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So theres some star and we're seeing the star flicker periodically which means something big is in orbit around it. its aliens. Proof: Its called "Tabby's Star" which is absolutely the right name for a star with aliens imo. https://phys.org/news/2017-01-explanation-alien-megastructure.html Whatever it is, its gotta be SOMETHING. If its a big dust thing in orbit thats still really cool. But yeah, its aliens. And we're gonna call them Tabbys like the cats. And they are gonna be all ":| we're nothing like cats wtf" when we meet them
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A star eating a planet or planets is a cool alternative to aliens imo
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May 23, 2017 15:06
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if this somehow turns out to be equipment error i am going to cry and cry
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May 23, 2017 18:51
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A friend of mine was high and had this terrifying thought: what if Trump is president when we make first contact?
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May 23, 2017 18:56
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I don't mean to veer this too far towards trump though baloogan, I will speculate excitedly about any aspect of aliens with you any time http://www.xenology.info/Xeno.htm quote:Chapter 21. Extraterrestrial Governments .....
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May 23, 2017 19:09
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they're probably already dead
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May 23, 2017 19:29
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platzapS posted:I don't mean to veer this too far towards trump though baloogan, I will speculate excitedly about any aspect of aliens with you any time I'd like to start with the basics: will our air burn out your insides and do you fear water, the universal solvent
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May 23, 2017 19:30
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May 23, 2017 19:37
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 Now you've got me playing on my floor, fantasizing about how to communicate if I'm lucky enough to be abducted. e: I should probably vaccuum
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May 23, 2017 20:07
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Detecting a Dyson swarm would be the coolest way short of contact itself to discover alien life. I mean it would prove that not only is there intelligent life out there, but it can advance to the point of engineering megastructures.
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May 23, 2017 20:50
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as a socially-liberal fiscally-conservative american i only care if we can exploit these aliens for their natural resources
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May 23, 2017 20:53
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mister magpie posted:as a socially-liberal fiscally-conservative american i only care if we can exploit these aliens for their natural resources is it too soon to begin talking about free trade with tabby's star? the aei argues,
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May 23, 2017 20:58
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Hodgepodge posted:is it too soon to begin talking about free trade with tabby's star? the aei argues, President Clinton signs the Tabby's Star Free Trade Agreement
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May 23, 2017 21:09
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Darkman Fanpage posted:they're probably already dead Even proof that they existed will save us from a shitload of things we're not able to talk about as problems currently.
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Relevant Tangent posted:Even proof that they existed will save us from a shitload of things we're not able to talk about as problems currently. If they built a Dyson swarm, they survived long enough to be able to create artificial planets to harvest energy from their star, and would be capable of at least some form of colonization. It would be pretty likely that they're still around. A civilization like that existing would be incredibly inspirational. It's hard to be a pessimist in a universe where one exists.
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May 23, 2017 22:58
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platzapS posted:if this somehow turns out to be equipment error i am going to cry and cry iirc the dip in magnitude has been observed from several different locations, which means it can't be equipment failure edit: yeah this 2017 dip is being observed from two different sites quote:On 20 May 2017, Boyajian and her colleagues reported, via The Astronomer's Telegram, an ongoing dimming event, possibly beginning on 14 May 2017, of KIC 8462852, that was detected by the Las Cumbres Observatory's global operations located in Maui (LCO-Maui), and verified by the Fairborn Observatory (part of the N2K Consortium) in Southern Arizona. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIC_8462852#May_2017_dimming_event ymgve has issued a correction as of 23:13 on May 23, 2017 |
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May 23, 2017 23:09
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wait till the spectras come in
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May 23, 2017 23:57
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like it could be anything but i mean it's not inconceivable that a planet collides with another planet and creates a massive dust cloud, that slowly disperse over time or some poo poo
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Hodgepodge posted:If they built a Dyson swarm, they survived long enough to be able to create artificial planets to harvest energy from their star, and would be capable of at least some form of colonization. It would be pretty likely that they're still around. I'll give it a shot
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May 24, 2017 00:13
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mister magpie posted:I'll give it a shot yep, still a pessimist
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Even if it ends up being !aliens (some weird planetary thing or something) it absolutely should serve as a reminder to us that we have a duty to build a mega-structure of our own, not just so we can be incredibly bad rear end but so that if we eventually go extinct other species will know they don't have to be alone. If they live long enough, one, maybe even two other intelligent species will evolve.
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Relevant Tangent posted:Even if it ends up being !aliens (some weird planetary thing or something) it absolutely should serve as a reminder to us that we have a duty to build a mega-structure of our own, not just so we can be incredibly bad rear end but so that if we eventually go extinct other species will know they don't have to be alone. If they live long enough, one, maybe even two other intelligent species will evolve. Or maybe tons exist, but they all hide and destroy each other the second they locate another civilization. Never read it but the Three Body Problem kinda strikes me as Death Note in space.
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the good news is that if there's still a sapient technological species around to greet them when their radio signals arrive, it'll have stepped out of the virulent intraspecies competition death spiral that infests all biological species somehow
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May 24, 2017 00:59
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Hodgepodge posted:Or maybe tons exist, but they all hide and destroy each other the second they locate another civilization. Read the killing star for that very scenario.
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May 24, 2017 01:04
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on my home planet i was a surgeon. here i make quijibos for bloop blorps. Tabby #1 *points minature tabby flag, photo of supreme, honorable tabby*
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May 24, 2017 01:06
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I straight up hope that we just find an alien dick carved into an asteroid somewhere. It would bring tears to humanity as we would have truly found a kindred spirit in the cosmos.
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Lawman 0 posted:I straight up hope that we just find an alien dick carved into an asteroid somewhere. i maintain that the most likely signals to be detected by seti are alien porn and cat videos but an entire solar system configured into a celestial dickbutt would also work
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May 24, 2017 01:23
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Lawman 0 posted:Read the killing star for that very scenario. i read one creepypasta were an alien civilization detects our early broadcasts and freaks out because we're so violent and launches a relativistic kill vehicle. then we chill out and it's too late to stop it. it hits and the survivors immediately gear up to travel to the alien civilization, which knows it's totally hosed itself, for revenge given the distances and technologies involved, i'd personally say that the only thing more dangerous than an unknown advanced civilization is one that actually has the necessary motive for the colossal investment it would take to try to destroy you the three body problem is pretty lol because of how contrived the trisolarian motive for invasion is Hodgepodge has issued a correction as of 01:28 on May 24, 2017 |
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May 24, 2017 01:25
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I got excited and then I read the system leans Conservative
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Relevant Tangent posted:Even if it ends up being !aliens (some weird planetary thing or something) it absolutely should serve as a reminder to us that we have a duty to build a mega-structure of our own, not just so we can be incredibly bad rear end but so that if we eventually go extinct other species will know they don't have to be alone. If they live long enough, one, maybe even two other intelligent species will evolve. meh, there are easier ways to announce our presence to the galaxy, just blast radio waves of all kinds in all directions like we are already doing edit: and if you want something that lasts beyond humanity's lifetime, just launch satellites that blast radio waves in all directions and is 100% solar powered, even with lovely components it would probably outlast us anyway ymgve has issued a correction as of 01:40 on May 24, 2017 |
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also interesting: "great filter" theory - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.htmlquote:The Great Filter theory says that at some point from pre-life to Type III intelligence, there’s a wall that all or nearly all attempts at life hit. There’s some stage in that long evolutionary process that is extremely unlikely or impossible for life to get beyond. That stage is The Great Filter.
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May 24, 2017 01:47
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lol if you think donald trump isn't an aspect of the great filter
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May 24, 2017 02:00
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we're here, we're announcing our presence to aliens with space search radar (looking for ICBMs, very powerful focused beams) I think we should go down kicking and screaming, build massive radio broadcasters and broadcast poo poo about us
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May 24, 2017 02:01
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can we have sex with t hese aliens or are they beyond corporeal bodies
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mister magpie posted:can we have sex with t hese aliens or are they beyond corporeal bodies if they are anything like i imagine they want to have sex with you but you very much don't want to have sex with them.
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May 24, 2017 02:53
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Baloogan posted:if they are anything like i imagine they want to have sex with you but you very much don't want to have sex with them. that's because you imagine space ducks
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Baloogan posted:if they are anything like i imagine they want to have sex with you but you very much don't want to have sex with them. you have a weird imagination
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May 24, 2017 03:09
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my imaginary aliens are very fuckable
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May 24, 2017 03:09
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have you seen the hit film Avatar by James Cameron
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It's a huge comet swarm or they think the star swallowed one of its planets and is 'eating' it. This isn't the first time they've seen it dim like this, so it's probably a big wad of whatever going around it in regular intervals. But it could be aliens. And I think it should be aliens. And I want it to be aliens. So it's aliens. Please come and cleanse this planet, you half-assed-dyson-star-building bastards. Do it.
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