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The Bad Astronomer talks about his views on UFOs

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Says The Bad Astronomer: "In February 2006 I gave a talk about Mars at Adrian College in Michigan. During the Q&A, I was asked by a kid if I believed in aliens and UFOs. Here's my answer."

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HOW DOES HE KNOW THEY WEREN'T ALIEN DUCKS!?


written by Crosswords  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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i don't agree. i believe there are aliens out there, observing us from a far orbit. it's like their version of a drive-in movie theatre


written by kulpims  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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Fantastic answer. Couldn't have said it better myself. And I say things pretty darned good.


written by MaxWilder  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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"sometimes i think the surest sign that intelligent life exists somewhere else in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."


written by Dignant_Pink  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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Wow, this guy has my views on the matter absolutely nailed. That's EXACTLY my thoughts. The lumping of UFOs and aliens together into the one question is always a pain as you have to separate them out and explain them as he does here.

Great stuff


written by spoco2  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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For some reason people think we are so special. Is like an ant colony out there asking themselves if there is high intelligence creates in this planet. Because not intelligent being have visited them yet. Well honestly most humans have more interesting things to do that visiting all the ant colonies in the planet to make them feel happy.

Ones a civilization becomes super advance, I very much think that civilizations such ours will be of very little interest. When they can reproduce all we have done millions of times over, in a second in their iphone computers.

Most likely they will be dealing with higher dimensional problems and God knows what. Just be humble people, just be humble. Just because we are smarter than a monkey doesn't make us interesting.


written by nickreal03  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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I think the aliens have been here for a very long time.

I sometimes think that we're their little experiment.

Kind of like mice running through a maze.


written by rougy  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^kulpims:
i don't agree. i believe there are aliens out there, observing us from a far orbit. it's like their version of a drive-in movie theatre.


wouldn't even have to be in orbit.
could be standing right next to you, just in another dimension.
munching on extra-buttery popcorn, watching you, right now...


written by my15minutes  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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i'd like to know what he thinks of the reports of pilots. but apart from that, i kinda agree. it's a stupid question because...

if aliens can get here, they can fucking hide.


written by MINK  | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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I think aliens can see our hot-dog eating contests and our starving African babies, with the distended bellies, and they are afraid to come down and talk.

Edit: And they can probably see our massive stockpiles of weapons.


written by thinker247  | 1 year 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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>> ^my15minutes:
>> ^kulpims:
i don't agree. i believe there are aliens out there, observing us from a far orbit. it's like their version of a drive-in movie theatre.


wouldn't even have to be in orbit.
could be standing right next to you, just in another dimension.
munching on extra-buttery popcorn, watching you, right now...


Wasn't there a Star Trek Voyager Episode like that?


written by Crosswords  | 1 year 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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