So what do you think about this 3iAtlas comet behaving weirdly in our Solar System?

[bikeworkshop]

I haven't exactly seen attack ships off the coast of Mars, but close to it, I've seen some properly impossible stuff, and experienced group hallucinations.

If I see any little green men with Rayguns, I'll read the label more carefully next time

 

[doctor-bond]

Mind you, how many billions, trillions of suns are out there?
Give me the Fermi Paradox any day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

Trouble is, like bikes, all stars are not created equal: many are gas pipe giants, or SSOs (star shaped objects); few have heat-treated metal elements at their core.

The Drake equation isn’t much use as an equation, but it’s not a bad checklist for all the crazy things that have to line up to create internet-level “intelligence”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

 

[LondonClassic]

I haven't exactly seen attack ships off the coast of Mars, but close to it, I've seen some properly impossible stuff, and experienced group hallucinations.

If I see any little green men with Rayguns, I'll read the label more carefully next time

What does this have to do with the Fermi paradox? Or were you just taking the piss?

 

[bagpuss]

They will only show themselves when they have captured every single midwesterner and done full internal examinations before returning them to their local walmart.
That's going to take decades.

Wal mart hey . Now there a thing . I am off to find a really big Alien.

 

[bagpuss]

Named Paul.

 

[bikeworkshop]

What does this have to do with the Fermi paradox? Or were you just taking the piss?

The point i was trying to make:

if its that unlikely,
We probably imagined it

But this depends on an understanding of probabilities.

Didn't someone calculate that to fake the moon landing with 250,000 scientists and engineers would have cost more than just going there?

H&S and Risk Assessment might have been easier though.

 

[pigman]

If it's aliens then I predict the swift invention, followed closely by a worldwide shortage, of the lockable butt plug.

It's probing time

 

[db95]

not a patch on trigger..

 

[benjabbi]

"Hello Mr Alien, pleasure to meet you"
"What was that? You want to see what you can learn from us?"
"Err... Ok... Here's a book: The Industrial Revolution - How to feck up a planet in 2 measly centuries"
"You're welcome"
"Sorry, I didn't catch that, did you say "assume the position?"

 

[bagpuss]

not a patch on trigger..

That will have me laughing for the whole weekend .
Never seen it before.