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31. Why are you assuming...

Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:20 PM

Mar 2024

...that an alien lifeform would have the same time limitations that our lifespans impose on us?

Unless you know something we don't know?

(That last part was just an attempt at light humor.)

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UFOs in storage? Findings about alien technology from exhaustive Pentagon review [View all] brooklynite Mar 2024 OP

There is ZERO evidence of actual alien craft having landed on this planet. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #1

Zero that we are aware of. There is also ZERO evidence that we are alone in the universe. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2024 #7

One explanation for why we might be alone is the rare earth hypothesis. OneCrazyDiamond Mar 2024 #15

There's an ENORMOUS difference ... AnrothElf Mar 2024 #16

That's the ridiculous thing. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2024 #17

Agree tom_kelly Mar 2024 #19

The speed of light is the same everywhere in the universe. AnrothElf Mar 2024 #29

Traveling faster than light would break most of physics as we know it DBoon Mar 2024 #53

It wouldn't take thousands of years to travel interstellar at relativistic speeds. OneCrazyDiamond Mar 2024 #24

Right... I mean... I've seen Planet of the Apes, too. AnrothElf Mar 2024 #28

" The amount of energy it would take to push a rocket into even barely relativistic speeds" speak easy Mar 2024 #44

Sure no problem. Except the nearest black hole is 1500 light years away. AnrothElf Mar 2024 #49

Why are you assuming... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #31

Heheh I'm not the one making assumptions AnrothElf Mar 2024 #37

There is a big assumption that an "alien life form" and humanity would even notice each other PufPuf23 Mar 2024 #42

Well said. Think. Again. Mar 2024 #43

"Light Humor" DUzy! WheelWalker Mar 2024 #57

You're quick! Think. Again. Mar 2024 #58

To quote: LudwigPastorius Mar 2024 #41

Exactamundo! AnrothElf Mar 2024 #50

We couldn't fly a little over 100 years ago. How do we know if the speed of light doc03 Mar 2024 #56

"There is ZERO evidence of actual alien craft having landed on this planet" Ray Bruns Mar 2024 #20

Anyone who says that UFO's are alien in nature speak easy Mar 2024 #45

Somebody dropped off Marjorie Taylor, Greene!😂 skamaria Mar 2024 #26

Thats exactly what the aliens would want them to say.... getagrip_already Mar 2024 #2

Is fun to wonder about Johnny2X2X Mar 2024 #3

That's true, how often does anybody... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #32

That's exactly what I would expect to hear EYESORE 9001 Mar 2024 #4

Why does Donald Sutherland immediately come to mind? wolfie001 Mar 2024 #10

The truth is out there Kennah Mar 2024 #5

They can't even cover up a blow job relayerbob Mar 2024 #6

"They can't even cover up a blow job"... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #33

40 years ago when these conspiracy theories on the building of the pyramids.... wolfie001 Mar 2024 #8

Oh yeah. Eric Von Doniken is racist as hell. Archae Mar 2024 #11

Exactly!!! wolfie001 Mar 2024 #12

Can we build the pyramids today? Cartoonist Mar 2024 #52

Yes, with enough manpower. Archae Mar 2024 #55

Exactly. yardwork Mar 2024 #60

If we were to believe the FTB's, (f****** true believers,)... Archae Mar 2024 #9

It's not about "humans". The gullibles don't understand Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2024 #14

B.S. republianmushroom Mar 2024 #13

But I've met them! They are here! Sanity Claws Mar 2024 #18

There's one on the Supreme Court! speak easy Mar 2024 #46

If we had reverse-engineered the technology of aliens advanced enough to have visited Earth DavidDvorkin Mar 2024 #21

Thank you, David. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #39

Why would species able to make hi-tech Marthe48 Mar 2024 #22

I Want To Believe Bayard Mar 2024 #23

Answer... Archae Mar 2024 #35

Party pooper! Bayard Mar 2024 #38

Travel scross the stars takes what is essentially forever for us ArkansasDemocrat1 Mar 2024 #25

All these sightings only have one explanation: LeftInTX Mar 2024 #27

Did a vehicle come from somewhere out there? JoseBalow Mar 2024 #30

Those lines... Archae Mar 2024 #36

Meh. grumpyduck Mar 2024 #51

Biggest PsyOp in American history. IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 2024 #34

Correct. ZERO evidence of aliens. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #40

All those science fiction series . . . Aussie105 Mar 2024 #47

Huge sci-fi fan since I was a kid. I too, want to believe. Prairie_Seagull Mar 2024 #48

Klaatu barada nikto Charlie Chapulin Mar 2024 #54

Someone should press TFG on it... EarthFirst Mar 2024 #59