The Fermi Paradox:
it's super long but definitely worth the read
definitely read before you run in and say "because everything is far apart!!!"

it discusses why we haven't come across any evidence of extraterrestrial life yet (and its easy to read)

******http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html*****

other interesting links
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

http://www.alienswerehere.com/AncientAlienEvidence.html
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thoughts on the article? on aliens? have we met aliens but just haven't realized it? have all the intelligent species already moved onto a higher plane of existence, leaving us here alone in the universe???


in other news the hubble telescope took a 1.5 billion pixel picture of the andromeda galaxy

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images...502a/zoomable/

Yas the Fermi Paradox

I love discussing this. It makes the universe seem so grand and epic.

Most likely, I think our communication methods aren't good enough to see far away ET life. There are plenty of other civilizations out there, whether they be of bacteria or water-based life or plants.

The Wikipedia article is a great read too.

Do you think far away intelligent civilizations can see us?

Possibly, but there are a lot of obstacles to that. First, we and them might use completely different communication methods. Secondly, they may not even me at human intelligence level (and even if they are, they might live on the other side of the galaxy and so are not aware of us).

I think the only way another civilization could observe us is if they were a) far more intelligent than humans and b) actively and seriously exploring along with c) possess a deeper understanding of the universe.

but chances are, there is more than just one other intelligent civilization (like around our level + above) that exists at this very moment

and the universe has been around for more than 13 billion years, and it took only a few thousand years for people to get from hunter gatherers to where we are today... who knows how long it may take us to get around to something like interstellar travel! imagine how our technology would be like in just another few hundred years! (assuming we dont wipe ourselves out first lol)

maybe every single intelligent civilization uses a unique wavelength and everyone is trying to find each other but our technology is so different that nobody listens

but like the paradox says, it is likely that a civilization has already developed interstellar travel and if they have used it, and what's stopping an intelligent society of who knows how many years of existence from traveling the entire universe? or have they already found us?

reading about this stuff gets me so worked up. i want to be an astronaut one day I read an article about an 11 year old girl who's been training her entire life to go to Mars. and i just

The question is..when will our governments stop hiding everything.
We are like the north korea of the solar system tbh...

Never thought of it like that.



Ugh! This-article-is-amazing!!!

Do you know have any idea why they would come visit and supply us in the first place? very interesting and honestly, it's plausible

Who would like to visit us? A species that self destroys its environment and living habitat. Those other civillizations must be way smarter than us.

Please. There's absolutely no ground for believing that the government is hiding information about other civilizations. Ch.

The best slave is that one who thinks he is free.
Continue living your "happy and meaningful" life sweetie...

They've been and gone tbh.

I like a bit of conspiracy and I've read up on a bunch of theories but I'm most inclined to believe the ones based on the cave painting depicting alien beings 'gods' that flew down in ships because of the historical receipts.

We're nowhere near as technologically advanced to even getting anywhere close to finding life outside of our solar system.

I never said anything about my life being happy, meaningful, or free. I'm not a "slave" for the government because I don't believe in some dumbfounded tryhard conspiracy theories. If anything, the people without a meaningful life are the ones who seek to prove these theories for the sake of being rebellious.

Sounds right

I do believe it is a possibility, but a very faint and as you said a very far-fetched one. Nevertheless, it's fun to dream and speculate about potential evidence.

I do think, however, that religion was much more influenced by natural events (the sun, rain, thunder, wind, etc) than a potential alien visitation.

I'm not convinced by the paintings, because thousands of years ago, although we had much less knowledge, our brain's capacity for imagination has remained completely unchanged. In fact, those paintings are the equivalent of a 5 year old's drawing of a UFO today. Those people still had the capability to imagine crazy things, like we do in our science fiction today.

Correct me if I am wrong, but angels and demons, most commonly associated with heaven and hell, were creatures created to symbolize heaven and hell. They were created as the de facto ambassadors of the two "places." I don't believe that they were created because aliens were seen and they looked like them. They were conceived to convey the belief system of heaven and hell.

I need to research more about the flying machines part.