Ted talk: What if there's somebody else out there?

Astronomer Jill Tarter is director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute. She was awarded the TED Prize in 2009.
dagsays...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

In my mind- the only way we're alone in the universe is if there's something that's systematically eradicating life. Galaxy-wide milion-year super gamma ray bursts, or autonomous or von Nuemann seek and destroy nanobots.

gorillamansays...

>> ^dag:

In my mind- the only way we're alone in the universe is if there's something that's systematically eradicating life. Galaxy-wide milion-year super gamma ray bursts, or autonomous or von Nuemann seek and destroy nanobots.


Well, there's a school of thought that suggests the logical thing to do on encountering any alien civilization is immediately to destroy it.

(click that link only if you want to be depressed and frightened)

choggiesays...

If y'all would take the time to consider the conga-line of people who have come forward who had clearance and need-to-know information concerning the reality of other life forms both here among us and constantly monitoring our fuck-ups and potential fuck-ups who have been trying to get the pussies in congress to consider the information, well, you'd be confident that the answer to the mystery is, of course there are other forms of highly advanced and infinitely more intelligent beings in our Galaxy. They are benevolent. We are the monkeys who just climbed down from the trees-

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