Royal Society - Aliens (the space type) Could Be here Now

[Jimbeaux]

"Under our noses" even.

Ours is on Pennsylvania Avenue, where are yours hiding out?:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/26/alien-li...

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 26th January 15:01

[rich1231]

In the last 5 years, we (Mankind) have discovered that planets are in fact reasonably common. Some of those might be hospitable to life as we know it.

I suppose it matters if you measure "life out there" against how we have progressed.

When will be be ready to take to the stars and send slow generation ships to other stars?
Will we ever do it? What speeds will they reach?

Say we do in 500 years. Say we manage 3% Speed of light. Say we build more than one.

It doesnt make time really for us to spread amongst the local stars.

If there are pockets of intelligent life out there, the tech leap to cross the stars isnt as vast as we once thought. And so its conceivable that in the past or even now.. its possible.

Why is it then that only the ghost worshiping smelly people believe in "UFO's" not exactly the cream of humanity to welcome far off visitors.

Edited by rich1231 on Tuesday 26th January 15:08

[s2art]

Jimbeaux said:

"Under our noses" even.

Ours is on Pennsylvania Avenue, where are yours hiding out?:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/26/alien-li...

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 26th January 15:01

10 Downing Street. Watch Gordon Brown, look at the jaw action. Obviously he is fighting an instinct to dislocate his jaw before swallowing his prey.

[Jimbeaux]

s2art said:

Jimbeaux said:

"Under our noses" even.

Ours is on Pennsylvania Avenue, where are yours hiding out?:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/26/alien-li...

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 26th January 15:01

10 Downing Street. Watch Gordon Brown, look at the jaw action. Obviously he is fighting an instinct to dislocate his jaw before swallowing his prey.

[Jimbeaux]

rich1231 said:

In the last 5 years, we (Mankind) have discovered that planets are in fact reasonably common. Some of those might be hospitable to life as we know it.

I suppose it matters if you measure "life out there" against how we have progressed.

When will be be ready to take to the stars and send slow generation ships to other stars?
Will we ever do it? What speeds will they reach?

Say we do in 500 years. Say we manage 3% Speed of light. Say we build more than one.

It doesnt make time really for us to spread amongst the local stars.

If there are pockets of intelligent life out there, the tech leap to cross the stars isnt as vast as we once thought. And so its conceivable that in the past or even now.. its possible.

Why is it then that only the ghost worshiping smelly people believe in "UFO's" not exactly the cream of humanity to welcome far off visitors.

Edited by rich1231 on Tuesday 26th January 15:08

Maybe we should hope they will come to us and share the tech to reach them. However, after observing us, they may not want us in their "neighborhood".

[BiggusLaddus]

Jimbeaux said:

Maybe we should hope they will come to us and share the tech to reach them. However, after observing us, they may not want us in their "neighborhood".

Lets be honest, what right-minded alien would? Unless they are middle class, socialist aliens who consider us to be some kind of 'worthy cause', in which case we probably wouldn't want them!

If they are here already they're probably ignoring humans and concentrating on the dominante species like insects and viruses.

[s2art]

BiggusLaddus said:

Jimbeaux said:

Maybe we should hope they will come to us and share the tech to reach them. However, after observing us, they may not want us in their "neighborhood".

Lets be honest, what right-minded alien would? Unless they are middle class, socialist aliens who consider us to be some kind of 'worthy cause', in which case we probably wouldn't want them!

If they are here already they're probably ignoring humans and concentrating on the dominante species like insects and viruses.

Well I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. They cant be any worse than our current government.

[rich1231]

Jimbeaux said:

"Under our noses" even.

Ours is on Pennsylvania Avenue, where are yours hiding out?:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/26/alien-li...

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 26th January 15:01

Actually Paul Davies has a new book out in the next month or so...

"We are not alone" or some such thing and its about the possibillity of life out there... no commercial reason behind his comments on that link ...hmmmmm

[Blib]

BiggusLaddus said:

Lets be honest, what right-minded alien would? Unless they are middle class, socialist aliens who consider us to be some kind of 'worthy cause', in which case we probably wouldn't want them!

If they are here already they're probably ignoring humans and concentrating on the dominante species like insects and viruses.

At first, I read the last word as 'walruses'.

[Swilly]

This reminds me of 'The Men in Black' and edited to add Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy !!

Scale !! They could be among us now but be microscopic !!

Our known universe could be a microscopic particle in the facial hair of one of them !!

Edited by Swilly on Tuesday 26th January 16:43

[DSM2]

Jimbeaux said:

s2art said:

Jimbeaux said:

"Under our noses" even.

Ours is on Pennsylvania Avenue, where are yours hiding out?:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/26/alien-li...

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 26th January 15:01

10 Downing Street. Watch Gordon Brown, look at the jaw action. Obviously he is fighting an instinct to dislocate his jaw before swallowing his prey.

Oh, fk, it makes sense! He has been planted here to screw the planet's economy and society, ready for the invasion.

It could be...........................

[sidewayz]

If you read to the end the scientist quoted claims the aliens could be up our noses.
Add's credibility to the Brown claim