When I think of aliens and extraterrestrial beings, my eyes start to tear...

[BlacKOoze]

Ok, so I'm here, checking stuff on wikipedia (yes, I do that when I'm bored) about like human evolution and I read a bit about Arecibo's message (a message sent to aliens via radio waves in 1974) and I was thinking about an alien encounter, how it would be, what would i need to do or how i should react (Sugar my pants lol)

So, yeah, when I got to the point of actualy thinking about an encounter, my eyes started tearing.
EACH time I think about an encounter, or about why aliens would just observe us just like animals in a zoo (see "zoo hypothesis") my eyes start crying
It's not like a emotionnal one, just like, maybe a little tiny bit of overwhelment tears.
anyways, so I though it was a VERY strange reaction to a simple thought like that. I never cry for no reason except in this case.

A science-fictionnal hypothesis of mine would be that they aliens possibely implanted that reaction in my brain for an unknow reason that I wouldn't know.

Anyone ever cried when thinking about the same thing and without knowing why?

[R1Geezer]

Aliens exist, we will never meet them or communicate in any way, the distances are too vast. That Aricebo message is not out of the local star group and has dissipated to about 1 photon per cubic Parsec. Sorry mate, any feelings you are having are local phenomenon.

[wildwood]

The brain does funny things.........

[naomi24]

Geezer, //Aliens exist, we will never meet them or communicate in any way, the distances are too vast. //

We've had this conversation before. You can't say that because you don't know. Who knows where science might lead us in say 10,000 years (if we haven't blown ourselves to smithereens before)? Don't limit your imagination to what we know now. Technologically speaking we're only babies.

BlacKOoze, no, never.

[mibn2cweus]

Psst, Naomi, have to stopped to consider for a moment the ever so remote possibility that maybe, just maybe, there could be some amongst use who for one reason or another might prefer you did not share certain information . . . ahem, Which as everyone here can plainly see are entirely nonsensical and completely ludicrous notions . . . of that sort with the Whole Wide World?! <o/"\o>

[naomi24]

Mibs, there are plenty in the R&S section of AB who would prefer I didn't share certain information, that's for sure. ;o)

[joggerjayne]

Which of Naomi's notions are "ludicrous" ???

The idea that we are the only intelligent life in this vast universe is charmingly naive.

It's like a child taking home a pebble from a beach, and cleaning it up, believing it to be some unique treasure.

[ChuckFickens]

you mean my pebble collection isn't worth anything :(

[joggerjayne]

Oh Chuck, I'm sure it's ... err ... "priceless"

=0)

[RebelSouls]

Man will never make a machine that can fly high up to the clouds.

[joggerjayne]

That's exactly the point, isn't it, Rebel !

We can't even start to visualise how far we will advance in the future.

[R1Geezer]

Naomi, even at warp 10 it would take 8-10000 years to cross the galaxy. Sorry even with Star Trek technology it's impossible. I know it's a romantic notion. I guess you are thinkin of some sort of Stargate style system with communication stones etc. Sorry when you have a good understanding of the vastness of even the locality you can see that even at c communication is impossible. I say hi to my mate in the closest star and his reply comes back in 8 years!

[naomi24]

Geezer, //I say hi to my mate in the closest star and his reply comes back in 8 years! //

That's a very limited viewpoint. Maybe we won't have to look as far as the other side of the galaxy. There are a myriad of star systems in between. Any anyway, what's wrong with 8 years - or 50 years - or 100 years? In the great scheme of things that's very little time indeed.

I don't believe my understanding of the universe is any less than yours, and neither do I believe that man is so far advanced technologically that he has little left to learn. We are mere infants. Although I can't say where science will lead us, or what it will discover - and neither can anyone else - I think in the light of our current meagre knowledge if we could foresee what the future holds, it would blow our minds.

[Garmard]

What the devil are you on about?
Of course there is life other than ours in the universe, it would be arrogant to think otherwise!
Using Drakes calculative theory, in the milky way alone there are about 10 planets similar to our own harbouring life as, or more intelligent than ours.

[mibn2cweus]

Naomi, (perhaps we need to take JJ aside for a *cough* <less public> *cough* discussion) . . . not that any of us have anything to hide mind you!

♫ ♪ Everything is ludicrous ♪♫
       ♫ In its own way ♪♫

[naomi24]

Mibs, it can be arranged - probably. ;o)

Lovely voice, by the way. :o)

[McMouse]

Aliens do exist......I used to be married to one. Though I do admit that communication was sometimes difficult.

[trapped]

A telephone that would fit in a persons pocket.

Why would anyone want to take a telephone with them, Even if it was possible to make one small enough.

Silly talk it is impossible. It will never happen.