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Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

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Buzz Killjoy posted...

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

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I believe there is a distinct possibility that there are sentient beings dwelling in Uranus.

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Buzz Killjoy posted...

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

This. Something like exists somewhere or has at some point. I don't believe we've been visited though. The invention of the modern mobile phone with hi def cameras etc is just clear proof that aliens, ghosts etc aren't a thing to be seen here.

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Crono99 posted...

Like, an actual advanced alien civilization?

Sure, but there's no guarantee they exist today. They very well could've existed billions of years ago and are now long extinct, or they could exist billions of years in the future and their ancestors are just single cell lifeforms today.

The universe is gigantic, not just in terms of space, but time as well.

i mean if its a species that has advanced for 1000s, millions, of years, its possible they could just break through space time and things like that wouldnt really matter

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if you go far away enough from Earth, you should be able to find some somewhere.

I think its just a matter of an unimaginable distance rather than if they exist or not.


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Funkydog posted...

This. Something like exists somewhere or has at some point. I don't believe we've been visited though. The invention of the modern mobile phone with hi def cameras etc is just clear proof that aliens, ghosts etc aren't a thing to be seen here.

lol at thinking they'd definitely be able to seen on our cameras

people have seen them with their eyes

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SSJCAT posted...

i mean if its a species that has advanced for 1000s, millions, of years, its possible they could just break through space time and things like that wouldnt really matter

The cockroach is ~200 million years old.

Ocron83 posted...

people have seen them with their eyes

Just like people have seen pixies and vampires and leprechauns.

Ocron83 posted...

lol at thinking they'd definitely be able to seen on our cameras

people have seen them with their eyes

"But this blurry distant thing that might be the light reflecting off something is definite proof"

The brain is great at tricking us and making us think we see things that don't actually exist as well and often fills in gaps of memory/vision with what it thinks should be there.

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Buzz Killjoy posted...

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

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do i believe there's life out in the universe, sure.

do i believe there's intelligent life out there, maybe.

do i believe aliens have visited us, fuck no.

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Buzz Killjoy posted...

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

We're unique, the rarest thing in the universe!

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MagnusX posted...

Just like people have seen pixies and vampires and leprechauns.

yeah no shit, the only reason people don't widely accept these things as real is because of christianity trying to erase it

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Ocron83 posted...

yeah no shit, the only reason people don't widely accept these things as real is because of christianity trying to erase it

or perhaps the fact that a superhuman predator like a race of vampires would have wiped us out centuries ago?

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Buzz Killjoy posted...

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

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monkmith posted...

or perhaps the fact that a superhuman predator like a race of vampires would have wiped us out centuries ago?

Back then we had no lion or bear problem like we did today!

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Yes, but there's a lot of factors like distance and time keeping intelligent civilizations apart.

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PikachuMaxwell posted...

Yes, but there's a lot of factors like distance and time keeping intelligent civilizations apart.

You mean God!?

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Ocron83 posted...

yeah no shit, the only reason people don't widely accept these things as real is because of christianity trying to erase it

Are you actually saying that you think the only reason I don't believe in vampires and leprechauns is because of a propaganda campaign by the Christian church keeping the truth from us and not because there is no such thing as magic?

No, because I don't see how there hasn't been any contact. If there are some aliens seems like there would be a lot. And I don't think they all have a prime directive like Star Trek.

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Probably somewhere.

Doubt they've visited us, but who knows. Could have and they are just above our detection capabilities.

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Tenlaar posted...

Are you actually saying that you think the only reason I don't believe in vampires and leprechauns is because of a propaganda campaign by the Christian church keeping the truth from us and not because there is no such thing as magic?

Magick is quite definitely real.

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Ocron83 posted...

Magick is quite definitely real.

you realize you wont actually become a wizard when you turn 30, right?

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Ocron83 posted...

Magick is quite definitely real.

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but spelling it with a k at the end doesn't make it a different and real thing.

monkmith posted...

you realize you wont actually become a wizard when you turn 30, right?

I'm nearly 30 and I'm happily engaged to a witch. Just saying that because of the obvious accusation of being a virgin. I'm also a parent.

Tenlaar posted...

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but spelling it with a k at the end doesn't make it a different and real thing.

It's the now traditional spelling.

But I guess I'm just stupid and so are all the successful and intelligent people who practice and believe in magick.


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Ocron83 posted...

But I guess I'm just stupid and so are all the successful and intelligent people who practice and believe in magick.

Hey, at least you realised this eventually. Someone people keep on believing.

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Ocron83 posted...

But I guess I'm just stupid and so are all the successful and intelligent people who practice and believe in magick.

Would you like to talk about some of the "successful and intelligent people" who are die hard Scientologists?

bacterial aliens sure, high tech aliens? probably not but i wont be surprised if they do exist

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Tenlaar posted...

Would you like to talk about some of the "successful and intelligent people" who are die hard Scientologists?

Scientology is just a bad rip off of Crowley tbf

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Ocron83 posted...

Scientology is just a bad rip off of Crowley tbf

What does that have to do with "successful and intelligent people" believing completely batshit insane things with no basis in reality, such as Scientology or the existence of magic?

Tenlaar posted...

What does that have to do with "successful and intelligent people" believing completely batshit insane things with no basis in reality, such as Scientology or the existence of magic?

There's a lot of misguided but still intelligent people out there believing that warped brand of bullshit. Doesn't change the fact that magick or magic is an inherent part of human existence. It's everywhere. You get sigil magickians working in advertising and transferring their skills

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It's a statistical impossibility that there have not been, are not, or will never be other sentient aliens, to say nothing of non-sentient alien life(there's growing evidence of multiple instances of that having existed or currently existing in our own solar system).
However, given the vast scale of existence versus the relatively short existences of civilizations(and the relatively tiny impact area of our sample size: us) and our understanding of the laws of physics, it's highly unlikely we will ever meaningfully interact with another sentient race. We would be incredibly fortunate to even ever conclusively prove one had existed in the past.

Ocron83 posted...

You get sigil magickians working in advertising and transferring their skills

This has to be trolling, right? A gimmick to get people to tell you how ridiculous you are?

Ocron83 posted...

There's a lot of misguided but still intelligent people out there believing that warped brand of bullshit. Doesn't change the fact that magick or magic is an inherent part of human existence. It's everywhere. You get sigil magickians working in advertising and transferring their skills

Lmao. Got more of your stand up for us?

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no.

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

this is an argument from incredulity.

It's a statistical impossibility that there have not been, are not, or will never be other sentient aliens

so's this.
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MagnusX posted...

The cockroach is ~200 million years old.

.....o....k..? a cockroach also isnt highly intelligent. im talking about a species that is highly intelligent, creating and progressing in technology for thousands, millions of years.

our industrial revolution was only ~100 years ago.


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Yes, they most definitely exist or have existed or will exist. Its entirely possible were the only life for the next billion years, but that seems unlikely given the full scope of the universe. Our species will certainly never meet one unless it turns out live is abundantly common to the point where we have multiple races in our own galaxy and one or more invent FTL travel.

Most likely. Im not saying that I believe every ufo or abduction story, but the universe is too big for us to comprehend, so it would be sort of weird if we were the only place with life.

Pancake posted...

no.

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

this is an argument from incredulity.

It's a statistical impossibility that there have not been, are not, or will never be other sentient aliens

so's this.

It wasn't an argument. The question asked about my beliefs and I stated them.

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I believe in my Alien Overlord.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9L3I28t00c
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Yes.

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With time dilation a advanced civilization could of existed and went extinct within a matter of a few decades here on earth and vice versa. No way to even contact them or know with the vastness of space.

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It wasn't an argument. The question asked about my beliefs and I stated them.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/argument
2a: a reason given for or against a matter under discussion
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Without a doubt I believe intelligent life lives elsewhere in the universe. Do I believe we've been visited however? That I'm not so sure about.

When I was 6 or 7 I went to Canada's Wonderland on July 1st for the fireworks like we did every year. We would park along the highway (as would dozens of other cars) and watch the show from there.

I remember laying on the hood of the car and looking up at the sky. To this day I still believe I saw a flying saucer. The sun hadn't really started to set yet so it wasn't dark out yet. However, while I do believe what I saw was real, I also realize that I was only a child when I did see it.

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Buzz Killjoy posted...

Given the scale of the universe as we understand it, it's inconceivable to me that there wouldn't be other life out there in the vasty deep.

Well said, my thoughts exactly. I think it's illogical to think we are the only living things in the entire universe.

Carl Sagan once said there's more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on every beach on our planet. Billions upon billions of stars and we are the only one that has a planet that sustains life? There's no way. We likely will never know, but something else exists out there.

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