor worlds with complex life. An old enough civilization could have probes in every solar system in the galaxy, witnessing every possible stage in the evolution of life. They could also be watching for specific technological developments that would lead to another species becoming a threat. Since we don't have the faintest idea how the UAPs do the things they do, I don't think we're anywhere near a technological level that would flag us as dangerous. If we were, I don't think they'd have any trouble keeping us from getting off Earth's surface in any meaningful way, so they get to protect themselves without commiting genocide.
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