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"It would be the height of human self importance to believe we are the only intelligent life in the universe.
This is the Fermi Paradox in a nutshell and has fascinated us as humans for hundreds of years.
Modern history of humans says The Great…"

"I'm sure I have said that about Mallee before you LOL"

"Oh a lot of films are open to interpretation today. It's quite common of a film trope these days. It's very common. It's a case of "it's what the film goer believes".
Some are effective, some aren't. Best one is Inception, the spinning top, did it…"

"I used to follow it in the early 90's. It was pretty much the same old, same old so pretty much thought it was BS. I saw the videos in 2017 but again my interest was only in passing. What made me sit up and take notice was the UAP Disclosure Act…"

"As long as they aren't Klingons Raith cordasions the Borg . Vulcans seem to be ok .forgot Live Long And Prosper"

"Great question, Pou. Often it's obvious. Compare these claims. I saw a dog at the park (ordinary claim). I saw an alien riding a dragon at the park (extraordinary claim).  I suppose mainstream science is the guide but not the Pope nor infallible.…"

"Who gets to decide what is and isn't an extraordinary claim? I'm sure Sagan and the people who quote him have a convenient answer to that one."

"Daz, I like what Carl Sagan said: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". The Sagan Standard seems almost identical to Hume's reasoning."

"LB, the film and TV industry itself created this kind of closed cycle story telling. A reluctance to end without tying everything off neatly. A reluctance to end with a question. So I don't mind Disclosure Day bucking that trend. 
If anyone wants to…"

"I get that theory too, that they would be so superior to us that they would not even be that interested. But I lean towards the real constraints of time and distances."

"It would be a revelation. (no pun intended)"

"Rocky from Hail Mary was carbon-based but not green (hard exoskeleton), and recently in For All Mankind (spoiler alert!) the aliens are methane based I think. Little green men is the cultural archetype. Disclosure Day plays with this archetype…"

"Brinfbacksemi, I've only followed the story you outline through a colleague. He is a believer. Cover up etc. he is otherwise sane so I let him speak his mind about it. He asked me questions which I remind him assume the burden is mine to prove a…"

"Poppa, plenty of scientists proclaim religious conviction. So my atheism or my bet that alien life exists are a) unrelated, really, but b) science alone won't answer such foundational questions. Or, at least, is insufficient. Science does demand…"

"Poupou, angels and demons in religious texts are immaterial, and either a deities messenger or some corrupted spiritual being. Aliens are material. 
But let's imagine, say a Christian, wants to respond to aliens rocking up by saying the Bible was…"