Do you think the Wow! Signal proves extraterrestrial life?

Dustin · September 23, 2014, 07:20:52 AM

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More Than Mortal · September 23, 2014, 08:25:11 AM

No, it doesn't.

I think it strengthens the reason to believe in extra-terrestrial life (although, if you don't, you're probably an idiot in the first place).

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · September 23, 2014, 09:44:38 AM

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Sandtrap · September 23, 2014, 10:22:24 AM

I believe that there's other life out there.

But, who can say for sure until we really meet it? The only proof I'll accept is one of two outcomes.

1. There's starships in our skies.
2. Mars rover or the probes they've sent to Saturn's moon Io find bacteria or water based life under the ice

Dustin · September 23, 2014, 12:18:15 PM

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PSU · September 23, 2014, 12:19:08 PM

Fuck Ohio State

BrenMan 94 · September 23, 2014, 03:37:01 PM

It's reasonable to believe there is life out there.

It's also reasonable to not believe it.

I'm erring on the former.

i am karjala takaisin · September 23, 2014, 04:27:46 PM

Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 23, 2014, 07:20:52 AM

35 years later we responded to the signal by sending 10,000 Twitter messages in the direction of the origin of the signal in order to show the potential lifeforms that we are intelligent.

not the best idea

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · September 23, 2014, 04:28:56 PM

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challengerX · September 23, 2014, 04:33:29 PM

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Septy · September 23, 2014, 04:46:19 PM

Quote from: challengerX on September 23, 2014, 04:33:29 PM

Quote from: Ember on September 23, 2014, 04:27:46 PM
Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 23, 2014, 07:20:52 AM
35 years later we responded to the signal by sending 10,000 Twitter messages in the direction of the origin of the signal in order to show the potential lifeforms that we are intelligent.
not the best idea
10/10 it's a solid post -IGN

Like extra terrestrials with guns!

Dustin · September 23, 2014, 04:48:57 PM

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cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · September 23, 2014, 04:52:25 PM

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Dustin · September 23, 2014, 04:54:09 PM

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More Than Mortal · September 23, 2014, 04:56:08 PM

Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 23, 2014, 04:54:09 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on September 23, 2014, 04:52:25 PM
Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 23, 2014, 04:48:57 PM
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Oh yeah I was wrong earlier. I was thinking of a different intercepted signal. The Wow! signal hasn't been disproved.
But do you personally think it's legit?
If they haven't been able to disprove it after 35 years then I would say it seems like a good sign. I'm probably way too much of an optimist when it comes to the extraterrestrial life discussion.
Is it even optimistic to think that there's intelligent life out there? Is it not pessimistic?

Only if you're religious.

Dustin · September 23, 2014, 05:00:44 PM

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challengerX · September 23, 2014, 05:06:54 PM

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Dustin · September 23, 2014, 05:07:54 PM

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More Than Mortal · September 23, 2014, 05:09:07 PM

Quote from: challengerX on September 23, 2014, 05:06:54 PM

Chances are, some race has found us and put a big old NOPE sign on our planet. A planet run by a bunch of hairless apes running around killing each other seems scary if you ask me.

Any enterprising alien race should realise the fantastic opportunity to indoctrinate and breed an army of this bunch of hairless apes.

Oh God. . .

What if we're all currently in training?

Jocephalopod · September 23, 2014, 05:09:18 PM

YouTube

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challengerX · September 23, 2014, 05:12:24 PM

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Dustin · September 23, 2014, 05:12:27 PM

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More Than Mortal · September 23, 2014, 05:16:18 PM

Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 23, 2014, 05:12:27 PM

Actually another thing that's incredibly odd is, granted the civilization that relayed the signal does exist, is how it's not that far off from our own technological capability/evolution. Hundreds or thousands of years might seem like a big difference, but there's been 14 billion years of time since the Big Bang. The probability that a species developed just about the same time as us is incredibly odd. It makes you wonder if technologically advanced species really do die off and that's why you don't see any around, just those species that are still developing.

I thought scientists concluded that if the Wow! signal was legit it'd be from quite an advanced civilisation?

Nonetheless, it doesn't seem unreasonable to think that once a society produces bona fide artificial general intelligence, if given the opportunity, their creation would destroy them.

Dustin · September 23, 2014, 05:20:01 PM

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challengerX · September 23, 2014, 05:20:23 PM

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Sandtrap · September 23, 2014, 05:20:47 PM

Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 23, 2014, 05:12:27 PM

Actually another thing that's incredibly odd is, granted the civilization that relayed the signal does exist, is how it's not that far off from our own technological capability/evolution. Hundreds or thousands of years might seem like a big difference, but there's been 14 billion years of time since the Big Bang. The probability that a species developed just about the same time as us is incredibly odd. It makes you wonder if technologically advanced species really do die off and that's why you don't see any around, just those species that are still developing.

Not really. The universe, for a long time, existed in a different state. Certain elements had yet to be formed, the temperatures were too great, and so on. It was only through the cooling and expansion of the universe that the overall temperature dropped, and the explosions of the very first stars that created the heavier elements we see today.

Basically, when you think of some super advanced alien species that stretches back billions of years before us that existed at the start of the universe, that theory reaches shaky ground. Because in the early days, the universe was too hot, too dense, and still too explosive for any conventional lifeform that we know of to exist.

Basically, picture the universe as a board game. Technically speaking, we're still at the very start of the game. The players that inhabit it have only made, at the most, one or two moves. But generally speaking, all the players on the board started approximately close together around the same time frame.

The only true key differences that would separate a species's evolution from our own is their own intelligence and how it may differ from ours, the limitations of their world, and their own natural evolution and the capabilities of their biology.

Mad Max · September 23, 2014, 06:27:40 PM

It's obviously Jesus trying to communicate with us.