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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:48 PM Original message |
On alien life, and whether it is possible |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I married an alien |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Another poster and I are due beer and travel money, and many experiences. nt |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Pick up the beer on the way out |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hawking makes some good points IMO. Also, many can't even accept gay marriage, imagine |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I know... it is quite hard of a concept actually |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It is only a hard concept to the ones that think man is |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. True, in some ways, but I am not that hard on people |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yep, like a speck of sand on an extremely huge beach. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Worst, more like an atom, perhaps a quark |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. "The Universe... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. We just got a new copy of this old classic |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You almost have to be a wonderful soul. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
65. I have the leather bound edition... |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. first, aliens absolutely do exist |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Why I mentioned the Drake Equation. I agree with you |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
66. Mining might have been one reason ... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
81. universe is not infinite. There is no such thing as near-infinite. eom |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. You should fix your attribute for the final quote. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. We already know that they only visit trailer parks, so landing on the East Lawn is out |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I went for the most radical |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Then again, they could be very close. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I am a fan of his work, as well as Michio Kaku |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I love to listen to Michio Kaku and also miss Sagan. I also miss George Carlin. He |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
80. these wouldn't be close, Type 1 parallel universes are to far to reach |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #80 |
94. When I was a little kid I used to think maybe one day I would wake up to |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. ah, but to everyone else in every other universe you are in an alternate universe |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. You know what is amazing? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. it still kinda does, there is no actual evidence of any of these |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. what if we aren't alone but |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Then our sensors will pick up |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Oh I agree with you |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. They may have already dropped by |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Or they are running a long distance study |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yep, I often think that too. n/t |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. To extend your point, I wonder if the limits to FTL travel are the reason we are still here, and |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. I suspect we will create other intelligences before we find any in space.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I suspect we will find tantalizing evidence of life off sol |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I would expect somewhat ambivalent evidence of intelligent BEMs within a century.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Exactly and the Spitzer telescope is just the begining |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. There are no resources here which are not in greater abundance elsewhere, btw /nt |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. To think it possible that we may be the only intelligent life in an area that defies |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yet we see it regularly |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You are so right nadin... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I think what we wil see is a process of evolution |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
68. Particularly if one accepts the full implications of the theories of |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. The universe is so vast I think only about 20% of the population |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. If there is any travel among the stars |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
99. The sound barrier was not believed to be unbreakable. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. They're probably listening to Fox Snooze |
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anthroman (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. Who says they're alien? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Forgive me for this, coast to coast is not precisely where |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. With God, all things are possible. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Forgive me for not including god in this equation |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. haha, sorry. it was just the first thing that popped into my head |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I am playing with that exact concept in fiction |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. There you go again. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
67. the aliens... |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. I don't believe in aliens. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
53. there is as much proof for aliens as there is for god. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Alas we will find evidence for the existence of alien life |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. there is no basis for making conclusions on the "likelihood" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. yes there is... drake equation |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. the Drake Equation is totally made up nonsense. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. So the found planets are also nonesense? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. so now you are assigning imaginary probabilities to my thinking? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I guess they made up those planets |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. they haven't found any life on those planets. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
92. That's what makes this so fun. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
73. I said the exact same thing about String Theory! nt |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. What would we have that an advanced alien would want? Other than our creamy centers? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Well depends... ranges from whether they want our planet |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
77. Yep, I remember that one well! "That is not a book, it is a recipe book." It was a great |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
74. To boldly go where no advanced alien has gone before... |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
49. your analogy of the Aztecs meeting the Spaniards is inadequate |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. They understood things floating on water better than you understand |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. Sovereignty and the UFO |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Ah yes, ELF... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
55. Posted this to no response in another DU thread today. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Thanks... and yes I read it there |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
63. If you're going to suppose ..... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
69. Nadin, did you watch The Event? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Nope, I have not watched any network tv for a long time |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I don't watch a lot of network shows, either, |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
72. I take it as an absolute given that life exists elsewhere in the universe |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. For me it is not belief, but rather very solid science |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. So solid science posits that it is possible, even probable, and there |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. It is not an absolute given. Based on what? eom |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. To me, it is, and that's what I said. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Faith based. eom |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. LOL yeah. You thought I had proof? |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. I was hoping you did have some proof. but alas, its Star Trek reruns tonight.... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. A few thoughts |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Exactly... the math is in our favor at this point |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
84. If we ARE alone |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
88. Hello, logic dictates that life is a property of matter! |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. No life, what matter? Without life there is no matter, at least matter that matters. eom |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Without matter, there is no life! |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #91 |
95. But an alien lifeform may have been able to get around that, being billions of years ahead of us! nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Actually if you really want to get weird |
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