[cripplecreek]

I’ve reached the conclusion that we really don’t want to find intelligent life.

What we need to find is life we can eat rather than life that can eat us.

[PJ-Comix]

"To Serve Man." A great Twilight Zone episode.

BTW, I am convinced that the reason why so many people believe the universe is chock full of other intelligent life is because of the media. It makes for interesting books, movies, and TV shows. But the "cruel" fact is that we are probably ALONE in the universe. I find that to me actually more fascinating than there being a universe full of intelligent civilizations although that premise would make for a rather boring Star Trek series.

[KC_Lion]

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.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvrIFIjTGt0

[ArrogantBustard]

"Ian Douglas" has written extensively on the idea that maybe we think we're 'alone', because somebody out there wants us to think we're 'alone' ...