Why are people so closed?

Nubclear · February 18, 2003, 17:31

Why are people so closed to the idea of alien life? Though much of the population believes its "out there", go out and ask people about it and they'll look at you like your some crazy man (or a democrat.

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So why is it so hard to accept there may be alien life? Why is it even harder to accept that it may have visited us? Why is it socially unacceptable to even suggest that they exist?

Discuss.

chequita guevara · February 18, 2003, 17:34

It's not hard to accept the concept of alien life. However, the odds against them ever have visited us are astronomical.

SlowwHand · February 18, 2003, 17:38

Why?

Nubclear · February 18, 2003, 17:40

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
It's not hard to accept the concept of alien life. However, the odds against them ever have visited us are astronomical.

Yes, I'll admit that, HOWEVER......I'm talking about why people give you a really odd look if you even bring it up. Why?!

This thread is NOT going to be here to discuss the odds of such things happening. Though I'll probably do that anyway

SlowwHand · February 18, 2003, 17:53

People with closed minds look like that.

MrFun · February 18, 2003, 17:58

I believe that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

I just do not believe that any non-human, intelligent life has made any contact with Earth in the past, or the present.

SlowwHand · February 18, 2003, 18:05

Yes, there has.
I know some don't want to believe/know, but there has been.

MrFun · February 18, 2003, 18:08

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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Yes, there has.
I know some don't want to believe/know, but there has been.

I don't rely on tabloids.

Sava · February 18, 2003, 18:11

Don't worry ab0ut the ali3ns Sl0wwh4nd.. j4p4n is g0ing to nuk3 us remember?

SlowwHand · February 18, 2003, 18:12

I don't either. I rely on Air Force.

Sava · February 18, 2003, 18:14

yeah I loved the part when g4ry 0ldman g0t kn0cked off the pl4n3 and h4rris0n f0rd said, "g3t 0ff my pl4n3!"

JohnT · February 18, 2003, 18:14

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Originally posted by Tassadar5000

Yes, I'll admit that, HOWEVER......I'm talking about why people give you a really odd look if you even bring it up. Why?!

Well, in all honesty, it depends upon how you bring it up.

"I read some statistic that 47% (or whatever) of Americans think that aliens have visited Earth over the last 50 years. What do you/y'all think?" probably is the basis for a good, but possibly short, conversation in which you will be exposed to a variety of different viewpoints.

"I was reading in Alien Hunter magazine that 3 lights were videotaped above Lubbock Texas back in the 50's, which proves conclusively that WE ARE NOT ALONE" (with the "we are not alone" bit spoken as if it is in all caps) will likely get you some looks from the dissenters, but other people who are more ready to believe will probably chime in.

"Damn, my ass is SORE because of that alien anal probe. I just wish they'd STOP IT!" will definitely get you those looks you were describing from ALL co-workers, regardless of their opinions on the subject.

MrFun · February 18, 2003, 18:16

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Originally posted by SlowwHand
I don't either. I rely on Air Force.

ACK -- such an unreliable source of information.

SlowwHand · February 18, 2003, 18:21

Sava, you putz. I didn't say Japan was going to nuke us.
If you're going to act ignorant, be informed.

I said, be concerned about China and Japan.

Months and months ago I said Iraq was going to be glass.

JohnT · February 18, 2003, 18:23

Slowwhand is undoubtably referring to Project Blue Book, where the Air Force made an attempt to document possible UFO landings with, believe it or not, a (mostly) honest attempt to ascertian their veracity.

The study lasted for appx. 22 years, when it was closed down in 1969 with the following conclusions:

"No UFO reported, investigated and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security;

There was no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represented technological developments or principles beyond the range of modern scientific knowledge; and

There was no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidentified" were extraterrestrial vehicles. "

(source: http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Un...Objects_a.html)

If you want copies of the report (long since declassified) contact

Modern Military Records
National Archives
8601 Adelphi Rd
College Park, MD 20740-6001
(301)713-7250

St Leo · February 18, 2003, 18:24

Why?

Because the idea of alien life that visited us covertly is solipsistic and irrelevant. If it does not matter one way or the other, we have to assume that the most elegant case (no visitation) is right.

Sava · February 18, 2003, 18:25

sl0ww by n0w y0u sh0uld kn0w b3tt3r!

SlowwHand · February 18, 2003, 18:32

You freak me out, Sava.

Sava · February 18, 2003, 18:36

MUHAHHA

Sava · February 18, 2003, 18:39

BE AFRAID SLOWW!! I'M WATCHING YOU!!

SlowwHand · February 18, 2003, 18:44

Sava · February 18, 2003, 18:46

Urban Ranger · February 18, 2003, 23:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Why are people so closed to the idea of alien life? Though much of the population believes its "out there", go out and ask people about it and they'll look at you like your some crazy man (or a democrat.

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I reckon when you talk about "alien life," most people wil get the idea of little men zooming around in flying saucers, not fungus sitting on rocks on a planet out there.

MrFun · February 18, 2003, 23:27

SlowwHand, I thought Texans were not afraid of ANYTHING.

Nubclear · February 18, 2003, 23:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

I reckon when you talk about "alien life," most people wil get the idea of little men zooming around in flying saucers, not fungus sitting on rocks on a planet out there.

Guess what?