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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:23 AM Jan 2013

Aliens might be surprised...

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Aliens might be surprised... (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2013 OP

I love that guy!.. HipChick Jan 2013 #1

Irony is lost on most humans. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2013 #2

I don't get why they would be surprised Johonny Jan 2013 #3

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere... progressoid Jan 2013 #4

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

1. I love that guy!..

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:31 AM

Jan 2013

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

2. Irony is lost on most humans. nt

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:37 AM

Jan 2013

Johonny

(20,851 posts)

3. I don't get why they would be surprised

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:15 PM

Jan 2013

as the fossil fuels ultimate energy source was that starlight. The fuel is simply a storage of that energy. No alien would be surprised humans use stored starlight as an energy source, even one very ancient. Nor would aliens find it surprising that resource management or mismanagement is critical to long term survival of humans or any technological species.

Tyson tries hard to be Carl Sagan but he's kind of meh to me.

progressoid

(49,991 posts)

4. Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere...

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:03 PM

Jan 2013

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