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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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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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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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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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May 24, 2017 00:58
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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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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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May 24, 2017 02:55
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mister magpie posted:do they have ovipositors? asking for a friend orbipositors
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May 24, 2017 22:26
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Condiv posted:why aren't more scientists concerned that we're now living out the plot of hellstar remina? i don't want to get eaten by a planet/star/whatever the gently caress remina was fortunately, we didn't name it after a scientist's daughter and then subjected her to the insane life of a jpop idol, so we're safe
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