ET's/Aliens yes or no?

[EpyonXero]

Originally Posted by Trip

That's an assumption, who says they even have that technology? They could still be in the middle ages. Hell they could still be one celled organisms.

Im referring to the jpg posted by Lee with instructions for first contact where all the tips assume that the ETs are much more advanced than us.. If a human were to meet an alien face to face then the aliens must have traveled to our planet since we dont have the ability to go to theirs.

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Here you go.........awesome video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURE...eature=related

[Amber Lamps]

The aliens that you meet may not be that intelligent..a fighter pilot can fly a F-16 but he can't build one or explain how everything works.

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

The aliens that you meet may not be that intelligent..a fighter pilot can fly a F-16 but he can't build one or explain how everything works.

Kind of like the "Predator" style of alien. Hell, they are using 1970's style Infrared for crying out loud.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

Kind of like the "Predator" style of alien. Hell, they are using 1970's style Infrared for crying out loud.

Exactly! Hey they taught a monkey to run some things in early space missions and with advanced computer automation...

[Dave]

Originally Posted by EpyonXero

Im referring to the jpg posted by Lee with instructions for first contact where all the tips assume that the ETs are much more advanced than us.. If a human were to meet an alien face to face then the aliens must have traveled to our planet since we dont have the ability to go to theirs.

We have the ability, we refuse to apply ourselves.

[Inferno]

I am under the impression that we do have alien tech, but the Govt' and Corps' want to keep it hidden because of our need for fossil fuels and petrol, uncovering this tech would mean profit and tax losses.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by EpyonXero

Im referring to the jpg posted by Lee with instructions for first contact where all the tips assume that the ETs are much more advanced than us.. If a human were to meet an alien face to face then the aliens must have traveled to our planet since we dont have the ability to go to theirs.

If there actually are extraterrestrials out there, who is to say that they've overcome things like relativity? They could use methods of power and propulsion that we current have available to us, but simply take a longer view.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

If there actually are extraterrestrials out there, who is to say that they've overcome things like relativity? They could use methods of power and propulsion that we current have available to us, but simply take a longer view.

This is what I doubt. Sure there may be more advanced species than us, but to get to the point to be able to travel between life supporting stars is a huge undertaking. It could possibly take generations upon generations upon generations...etc to do it. No contact with your home world, possibly no contact with any other being. You could just be adrift and have a new civilization in space and go absolutely nuts til the dumbfuck on the ship blows everyone up.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Inferno

I am under the impression that we do have alien tech, but the Govt' and Corps' want to keep it hidden because of our need for fossil fuels and petrol, uncovering this tech would mean profit and tax losses.

Assuming we do have any alien tech, or even just advanced human tech related to propulsion or energy, they are keeping it under wraps so they can develop military applications with it, as well as prevent other nations from exploiting it.

Even if it's a civilian scientist who comes out with tech like that, the government will most likely gang up on them and "persuade" them to take a government job with tons of support and fancy facilities ---- At the price of keeping their work secret.

[AquaPython]

Originally Posted by Trip

This is what I doubt. Sure there may be more advanced species than us, but to get to the point to be able to travel between life supporting stars is a huge undertaking. It could possibly take generations upon generations upon generations...etc to do it. No contact with your home world, possibly no contact with any other being. You could just be adrift and have a new civilization in space and go absolutely nuts til the dumbfuck on the ship blows everyone up.

you are thinking along the lines of human (or close) technology. If there is a civilization that has conquered space travel, they are most definitely not using thrusters to rocket from star system to star system. We already recognize the plausibility of using worm holes / folding space, we just lack the technology and energy resources needed to harness them. That is just the theories that we have put together here in the last 20-30 years. such a civilization is most likely instantaneously moving about the cosmos.