Monolith

brb said:
I can remember going to midnight mass in Germany one Christmas Eve, anyway at the end of the service the Priest comes round and tries to hand me this wafer, someone I was with, started muttering just take it. I'm like I aint sticking that in my mouth <laugh> [HASHTAG]#TrueStory[/HASHTAG]
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Bet you drank the wine though <bubbly>
 
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The Monolith is something to do with 2001 A Space Odyssey - there is likely a group of middle aged fanboys having a laugh with this

truly a wind up
 
Anyway, half time so....


Life is certain out there. Possibly/probably even in the hellish atmosphere of Venus. 'Intelligent' life? I mean there's the Drake equation that postulates it must be all over the show, but I have a problem, and it's Darwin.

Take this planet - 'Intelligence' has evolved in several animals, the primates being not the only ones. Sure, we send rockets to the moon (we do, Dude), computers, writing and microwave chips, but why does 'intelligence' need to evolve, and why would that intelligence then go on to manipulate its environment (whales and dolphins don't, and they have brains bigger than ours).

So what is the most successful species on this planet? Cockroaches? And if life have evolved on other planets, teeming in variety, why does intelligence need to evolve, and why would it evolve like us if it did? The universe could be choc-a-block with cockroaches and worms perfectly happy eeking out their living and seeing no need to evolve anymore, like growing a second head when there's no need.

Then again - look up the Anthropic Principle. All this exists, and only ever has done, because we are here to observe and experience it. Yeah, back to religion and inventing God so he can make us in His image.

And 'My God it's full of stars!". Validation please! <cry>
 
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captain wrong said:
I've often questioned why people seem to want aliens to be real.
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It's a big universe to be lonely in. I'd like to think there was something out there, maybe at the same stage in the evolution process as us, although I think there is more chance we will be lumped out by a massive asteroid, before we ever discovered any truth in theories.

Part the problem with the human race it is still too primitive and weak, covid being a clear example of that. Unless we find a method of travelling at ridiculous speeds, we will never find the answers we seek.
 
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brb said:
It's a big universe to be lonely in. I'd like to think there was something out there, maybe at the same stage in the evolution process as us, although I think there is more chance we will be lumped out by a massive asteroid, before we ever discovered any truth in theories.

Part the problem with the human race it is still too primitive and weak, covid being a clear example of that. Unless we find a method of travelling at ridiculous speeds, we will never find the answers we seek.
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Or travelling in and out of these four dimensions. Particles do - and we're made of particles.
 
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brb said:
It's a big universe to be lonely in. I'd like to think there was something out there, maybe at the same stage in the evolution process as us, although I think there is more chance we will be lumped out by a massive asteroid, before we ever discovered any truth in theories.

Part the problem with the human race it is still too primitive and weak, covid being a clear example of that. Unless we find a method of travelling at ridiculous speeds, we will never find the answers we seek.
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I just think they'd farm us or just treat us like I treat a wasps nest in my loft..

It might be better that they never find is mate
 
brb said:
Like star trek invented the flip top phone, maybe it will give us the 'Beam us up Scotty' one day too.
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In theory, it's feasible one day with particle entanglement. But don't get into the transporter pod with a fly, ffs. <yikes>
 
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captain wrong said:
I just think they'd farm us or just treat us like I treat a wasps nest in my loft..

It might be better that they never find is mate
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That was Stephen Hawking's view. If you're that intelligent and evolved, why travel across the universe just to make friends with termites?
 
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brb said:
I can remember going to midnight mass in Germany one Christmas Eve, anyway at the end of the service the Priest comes round and tries to hand me this wafer, someone I was with, started muttering just take it. I'm like I aint sticking that in my mouth <laugh> [HASHTAG]#TrueStory[/HASHTAG]
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Can't blame ew....I couldn't eat in a dusty old building with dusty old people either........ Half the crowd looking like teresa may the rest looking like Rees fking mogg.

Bundles of fun but not for me
 
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