S.E.T.I. just isn't a good idea.

Excalibur Bane · 05-20-06, 03:01 PM

I don't think the guys that thought up the idea put much thought into the fact that if we do run into an intelligent species they may not be friendly.

It just isn't a good idea to be sending out a message with that much information on our planet and what not. We might as well be painting a galactic bullseye on the planet. "Greetings from Earth, please come and conquer us." God help us if a highly advanced race does pick pick up our info and decides to conquer the planet or just wipe us out.

We're pretty much defenseless against any kind of space or orbital threat. They could just park in orbit, bombard our major cities into ruins and come down at their leisure to mop up the survivors. Or better yet, just use the data we handed to them to develop a nice biological weapon to wipe us all out in one clean stroke.

Paranoid? Yeah, probably but that was just something I was thinking about.

kiwi_2005 · 05-20-06, 03:09 PM

Yeah i join SETI awhile back lasted a few months and stop running there software i think it was more a curiosty than anything else. You DL this program that runs in the background and listens out for radio waves in outer space alot of funny ppl join up theres support groups and we're practically all mad lol, i joined a group called "The Knights Who Say Wi"! a monty python support group. Ended up quiting cause of the programing running was slowing down my gaming.

TLAM Strike · 05-20-06, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Excalibur Bane

I don't think the guys that thought up the idea put much thought into the fact that if we do run into an intelligent species they may not be friendly.

It just isn't a good idea to be sending out a message with that much information on our planet and what not. We might as well be painting a galactic bullseye on the planet. "Greetings from Earth, please come and conquer us." God help us if a highly advanced race does pick pick up our info and decides to conquer the planet or just wipe us out.

We're pretty much defenseless against any kind of space or orbital threat. They could just park in orbit, bombard our major cities into ruins and come down at their leisure to mop up the survivors. Or better yet, just use the data we handed to them to develop a nice biological weapon to wipe us all out in one clean stroke.

Paranoid? Yeah, probably but that was just something I was thinking about.

Well then you better make sure every TV station, cell phone provider etc shuts down business because all that gets sent in to space. Donâ€™t blame SETI for sending a greeting to other worlds when everything FOX puts on TV is being sent to other worlds. Hell people on Alpha Centauri just learned that Firefly was canceled, I wouldnâ€™t blame them if they decided to invade- heck I think I would help.

CB.. · 05-20-06, 03:52 PM

yup i agree --putting our genetic code on a probe and sending it out into space was an act of unimaginable stupidity..it might be found by some one like us...no honestly...it might---it's all feast or famine with science fiction--either its terrible monsters or its heavenly angelic beings..we should have used the one species we KNOW exists in this universe as a reference point for the sort of chaps and chapesses the old galactic spiral tends to produce and developed a cloaking device for the planet and all our signals..

Skybird · 05-20-06, 04:27 PM

If someone out there needs our little message in a bottle to find us, he probbaly is npot advanced enough to reach us. while those being able to reach and conquer us, probably do not need our radio beacon to find us. Out there it certainly works waaaayyyyyyy different than in our political nonsens shows between nations.

Just think of supernovas. That should give you an idea on galactic decision making.

bradclark1 · 05-20-06, 04:47 PM

What they'll do is keep away because they don't want anything to do with a nut job planet like earth.

XabbaRus · 05-20-06, 05:40 PM

Personally I think modern TV and radio are doing humanity a favour.

Our first line of defence.

Would you bother coming to have a look if you were getting daily repeats of Friends or Will and Grace? Nah I think smart aliens will stay away.

TLAM Strike · 05-20-06, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Personally I think modern TV and radio are doing humanity a favour.

Our first line of defence.

Would you bother coming to have a look if you were getting daily repeats of Friends or Will and Grace? Nah I think smart aliens will stay away.

Or they might catch an episode of Stargate and think we may seem primitive but we really have all sorts of advanced alien technology and we would totally kick their asses if they invaded.

DeepSix · 05-20-06, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

... Donâ€™t blame SETI for sending a greeting to other worlds when everything FOX puts on TV is being sent to other worlds....

That's true.... And scary to think what sort of ideas "they" could form about us as a result.

Two or three thoughts (somewhat unrelated to each other):

1) We are so arrogant. We tell ourselves we're so damn smart and that we've come so far since the middle ages when people thought Earth was the center of the universe. Well, nothing's changed. The universe is far too big for us to be the only intelligent life in it, and yet that's what mainstream science insists.

2) The surest sign that intelligent life is out there is that none of it has ever contacted us.

I can't believe how much TV time gets devoted to the absurdity of UFO conspiracies.

As for SETI - a noble project; I wish them well. The SETI@home thing was a great idea; wish they could get more money and support from official circles, but I quit running that blasted software, too. Absolutely kills your processor speed.

Contact would be a great accomplishment - too bad our planet is going about it like a drunk frat boy hitting on girls. If life is out there, hopefully it will wait until we've sobered up, matured, and developed a plan before it responds to us.

Takeda Shingen · 05-20-06, 05:49 PM

Or perhaps they simply do not exist.

I am certain that this will ruffle some feathers. Still: Everyone here knows that I have never advocated any type of religion, nor does anyone know what my religious views (if I so have them) are. Regardless, I do find it interesting that a number of the members here who would readily disregard the existence of a supreme being or creator do eagerly accept the idea of little green men that monitor our broadcast transmissions and ocassionally decend to Earth, rectally probing the populace at will in an effort to study, and ultimately, defeat or enslave or eradicate us.

TLAM Strike · 05-20-06, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Or perhaps they simply do not exist.

I am certain that this will ruffle some feathers. Still: Everyone here knows that I have never advocated any type of religion, nor does anyone know what my religious views (if I so have them) are. Regardless, I do find it interesting that a number of the members here who would readily disregard the existence of a supreme being or creator do eagerly accept the idea of little green men that monitor our broadcast transmissions and ocassionally decend to Earth, rectally probing the populace at will in an effort to study, and ultimately, defeat or enslave or eradicate us.

There is one difference between Aliens and God. We have proof there is life in the universe, us.

Takeda Shingen · 05-20-06, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

There is one difference between Aliens and God. We have proof there is life in the universe, us.

Unfortunately, there is no proof regarding how it got here, how it started, when it started, or where it came from. Therefore, God maintains parity with Marvin the Martian.

CB.. · 05-20-06, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DeepSix

If life is out there, hopefully it will wait until we've sobered up, matured, and developed a plan before it responds to us.

they know full well when it comes to new frontiers the human race ALLWAYS comes "in peace" (TM) armed to the teeth with absolute contempt for the indigenous population..like i say i hope to hell and back again who ever is out there are not like us...other wise we really are screwed..he he!! any way what ever happens will be a shock-- if we develop vaiable large scale military space travel BEFORE we mature then we can expect to be well and trully censored..

TLAM Strike · 05-20-06, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

There is one difference between Aliens and God. We have proof there is life in the universe, us.

Unfortunately, there is no proof regarding how it got here, how it started, when it started, or where it came from. Therefore, God maintains parity with Marvin the Martian.

How you figure that?

One observable example of existence trumps something with no evidence of existence at all.

We have no definitive proof as to how the universe got here, how it started, when it started or where it came from, only theories. Does that mean the universe doesnâ€™t exist? Heck no because we can see it does.

Klang the Klingon 1, God 0

Spoon 11th · 05-20-06, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CB..

putting our genetic code on a probe and sending it out into space

When did this happen?

05-20-06, 03:01 PM	#1
Excalibur Bane XO Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 429 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	S.E.T.I. just isn't a good idea. I don't think the guys that thought up the idea put much thought into the fact that if we do run into an intelligent species they may not be friendly. It just isn't a good idea to be sending out a message with that much information on our planet and what not. We might as well be painting a galactic bullseye on the planet. "Greetings from Earth, please come and conquer us." God help us if a highly advanced race does pick pick up our info and decides to conquer the planet or just wipe us out. We're pretty much defenseless against any kind of space or orbital threat. They could just park in orbit, bombard our major cities into ruins and come down at their leisure to mop up the survivors. Or better yet, just use the data we handed to them to develop a nice biological weapon to wipe us all out in one clean stroke. Paranoid? Yeah, probably but that was just something I was thinking about. __________________ Looking for a list of mods for SH4? Everything you need is here: List Of Modifications for SH4 v1.3 "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing."

05-20-06, 03:09 PM	#2
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Yeah i join SETI awhile back lasted a few months and stop running there software i think it was more a curiosty than anything else. You DL this program that runs in the background and listens out for radio waves in outer space alot of funny ppl join up theres support groups and we're practically all mad lol, i joined a group called "The Knights Who Say Wi"! a monty python support group. Ended up quiting cause of the programing running was slowing down my gaming. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

05-20-06, 03:52 PM	#4
CB.. Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yup i agree --putting our genetic code on a probe and sending it out into space was an act of unimaginable stupidity..it might be found by some one like us...no honestly...it might---it's all feast or famine with science fiction--either its terrible monsters or its heavenly angelic beings..we should have used the one species we KNOW exists in this universe as a reference point for the sort of chaps and chapesses the old galactic spiral tends to produce and developed a cloaking device for the planet and all our signals.. __________________ the world's tinyiest sh3 supermod- and other SH3/SH2 stuff http://www.ebort2.co.uk/ The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W.B.Yeats

05-20-06, 04:27 PM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	If someone out there needs our little message in a bottle to find us, he probbaly is npot advanced enough to reach us. while those being able to reach and conquer us, probably do not need our radio beacon to find us. Out there it certainly works waaaayyyyyyy different than in our political nonsens shows between nations. Just think of supernovas. That should give you an idea on galactic decision making. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-20-06, 05:40 PM	#7
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Personally I think modern TV and radio are doing humanity a favour. Our first line of defence. Would you bother coming to have a look if you were getting daily repeats of Friends or Will and Grace? Nah I think smart aliens will stay away. __________________

05-20-06, 04:47 PM	#6
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	What they'll do is keep away because they don't want anything to do with a nut job planet like earth.

05-20-06, 05:49 PM	#10
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Or perhaps they simply do not exist. I am certain that this will ruffle some feathers. Still: Everyone here knows that I have never advocated any type of religion, nor does anyone know what my religious views (if I so have them) are. Regardless, I do find it interesting that a number of the members here who would readily disregard the existence of a supreme being or creator do eagerly accept the idea of little green men that monitor our broadcast transmissions and ocassionally decend to Earth, rectally probing the populace at will in an effort to study, and ultimately, defeat or enslave or eradicate us.