All About UFO's

[Randy Bessinger]

Is this the new speaker wire thread?

Yes.
I predict like all the rest of the “UFO’s are real and they are aliens” hysteria that has been going on and off for 70 years, this will be as stated in the video I posted a big “nothingburger”.

I am curios, would road kill be considered non-human biologics?

 

[AdrianusG]

It Depends I guess, was the road kill found underneath the crashed UFO(s) or inside the cockpit behind the controls what, too soon?

anyways, everyone a nice weekend.

 

[oceansize]

It Depends I guess, was the road kill found underneath the crashed UFO(s) or inside the cockpit behind the controls what, too soon?

anyways, everyone a nice weekend.

The cows! The cows!

 

[GaryH]

 

[bloodshoteyed]

 

[Mart68]

In fairness to Georgiou the 'Ancient Aliens Theory' isn't quite the same as saying that they are knocking about right now.

'It's more along the lines of 'They were around in the distant past, they're not here anymore but they might be back.'

Anyway it's a quality show, you don't need to be the believer type to find it interesting/entertaining.

Is it me or does David Childress's delivery become more and more laconic with every passing series? I thought he'd hit the limit of what was humanly possible in that regard by about season five, but he just keeps on going.

 

[kemmler3D]

I think Ancient Aliens, as far as it pertains to ancient engineering projects, is pretty F'd up.

It's based on the presumption that people in the past couldn't figure stuff out, just because these inventions weren't prevalent in western societies later on, or because we can't figure out exactly how they did it now.

Ancient engineers had the same brains we do, they just didn't have the benefit of modern technology. But to make the leap to "Aliens must have done it" instead of saying "wow, those guys were actually pretty smart" ... let's just say those ancient engineers might be pissed off to hear that.

 

[Sokel]

Yep.
And as geniuses exist today existed back then too.
I can't imagine an ordinary guy building the Antikythera mechanism from scratch today,even using previous observations.
But there it is,staring at us 2.000 years now.

People like to underestimate people,makes feel better in a strange sick way.

 

[Mart68]

I thought their might be a few comments but I didn't expect an emotional response...

I'm pretty dispassionate about it myself, it's an interesting theory, that's all.

 

[oceansize]

I thought their might be a few comments but I didn't expect an emotional response...

I'm pretty dispassionate about it myself, it's an interesting theory, that's all.

Meh. It's bull.

 

[pseudoid]

I grew up in the era of "Say no to drugs" "Billions and Billions".
Thus far, no one has speculated much whether these ETs are from our past or our future.
I am a borne-again agnostic in most topics but I still would like to know who to blame for putting putin in power in our petri dish.

 

[mhardy6647]

I think Ancient Aliens, as far as it pertains to ancient engineering projects, is pretty F'd up.

It's based on the presumption that people in the past couldn't figure stuff out, just because these inventions weren't prevalent in western societies later on, or because we can't figure out exactly how they did it now.

Ancient engineers had the same brains we do, they just didn't have the benefit of modern technology. But to make the leap to "Aliens must have done it" instead of saying "wow, those guys were actually pretty smart" ... let's just say those ancient engineers might be pissed off to hear that.

Just think of the speaker cables they had back then.

 

[mhardy6647]

I am a borne-again agnostic in most topics but I still would like to know who to blame for putting putin in power in our petri dish.

My money's on either the Trilateral Commission or the Tristero.

 

[pseudoid]

Ok, but when? Now, we still live on Earth, and that's not going to change anytime soon. Trivial problems? What problems are bigger? Will we find the perfect planet to live in the indefinite future? This is bigger problem?

Yeah!
We can put some 22inch wheels on it, spoilers front and rear, and rube-cycle turbo w/EV boost.
We have to stop being under the oppression of the sun and go on our own merry way.

 

[oceansize]

Yeah!
We can put some 22inch wheels on it, spoilers front and rear, and rube-cycle turbo w/EV boost.
We have to stop being under the oppression of the sun and go on our own merry way.

Hmm... I read a sci-fi story where the human inhabitants of the Moon had had enough of the oppression of Earth and took the Moon off into interstellar space. Hmm... Something by Heinlein?

 

[Robbo99999]

Yep.
And as geniuses exist today existed back then too.
I can't imagine an ordinary guy building the Antikythera mechanism from scratch today,even using previous observations.
But there it is,staring at us 2.000 years now.

People like to underestimate people,makes feel better in a strange sick way.

I do think you have potential for more "genius" when you live in a society that means your basic needs are satisfied and you can concentrate on the abstract & furthering knowledge - because if you're living hand to mouth then you don't have much room to think beyond your immediate predicaments. Having said that, stress/necessity is the mother of all inventions (or that's not quite the saying?), but I think it's true that you need a little space to have the most profound Eureka moments. Maybe today's society allows for more "genius moments" than back then for instance? There's the dumbing down argument of today, and various arguments like that, but back then I'm sure that for everyday people the horizons were likely even narrower. It makes their achievements back then even more remarkable.

 

[Ken1951]

Hmm... I read a sci-fi story where the human inhabitants of the Moon had had enough of the oppression of Earth and took the Moon off into interstellar space. Hmm... Something by Heinlein?

Heinlein's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" concerns oppression of the Lunar inhabitants by the Earth government, but the moon stays in orbit.

 

[pseudoid]

I can't imagine an ordinary guy building the Antikythera mechanism from scratch today,

Link

 

[oceansize]

I do think you have potential for more "genius" when you live in a society that means your basic needs are satisfied and you can concentrate on the abstract & furthering knowledge - because if you're living hand to mouth then you don't have much room to think beyond your immediate predicaments. Having said that, stress/necessity is the mother of all inventions (or that's not quite the saying?), but I think it's true that you need a little space to have the most profound Eureka moments. Maybe today's society allows for more "genius moments" than back then for instance? There's the dumbing down argument of today, and various arguments like that, but back then I'm sure that for everyday people the horizons were likely even narrower. It makes their achievements back then even more remarkable.

Yeah, because the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, etc were absolutely living hand to mouth and didn't have time for the niceties of civilized life like art, poetry, music, philosophy and other such intellectual pursuits.

 

[oceansize]

Heinlein's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" concerns oppression of the Lunar inhabitants by the Earth government, but the moon stays in orbit.

Thanks, but that's not the one I was thinking of.i'm pretty sure it was in a collection of short stories. It concerned aliens in an alternative dimension and the transference of energy between the dimensions owing to their different physical properties. The Moon flying off was not the main thrust of the story, but a consequence of a lunar power station offering the opportunity to do so.