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- From: bjohnson@casper.cs.uct.ac.za (B Johnson)
- Subject: UFO's
- Message-ID: <Bs8z16.Cnu@casper.cs.uct.ac.za>
- Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 09:43:54 GMT
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- It strikes me that either UFO's are non-existent (UFO in the ETI sense)
- or the universe is so crowded with inhabited planets as to make earth
- uninteresting.
-
- Lets look at it this way. What would you do if you're the captain of
- an interggalactic space exploring vessel. You encounter a planet that
- plainly exhibits several life forms ( Intelligent or not).
-
- Do you
-
- a) get all excited, jump up and down, and "radio" base for further
- instructions.
- b) go have a quick squiz, grab a couple of specimans, and bug out.
- c) tell all your intergalactic explorer buddies, so they come have
- a look.
- d) do a detailed survey, and after determining intelligence, try
- and make contact.
- e) Say "ho-hum another bunch of bi-peds, how boring."
-
- So the qustion is... if life is as rare as everyone would make it
- out to be, and UFO's are around, why aren't we the major attraction
- in the galactic fairground.
-
- Bruce
- <bjohnson@casper.cs.uct.ac.za>
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