JeffsFort Posted September 1, 2025 Posted September 1, 2025 (edited) When I was a kid, the movies about aliens we got to see were mainly about how an extra-terrestrial being would somehow get mixed in with the rest of us and spend their time trying to hide in plain sight or else become some government agency's biology project. They all just wanted to be friends and we ended out being the threat. A premise designed to make us all not fear what could happen if a situation like "Independence Day" or "Alien" should ever happen. I mean even some of those old movies played on people's fears. A certain book titled "How to Serve Man" comes to mind. Nothing scary about that until you learn it's a frickin' alien cook book and it's owner is out grocery shopping! LOL! So our question for October would be, what are your beliefs or hopes for the answer to the question "Are we alone?" Should we be working on a way to display some sort of "No Trespassing" sign to discourage would be visitors or, should we talk about printing up some kind of brochure apologizing for the mess our planet is in? I mean, we really weren't expecting company... 💜 Edited September 1, 2025 by JeffsFort This was the correct post 1
JeffsFort Posted September 27, 2025 Author Posted September 27, 2025 Wow, no answers at all? That's a first 😜 That's okay, we have time! --- For me it's a bit of a mixed bag. The only simple answer I can come up with is I'd love to learn that there is life somewhere else but, I don't want them to know that we know they are there. Cause if they know that we know, then they could see us as a potential threat; as we know that is how this planet would respond. Invasion or not, it would be responded to as an invasion. Even if they come here looking to share their alien Kool-Aid with us, we're going to respond to them as a potential threat and spit in the pitcher. Let's face it, do we want to pick a fight with a race that was advanced enough to reach our planet? No, we do not, but probably will anyway. So the explorer in me would love to know that we are not alone out here but the realist in me knows that as a rule, the planet earth doesn't show much hope of playing well with others. It isn't even able to play well with itself. 😏 (Yeah, I hear it now that I've typed it and I'm NOT fixing it! LOL!)
D.K. Daniels Posted October 1, 2025 Posted October 1, 2025 I don’t really buy into the idea of aliens visiting Earth — at least not in the way movies tend to show it. And since I don’t believe in a god or anything like that, I try to take a pretty rational look at these kinds of questions. That said, I do believe there’s something like an emotional or energetic connection between all living things. Not magic with wands and spells, but something quieter, subtler — less “Harry Potter” and more a kind of unseen thread. Even from a rational standpoint, that idea of an interconnected energy leaves me with some thought-provoking questions. If something like that exists between us here, could it stretch farther than we think? Could it mean that even if we are “alone” in the sense of alien life, we’re still part of something bigger? So, to answer the October question, “Are we alone?” — I’m not sure. I don’t think we’ve had visitors yet, but I also don’t think isolation is as complete as it seems. If anything ever does come our way, I’d lean more toward printing the apology brochure than putting up a “No Trespassing” sign. Maybe the best we can do right now is take care of the connections we do have and clean up our own backyard before we start worrying about unexpected guests. 💜
Page Scrawler Posted October 6, 2025 Posted October 6, 2025 According to NASA's research, there are 300 million Earth-like planets within this single galaxy which could potentially harbor life. Statistically speaking, it's impossible for us to be alone in outer space. As to why we haven't found anyone yet, we've only been searching for a few decades; not even the closest Earth-like planet could receive a radio transmission in such a short time. Assuming they had technology capable of receiving a transmission, and assuming they were able to decipher our language into something translatable, these hypothetical lifeforms might choose to ignore it. "If you’re a hunter in a dark jungle filled with other hunters, the last thing you want to do is shout, ‘Here I am!’" This is a paraphrasing of the Fermi Paradox. Broadcasting a signal into outer space could potentially lead to contact with an as-of-yet unknown ally...but it could also bring other, more predatory species down on our heads. Personally? I'd rather err on the side of caution and tell those scientists: "Hey! Pipe down, will you?!"
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