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Originally Posted by ZeroID
If we suddenly received a bunch of radio signals from the direction of Kepler from a similarly advanced civilisation of 600 years ago ... might THAT sway your thinking ?
Who is to say that a year from now a sudden burst of decipherable signal from that zone, another life form attempting to make contact or learn in exactly the same way we are now. With the same interest and query of 'Is there anybody out there ?' ( with respect to Pink Floyd )
Well, I'm a bit sorry I upset Craig (not really  ) but otherwise this has been an interesting and elucidating discussion (for most that is ).
I'd suggest Craig that you remove the blinkers that rule your life and just open your mind up a bit, you never know what you might learn.
Cheers all  |
Hi Brent;
It appears that I should clarify that my more emotional comments were certainly not directed at yourself. I don't feel that anyone should necessarily feel any ownership of the content of links published in a thread, unless we explicitly state our support for it .. your comments were very brief, and I had something to say .. so I did.
The argument you present above, is an argument from what may/may not have occurred 600 years ago … it never happened ... so from where I sit, I can see zero reasons to justify any changes in my direction. Pink fairies and purple goblins might once have existed, or might suddenly pop into existence, does this now change your direction in present-day life ?
Everyone seems to be warning me about wearing blinkers … I'm quite proud of being able to put them on when a situation calls for it ... and that I can explain exactly why they're on. If people were unable to do this, civilisation would have gotten nowhere. It seems that many others seem to think that an open mind is some kind of default 'virtue' … this idea is simply naive in many science discussions … and this is one of them.
Cheers