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- AnotherAtheist, on 12/15/2007, -9/+67I don't think we should be waving our hands about just yet, we really don't have the means to protect ourselves... I believe Stephen Hawkin already touched on this. We should try like hell to locate and listen, but not be found.
- mrfreeziexp, on 12/15/2007, -2/+57I thought Captain Planet spoke for Earth.. Now I'm confused.
- nights0223, on 12/15/2007, -1/+52Looks like it's you...
- Dumbledorito, on 12/15/2007, -2/+52I nominate Stephen Fry. He's awesome at public speaking and can use his British Charm powers to overcome any beligerancy he encounters (he has full ranks in Diplomacy and Perform).
Or failing that, I guess we could use Patrick Stewart. He's been pretty good at this kind of thing for a while. - ChromaVita, on 12/15/2007, -6/+48Dibs. I called it. No take backs.
Also, the first person to say Ron Paul in this discussion deserves a bitch-slap. - Smiley09, on 12/15/2007, -3/+41Technology is overrated, Independence Day is proof of that when we defended Earth with a computer virus. Movies never lie.
- isntreal, on 12/15/2007, -2/+40Hawking
- wendelgee2, on 12/15/2007, -1/+34Aren't we already broadcasting a ridiculous cacophany signals across the spectrum just by going about our daily lives? tv, radio, cellphones, etc.
- Scynet, on 12/15/2007, -2/+35That's a bit flawed logic. If there's a race out there more advanced than us, they won't magically lose that lead, nor can you trust that we catch up. No matter when we "wave our hands", the ones out there could be a million years ahead of us. By the time we come up with plasma weapons, they might have already found a protection against them, for example.
- londubh, on 12/15/2007, -1/+32Arthur Dent.
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -2/+30Great, now we are going to have giant dishes mounted up on churches to spread the message of Jesus Christ to extraterrestrials.
- blob4000, on 12/15/2007, -2/+25Carl Sagan
- bobrice830, on 12/15/2007, -10/+30As long as it's not George Bush, I'm alright with whoever.
- childprey, on 12/15/2007, -0/+17All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there.
- humanerror, on 04/03/2008, -0/+17Zombie Carl Sagan
- poidh, on 12/15/2007, -1/+17We've been announcing our existence ever since we invented radio and TV communications.
- bardo77n, on 12/15/2007, -0/+16Who speaks for Earth? Why, Richard Nixon - The President of Earth, or course!
- Battleloser, on 12/15/2007, -1/+15That doesn't mean I wouldn't feel better if we had a couple death-ray satellites orbiting Earth
- acceptab1euname, on 12/15/2007, -1/+13Perhaps we have a moral obligation to broadcast our existence, but what if the folks listening believe in Manifest Destiny?
- Kronikle, on 12/15/2007, -1/+12If Stephen Fry cannot make it, I recommend we nominate his distant cousin Phillip J. Fry.
- timewarp424, on 12/15/2007, -1/+12Aren't you just a negative nancy?
- lostmongoose, on 12/16/2007, -0/+11Save the environment or I'll ***** kill you!
- Ramble, on 12/15/2007, -0/+10Doctor Who.
- iticu, on 12/15/2007, -1/+11Europe's a big place, don't speak for all of us, ever.
- Kamill85, on 12/16/2007, -0/+10Oh come on, we were just lucky the aliens used the same computer architecture and operating system as we do, so the virus worked flawlessly, next time we might not have such luck.
- mahoutie, on 12/15/2007, -1/+11I think that the Dalai Lama would do a pretty good job.
- mrjit, on 12/15/2007, -0/+9A little late.
- BESTenemy, on 12/16/2007, -0/+82 things would guarantee our doom in case of arrival of hostile extraterrestrial life. Since we know that such life would have to come from beyond our galaxy, they would possess materials capable of resisting impact of space debris and solar radiation. All of our earth wepons are either impact or energy weapons - bullets and nukes. Just the fact of them being able to get to our planet in one piece, would practically guarantee their immunity against all kinds of our conventional weaponry... unless it ends up being like the "War Of The Worlds" scenario.
- williamdyer, on 12/15/2007, -0/+8It is very unlikely that any form of life out in the universe is anything like we are mentally, or that any of our concepts of intellingence would be directly applicable to what they "think" - if you call it thinking. Would an alien even have one brain, or one personality? Or even have a personality at all?
- bagboyrebel, on 12/16/2007, -0/+8YOU MEAN THEY WILL USE LINUX!!!!!!
- 3tcp, on 12/15/2007, -1/+8If aliens knew there were humans sitting around talking about 'emotional intelligence' they'd fly over here and kick the crap out of our pansy asses.
- euvirtual, on 12/15/2007, -1/+8/me bitch-slaps ChromaVita around a bit with a large trout!
- 3tcp, on 12/15/2007, -0/+6Send them porn, they'll put it on the alien 'discovery channel' with some voiceover talking about our mating habits
- linagee, on 12/16/2007, -0/+6What if Will Smith is busy that day?
- Kamill85, on 12/16/2007, -0/+6I think Hitler was nominated a long time ago.
- Neiby, on 12/15/2007, -0/+6Damn right. Our world would be far, far better off if our political leaders were buddhists.
- iticu, on 12/15/2007, -4/+10You watched to many self righteous movies pumped from hollywood. =)
- raze888, on 12/15/2007, -5/+10I think it's more about emotional intelligence than anything. If a species survives to what's equivalent to one thousand years in our future technologically, enough to travel to distant solar systems, they have to be emotionally intelligent as well. We're probably more of a danger to them than they would be to us.
Considering the rate that our technology advances, can you say that we'll be around a thousand years from now with how we kill ourselves off now? - linagee, on 12/16/2007, -0/+5Don't forget the infected Mac to spread the virus!
- MikeSD34, on 12/15/2007, -1/+6Um, haven't you ever heard of Klingons? Duh.[/sarcasm]
- Gir53457, on 12/16/2007, -0/+5Who needs nuke when we have Master Chief.
- adnoidman, on 12/15/2007, -0/+5We don't have anything to fear. If we do encounter a hostile race of aliens, all we need to do is upload a virus to their mother ship that will take down their defensive shields. Then...blamo!
- NoStoppingUs, on 12/15/2007, -2/+7i say it should be bea arthur.
seriously, who doesn't like bea arthur? - ariez84, on 12/16/2007, -0/+5Who need nukes when we have water?
- kingfoot, on 12/16/2007, -0/+5ive always believed that an alien presence will be the one event in history that will unite humanity. if we are openly visited by extraterrestrials, i think it will solve a lot of problems we have in the world. especially if it was a threat and that threat needed to be removed.
- tbranham, on 12/15/2007, -1/+6Unfortunately, the one person most qualified for the job is no longer with us. I speak, of course, of Carl Sagan.
- Bartboy919, on 12/15/2007, -1/+6Oh im sure.
- SLockhart, on 12/15/2007, -4/+9If GWB is on the opposite side of the political spectrum from someone like you (who condones killing the family off someone he disagrees with) then I know that my support for him is well placed.
What are you, like 12? -
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