Alone in the universe?

[Veldrynus]

or.. they could have actually came to the conclusion that disliking people because of beliefs, color, age, nationality, et al is self defeating.

I like to think that some day the businesses of the world will wake up and realize they're part of a greater whole, that the energy devoted to cannabalistic infighting means ultimate doom for all. The leaders of the great religions of the world will realize that all of us, Muslim, Christian, Jew, all want the same for humanity. Women will realize it's the pale, studious type they want instead of the quarterback of the football team, and everywhere we walk, bunnies will dance a path for us. Dance, little guys! Dance!

[ThunderTitan]

Women will realize it's the pale, studious type they want instead of the quarterback of the football team,

Pls, they know that the pale, studious type will still be there later, and he'll have a good steady job too, but the quarterback of the football team only has a limited shelf life, so they better take them while they're hot.

[asandir]

now there's a great response TT

My point is that you speak with a certainty that screwing up everything is a problem restricted only to humans on Earth. I contend that it's probably more of an intergalactic trait of intelligent life.

and you speak as though we could even presume to understand what other "life" is like .... we know nothing, we guess, we are limited creatures

[ThunderTitan]

now there's a great response TT

My inspiration's back... and i'm wasting time on damn forums.

[asandir]

now there's a great response TT

My inspiration's back... and i'm wasting time on damn forums.

you??? surely not

to add to my point though, which is similar to my position on the Hell is Real bit .... we just don't have the answers to the questions we are asking - and if it's a guess then we don't know for sure, and if we don't know for sure, then why take up absolute positions?

[winterfate]

and if we don't know for sure, then why take up absolute positions?

Because it is in our nature.

Like I've said in this thread before though...
I find it impossible to believe that we are the only lifeforms in this universe.
Another problem we have as humans is that we tend to think that the aliens are going to be "little, green men". For all we know, the aliens are made out of copper...

Just my two cents!

[asandir]

or perhaps they are intangible, invisible to our spectrum of visible light, or their nature beyond our ability to detect .... the possibilities are greater then we could even imagine

[winterfate]

Oh yes...it is such a fascinating subject!

It's pretty fun to think about, every once in a while.

[asandir]

I agree, but not knowing can be frustrating as well