Earth has some resources you can't find in space.

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Earth has some resources you can't find in space.

TB — 10/18/2007 4:53:32 PM (archived)

A nice ecosystem primed for colonization, animals for hunting, and an intelligent species suitable for slavery.

Bowser made one small mistake by using Native Americans as an analogy. He should have used Africa.

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SETIâ€™s Dilemma: Break the Great Silence? - New Age Vapors - 10/17/2007 3:08:14 AM
- Arrogance & Hubris - phil - 10/18/2007 12:26:07 PM
  - Following your argument to its conclusion... - alcaray - 10/18/2007 10:30:38 PM
    - re: Following your argument to a ludicrous conclusion... - phil - 10/19/2007 3:33:36 PM
      - Do you think it is possible to learn with sufficient certainty that there are no wolves? - alcaray - 10/20/2007 6:10:25 AM
        
        re: Do you think it is possible to learn with sufficient certainty that there are no wolves? - phil - 10/20/2007 12:49:38 PM
    - Wouldn't it be funny,,, - New Age Vapors - 10/19/2007 2:27:18 PM
  - Yes but... Maybe we need to invite invasion in order to advance to the next level of civilization! - TAFKASE - 10/18/2007 5:36:09 PM
    - Choosing sides - TB - 10/18/2007 5:57:53 PM
      - Think of what those of us in the Vast Right WIng Conspiracy could achieve! - VRC - 10/19/2007 9:53:37 PM
      - re: Choosing sides - Hank - 10/18/2007 10:25:47 PM
- Lu-ceeeeeeeeeee! - Hank - 10/17/2007 1:01:29 PM
  - Uh, no... - nick hoffman - 10/19/2007 4:43:18 PM
    - Dynamo hum - Hank - 10/19/2007 9:27:11 PM
  - SETS - E.P. - 10/17/2007 10:14:03 PM
- Of Course!! Because... - Raoul - 10/17/2007 8:55:12 AM
- Ask Native Americans. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/17/2007 5:07:53 AM
  - That old chestnut - New Age Vapors - 10/17/2007 12:49:24 PM
    - Your points don't follow - pwokenyaw - 10/17/2007 6:12:57 PM
      - I was trying to express two different thought patterns at once - New Age Vapors - 10/17/2007 6:21:17 PM
        
        still doesn't work - pwokenyaw - 10/17/2007 6:36:39 PM
        
        I still think there is some misreading going on here - New Age Vapors - 10/17/2007 8:39:16 PM
        
        Role of Fermi's Paradox - pwokenyaw - 10/18/2007 6:24:38 PM
        
        re: Role of Fermi's Paradox - phil - 10/19/2007 3:44:03 PM
        
        Cowards - New Age Vapors - 10/19/2007 6:08:17 PM
        
        Yah! Yo are right! I am Girly Mon! (n/t) - phil - 10/19/2007 8:27:56 PM
        
        Maybe Mars needs Girly Men, too! (n/t) - TB - 11/10/2007 3:33:00 AM
    - What we know as opposed to what we wish. - Bowser - 10/17/2007 3:38:04 PM
  - Why not others? - Hans - 10/17/2007 8:48:10 AM
    - My point exactly. Our best reference is us. - Bowser - 10/17/2007 3:34:54 PM
      - re: My point exactly. Our best reference is us. - Hans - 10/18/2007 5:04:34 AM
        
        Energy collection - TB - 10/18/2007 4:55:46 PM
      - If aliens could travel between the stars - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/17/2007 9:34:59 PM
        
        Earth has some resources you can't find in space. - TB - 10/18/2007 4:53:32 PM
        
        Mars Needs Women (n/t) - Hank - 10/18/2007 5:03:47 PM
- Aren't we broadcasting anyway? - TB - 10/17/2007 3:32:15 AM
  - Stay hidden -- Voyager record a big mistake - dtb - 10/18/2007 2:31:19 PM
    - You know what the odds are of them ever being found? - New Age Vapors - 10/18/2007 3:25:44 PM
      - I volunteer... - nick hoffman - 10/19/2007 5:26:54 PM
      - I agree with your comments, but... - Hank - 10/18/2007 5:38:17 PM
        
        the only reason for "them" to want to conquer us would be if we had something they needed from us. - TAFKASE - 10/18/2007 5:40:39 PM
  - re: Aren't we broadcasting anyway? - Hans - 10/17/2007 8:50:01 AM
    - "Why wouldn't we?" - TB - 10/17/2007 3:21:45 PM
    - And why is it... - New Age Vapors - 10/17/2007 1:41:35 PM
      - Message in a bottle - Hank - 10/17/2007 3:07:06 PM
        
        Can't stop human expansion - New Age Vapors - 10/17/2007 4:17:32 PM
        
        Where do I sign up? (n/t) - Hank - 10/17/2007 5:08:26 PM
        
        Self-Consciousness Among the Stars - New Age Vapors - 10/22/2007 7:16:39 PM
        
        SETI: Is It Worth It? - New Age Vapors - 11/9/2007 9:43:52 PM

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