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Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations,
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:56 am
by The Annoyed Man
Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations, say scientists
Rising greenhouse emissions could tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/ ... ilisations
It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.
Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.
This is a report compiled at Penn State on behalf of NASA's planetary sciences division.
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:00 am
by psijac
The fact our plant is light up like a christmas tree at night would not tip them off? Do aliens have a space Christmas
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:11 am
by Rex B
Oh great, yet ANOTHER thing to worry about!
Thanks a heap!
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:23 am
by AEA
I'm not buying this till I hear Al Gore comment on it!
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:31 am
by v-rog
And I was going to cut my lawn today...oh well, I guess ill have to read my ABCs reloading instead.
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:55 am
by chasfm11
If you follow associated links, you will find another paper titled "The Sustainability Solution to the Fermi Paradox" Jacob D. Haqq-Misra, Seth D. Baum (Submitted on 2 Jun 2009)
The Fermi Paradox says
No present observations suggest a technologically advanced extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) has spread through the galaxy. However, under commonplace assumptions about galactic civilization formation and expansion, this absence of observation is highly unlikely. This improbability is the heart of the Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox leads some to conclude that humans have the only advanced civilization in this galaxy, either because civilization formation is very rare or because intelligent civilizations inevitably destroy themselves
That must be some great "stuff" they got. I wonder which one of them had the connection the the San Francisco medical "facility".
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:49 pm
by Rex B
Source is UK. It's like a big San Francisco, except it's a island !
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:41 pm
by texasag93
They were smoking something stronger than Camels to think that one up.
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:09 pm
by USA1
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:02 pm
by Skiprr
AndyC wrote:Sounds more like the product of a 8th grader's feverish imagination than a university report.
I'm not worried, though; I have a towel.
Don't panic...
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:32 pm
by sjfcontrol
Skiprr wrote:AndyC wrote:Sounds more like the product of a 8th grader's feverish imagination than a university report.
I'm not worried, though; I have a towel.
Don't panic...
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Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:50 am
by Pawpaw
sjfcontrol wrote:Skiprr wrote:AndyC wrote:Sounds more like the product of a 8th grader's feverish imagination than a university report.
I'm not worried, though; I have a towel.
Don't panic...
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Don't forget the babel fish. Without one, you will never understand what the Vogon is saying!
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:33 am
by Jasonw560
Resistance is futile. Assimilate.
Re: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisatio
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:17 pm
by Skiprr
sjfcontrol wrote:Skiprr wrote:AndyC wrote:Sounds more like the product of a 8th grader's feverish imagination than a university report.
I'm not worried, though; I have a towel.
Don't panic...
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So long, and thanks for all the...
