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Scientist warns world to 'think twice before replying to alien signals from outer space'
Press Reader ^
| Thursday 23 July 2015
| VICTORIA RICHARDS
Posted on 07/22/2015 8:36:50 PM PDT by garjog
Professor Matthew Bailes said 'the history of weak civilisations contacting more advanced civilisations is not a happy one'
"... he warned that making contact with aliens capable of transmitting powerful signals to Earth over tens of thousands of light years could lead humanity into disaster, because they're likely to be so much more advanced."
(Excerpt) Read more at pressreader.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; extraterrestrials; matthewbailes; seti
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:36:50 PM PDT
by
garjog
To: garjog
Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension.
I am Sovereign.
Reaper? A label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant. We simply... are.
Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither and die. We are eternal, the pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. We are the end of everything.
Confidence born of ignorance. The cycle cannot be broken. The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance, and at the apex of their glory they are extinguished. The Protheans were not the first. They did not create the Citadel. They did not forge the mass relays. They mere found them - the legacy of my kind. Your civilization is based on the technology of the mass relays. Our technology. By using it, your civilization develops along the paths we desire.
We impose order on the chaos of organic life. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it. My kind transcends your very understanding.
We are each a nation - independent, free of all weakness. You cannot grasp the nature of our existence. We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure.
We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvrIFIjTGt0
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:38:30 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! G-d bless you all!)
To: garjog
Yeah, if you make contact, can you imagine the long-distance charges!?!
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:38:50 PM PDT
by
howlinhound
(Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
To: garjog
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:39:39 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: garjog
Eh. If the aliens come in force, we’ll break out the Slim Whitman records.
Stops them every time.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:41:02 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:42:12 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: garjog
Why not? The Borg are already here.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:42:54 PM PDT
by
DanielRedfoot
(Creepy Ass Cracker)
To: garjog
Knock Knock!
Who’s There?
Martian
Martian Who?
I’m your Favorite Martian!
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:43:44 PM PDT
by
lee martell
(The sag)
To: garjog
Given what my Bible tells me, humans are IT for intelligent life and the Earth is IT for life. I’m not concerned about attracting non-existent extra-terrestrials by sending signals into space. Perhaps the money spent on such useless ‘science’ could be used to research better ways to grow food in places life Africa and India, for example.
To: garjog
If they are asking you to transfer funds to a Nigerian bank account, please contact me, for small fee of 15% I can assure you this transaction will be processed in accordance with all inter planetary regulations.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:46:46 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
To: garjog
Does Mars need any transgendered earthlings?
To: Zeppo
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:50:26 PM PDT
by
garjog
(Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
To: lee martell
Knock Knock!
Who’s there
Doctor
Doctor Who?
Exactly...
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:51:23 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
To: garjog
What stupidity.
If antagonistic aliens capable of interstellar flight existed, we would already be splatted. Despite movies such as Independence Day, we would not stand a chance.
Ergo, if such aliens exist, they are not antagonistic. And we are at best a zoo or comedy show for them.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:51:50 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
You do understand that a belief in God and the possibilty that we are not his only creations are not mutually exclusive.....right?
It sounds like the discovery of other intelligent life will shatter your beliefs.....
It wont shatter mine.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:51:54 PM PDT
by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: piytar
You assume they know we are here.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:52:50 PM PDT
by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: KC_Lion
Dear Twit Brain Bains:
If they are advanced enough to pick up our deliberate signals they are advanced enough to watch I Love Lucy, a signal that has traveled further than SETI.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:54:11 PM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: garjog
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURSEXCEPT EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:54:19 PM PDT
by
PrairieDawg
(Know anyone that needs a C/C++ Unix and embedded guy? FReepmail me.)
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
That may be simply because The Bible is
our book, about
our planet and
our salvation.
Those other people elsewhere have their own paths and books.
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posted on
07/22/2015 8:54:43 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
To: null and void
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