SETI scientists spot 72 signals 'from alien galaxy' 3bn light years away

Kent_Mackem said:
Depends what you mean by that. I think an asteroid strike within the next few hundred years is unlikely. However we are messing up the planet. Although the species will survive there will be a huge reduction in numbers at somepoint soon. That in itself is probably a good thing, but would be better if it wasn't so sudden. We are living with a population of which the planet can only sustain a quarter.

I laugh at people who voted Brexit because they were so offended that there was an African driving their bus. If they can't cope with immigration now then how will they be when the African and Middle Eastern Climate Change refugees start arriving in their millions?

Then there are the risks of antibiotic resistance, nuclear armageddon or uncontrollable disease - either artificially started or natural. The threat of war as the fossil fuels run out is almost inevitable. We are utterly reliant on fossil fuels for almost every part of our life. The world will never be able to adapt quickly enough towards renewable energy for cars, defence, heating, industry and airlines. That's not to mention all of the drugs and plastics that use crude oil as the raw material. China is already flexing its muscles with Russia. Then you have the mad deluded religious bastards in charge of some Middle Eastern states.

If we look at our attitude towards other species, and also the number of wars between within our own species, our ambition and our chances of any future longevity look dire.

That all sounds pretty pessimistiv. I'm looking forward to the next few years with my kids. I'm not going to kid myself that the future, currently, looks bleak for humans.
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The end of the world is very Nye?

tunstall birdman said:
I have.:cool: Never, ever said it was aliens though?:eek:
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I was flying the ship. I was driving the ship you saw that night you need to stop telling everyone about the aliens there is a disclosure date.
 
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niceonemarra said:
The end of the world is very Nye?


I was flying the ship. I was driving the ship you saw that night you need to stop telling everyone about the aliens there is a disclosure date.
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:lol:

heston said:
Yes, but you may need a catalyst and certain conditions for life to get started. It is by no means a given that there will be life elsewhere in the universe, even the best scientists admit that.
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The odds are stacked in favour, when you look at the number of planets in the Universe, plus recent discoveries are finding more and more planets that fit in the 'Goldilocks Zone' category.
 
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heston said:
Yes, but you may need a catalyst and certain conditions for life to get started. It is by no means a given that there will be life elsewhere in the universe, even the best scientists admit that.
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There is life on Earth so there is more than likely life elsewhere. Why is the best scientists we know still Einstein and Hawking there has to be an update on that if there is not then that is sure fire a cover up. How does Earth bend space and time?
 
heston said:
Yes, but you may need a catalyst and certain conditions for life to get started. It is by no means a given that there will be life elsewhere in the universe, even the best scientists admit that.
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Errr.... no!

The best scientists will tell you that we only have evidence of OUR type of life. And for that we have a sample size of exactly... 1.

The best scientists will admit that they are still unsure as to how, exactly, life started on this planet.

The only way we'll find out is to go out there and look for other examples.

We may find them under the ice crusts of Europa or other moons of the gas giants. Perhaps life is capable of forming without the benefits of sunlight?

The one thing that the BEST scientists will tell you is that there is a shit load of stuff they still don't know.

niceonemarra said:
There is life on Earth so there is more than likely life elsewhere. Why is the best scientists we know still Einstein and Hawking there has to be an update on that if there is not then that is sure fire a cover up. How does Earth bend space and time?
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Have a read of this:

Understanding gravity—warps and ripples in space and time
 
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nelford_safc said:
I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in ghosts, karma, fortune telling or any of that kind of shit but can happily say that I’m 100% positive life will exist elsewhere in the universe. There’s just no doubt about it in my mind. The universe is just too infinitely big for life to not exist elsewhere.
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I agree. It impossible for it not to exist
 
ProfessionalMackem said:
If and its a big IF we get disclosure of a alien species (highly unlikely in my eyes ((a real one that is, it could be faked))). We dont necessarily know how people/governments/ institutions will react. We might even have the bible bashers destroyed. We just dont know. What do you think might happen, rather than try and belittle someone elses opinion.
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All ramping up for Agenda 21.
 
safcforever said:
:lol: It does my head in when people say stuff like that. Humans are the most successful animal to ever live on this planet
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We've even managed (through pollution) to change the entire planet's temperature and eco-system. Takes some doing that mind. We could, in theory, prevent an Ice Age from ever happening again. :cool:

Bees can't even make it through a hot summers day man.
 
Dagzd1973 said:
I've never seen a Bee with an iphone, have you?

Don't talk shite man. Humans are the pinnacle of life as we know it... including Bees.
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I suppose that depends on how you define success. In evolutionary terms it is how long the species survives. They've already outlasted us by several tens of millions of years and the only reason they wouldn't go on to outlast us by several tens of millions more is that humans may wipe them out.

They are far more successful than we are.
 

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