[Ea327]

Originally Posted by Bodrum

I am selling some tin foil hats…… BOGO

Damn, I was going to say that!

[Normal]

Originally Posted by Ea327

Damn, I was going to say that!

The report comes from Harvard and their quality pool of educators. Isn’t it great to learn what your tax money has been paying for?

[mjfmicheal]

People are always ready to jump to conclusions about aliens. Yes they are out there somewhere in the universe, that is a mathematical certainty. But the chances that there is even ONE other technical civilization anywhere here in our own galaxy are very small - close to zero. Even if there were one here the chances that they would be close enough to detect us and send an unmanned probe here are also close to zero. Manned - fahgeddabowdit!! Any aliens smart enough to get a manned mission to other star systems would also be smart enough to realize that there is no good reason to do so; it ain't happening.

People in general need more study about the incredible distances between stars in a galaxy and the impracticality of manned interstellar space flight. Also a thorough study of a field of mathematics known as Probability Theory is in order. And throw in a sufficient study of how life germinates on a planet and the odds against intelligent life developing would also be recommended.

Whenever anyone thinks that aliens might be here, or have come here, or are on their way here.....uh.......no they're not.

Always look to the most likely explanations first, not the most farfetched.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by mjfmicheal

people are always ready to jump to conclusions about aliens. Yes they are out there somewhere in the universe, that is a mathematical certainty. But the chances that there is even one other technical civilization anywhere here in our own galaxy are very small - close to zero. Even if there were one here the chances that they would be close enough to detect us and send an unmanned probe here are also close to zero. Manned - fahgeddabowdit!! Any aliens smart enough to get a manned mission to other star systems would also be smart enough to realize that there is no good reason to do so; it ain't happening.

People in general need more study about the incredible distances between stars in a galaxy and the impracticality of manned interstellar space flight. Also a thorough study of a field of mathematics known as probability theory is in order. And throw in a sufficient study of how life germinates on a planet and the odds against intelligent life developing would also be recommended.

Whenever anyone thinks that aliens might be here, or have come here, or are on their way here.....uh.......no they're not.

Always look to the most likely explanations first, not the most farfetched.

your on a roll! Tell them about the effects of our gravity on a species not born here

[Retiredsteve]

Originally Posted by Normal

Yes, I do apologize for the error. It is “supposed” to be nuclear powered because of its forward emission of light? I don’t know that solar power would necessarily function well as intergalactic travel anyway? The article states nuclear.

. It's all hogwash. Comets many times have a forward pointing tail. It depends on which way the trajectory is pointed. All comets emit their own light due to the interaction of the solar wind and the make up of the comet. Nuclear power just impresses the non knowledgeable. It's the propulsion system that matters and we have nothing, nuclear powered or otherwise, that even approaches 1% of the speed of light. It's all hogwash. Oh and we get a clear night I'll take a picture of it with my telescope. There are a ton on my astronomy sites

[Retiredsteve]

Originally Posted by gobuck827

"any suggestion that it's artificial is nonsense on stilts, and is an insult to the exciting work going on to understand this object," chris lintott, an astronomer at the university of oxford who was part of the team that simulated 3i/atlas's galactic origins, told live scienc

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here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3i/atlas is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise | live science

bingo

[Retiredsteve]

Originally Posted by Berwin

Ammunition and canned goods, people. Ammunition and canned goods. Oh, and load your tablets with plenty of unwatched movies.

. Trust me, if they can get here put your pop gun away and assume the position, you're going to get probed.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Normal

An object has been spotted entering our solar system that MAY be nuclear powered. It appears it will be very close by late October. It’s an interesting article for those who are curious.

“Manhattan-size interstellar object appears to emit its own light: Harvard scientist“

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS appears to emit its own light: Harvard scientist

Yeah, it’s probably the Enterprise, back from the future.
The New York Post tends to be sensationalistic and less than accurate. It aims itself at a more gullible audience, sort of like the National Enquirer. So you have to be careful. Remember, that’s the paper that trumpeted the supposed high STD rate here years back, and that was untrue.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by MandoMan

Yeah, it’s probably the Enterprise, back from the future.
The New York Post tends to be sensationalistic and less than accurate. It aims itself at a more gullible audience, sort of like the National Enquirer. So you have to be careful. Remember, that’s the paper that trumpeted the supposed high STD rate here years back, and that was untrue.

damn that FALSE advertising

[Marmaduke]

Originally Posted by Meyerro

I don't perceive the New York Post as a credible source.

The N.Y. Post is a great source of information.

[GoldenBoy]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Heh. You'd sell a lot of them in some parts but probably not here. TV'ers don't necessarily strike me as the tinfoil hat type.

Interesting though how some people seem to fall for this type of thing. Remember the "face" on Mars? There was even a movie, "Mission to Mars" that incorporated a giant face (real, this time around) left by former Martians who seemed to want humans to find it and follow them to the galaxy they went to after Mars became uninhabitable. Not a very good movie but with some pretty good visual effects, one of them being Connie Nielson who looks great even with all her clothes on. And then of course there were those twin "lights" seen on the surface of Ceres, which some people swore was solid evidence of an extraterrestrial intelligence, but which turned out to be a couple of highly reflective surfaces close to one another.

Of course there is also Youtube which, if they haven't already, will show "proof" by self-styled experts that this rock or collection of rubble is really the Mother Ship returning for whatever (usually nefarious) reason.

Should be fun to watch though as this thing gets closer.

So not the Tin Foil Hats type. To that I say, Depends...