Re: Skeptics and extropians

From: animated silicon love doll (cheshire@velvet.net)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 23:01:13 MST


(hi, i'm chesh. i'll introduce myself in a minute.)

2002.01.18 21:00:25, "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com> wrote:

>Contact with ETI would refute the very laws of physics because it would oppose
>the reason that the laws of physics are based upon. Those fabulous little
>green men would have to be stupid to visit humans, and being stupid precludes
>developing the required technology.

would they? i would imagine they would be more like the europeans, upon finding out that
the new world was inhabited, and seeing how utterly backwards it's inhabitants were,
trying to teach them the error of there ways.
or any sort of missionary contact, or really, any sort of contact that is meant to benefit the
contactee, but usually does them more harm than good.

cheshire morgan. i can promise you're not losing me,
                        but i must be that which i am.
                        though i know where this could take me,
                        no tears, no sympathy.
                -vnv nation, epicenter.



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