re: However...

Socrates II — 4/27/2009 4:46:17 PM (archived)

I just wanted to throw out the possibility that ETI might have a sense
of humor and purposely do something that would make "rational" humans
think it too absurd to be the reason and thus ascribe any possible
evidence for their existence to something much more mundane.

This may not be the case at all and we may find that any ETI advanced
enough to come here may have "evolved" beyond humor or never had
it to begin with and thus they would never do anything just to amuse
themselves while distracting us.

But it seems at least on this planet, any creatures with minds that have
more than rudimentary skills also seem to be aware enough to find
amusement in certain events, objects, and actions. Certainly dolphins
and monkeys do some things just for sheer amusement.

Humor may be the ultimate coping skill for dealing with the random
absurdities of the Universe.

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This really should be on Space but..... - Lindy - 4/27/2009 4:27:26 AM
- Serious UFO sighting - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2009 2:50:04 AM
- And here's one from this morning - Lindy - 4/30/2009 2:39:09 PM
- The origin of crop circles - S - 4/29/2009 10:03:35 PM
  - Tulley Saucer nest - Lindy - 4/30/2009 5:09:04 PM
- re: This really should be on Space but..... - Doug Ellison - 4/29/2009 8:58:52 PM
  - "Why should it have started in Space?" - Lindy - 4/30/2009 12:25:37 AM
    - FYI - The Arecibo Message was not a NASA project - Socrates II - 4/30/2009 1:29:29 PM
      - As if I didn't know? - Lindy - 4/30/2009 2:24:03 PM
        
        That particular crop "circle", while detailed... - Socrates II - 4/30/2009 2:51:27 PM
        
        The last time someone got caught making one... - Lindy - 4/30/2009 4:07:21 PM
        
        If that is all they do, making patterns in fields and disappearing... - Socrates II - 4/30/2009 5:37:44 PM
        
        "what are we supposed to do?" - Lindy - 4/30/2009 5:52:08 PM
        
        But I am not really learning anything of value - Socrates II - 4/30/2009 6:07:09 PM
    - To clarify things, here's a comparison - Lindy - 4/30/2009 1:14:54 AM
      - re: To clarify things, here's a comparison - Doug Ellison - 4/30/2009 4:26:41 PM
- re: This really should be on Space but..... - Johannes - 4/29/2009 2:55:37 AM
- Monkeyshines - S - 4/27/2009 7:17:33 PM
- Outstanding. (n/t) - Jody - 4/27/2009 12:21:00 PM
- Man made (n/t) - Raoul - 4/27/2009 5:31:47 AM
  - re: "Man made"...typical monkey talk - Lindy - 4/28/2009 4:11:28 AM
    - For years I've looked at your anomolies. - alcaray - 4/28/2009 8:04:38 PM
      - Why do you have such a low opinion of our significance? (n/t) - Jody - 4/29/2009 3:47:04 PM
        
        I don't follow you. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/29/2009 11:18:48 PM
        
        I jumped ahead of myself...sorry.. - Jody - 4/30/2009 12:42:33 AM
        
        We are worth the visit but the road is long - S - 4/30/2009 8:45:57 PM
        
        D'oh... - Jody - 5/1/2009 12:29:39 AM
        
        I suppose - S - 5/1/2009 3:21:56 PM
        
        Why are you making this a gender issue? - Socrates II - 5/1/2009 1:44:57 PM
        
        Sorry...I did not mean too... - Jody - 5/1/2009 2:58:35 PM
        
        That is the wonderful thing about the Universe - Socrates II - 5/1/2009 3:12:15 PM
        
        Amen! - Jody - 5/1/2009 3:16:29 PM
        
        re: Amen! - Socrates II - 5/1/2009 5:06:16 PM
        
        Ahhh. - alcaray - 4/30/2009 5:32:07 AM
        
        Exactly - Socrates II - 4/30/2009 1:33:25 PM
        
        The part about "Unless these beings have some FTL drive"... - alcaray - 4/30/2009 6:46:38 PM
        
        FTL - Lindy - 4/30/2009 8:17:30 PM
        
        Who were you quoting? - alcaray - 5/1/2009 12:28:35 AM
        
        Exactly, Part II - Socrates II - 4/30/2009 7:02:56 PM
        
        "How would we go about it?" - Lindy - 4/30/2009 1:21:30 AM
      - "There is nothing there that could not be made by men." - Lindy - 4/29/2009 3:11:49 AM
        
        Other Possibilities - S - 4/29/2009 1:27:29 PM
        
        That is not thinking outside the box.!!!! MEN!!!! - Jody - 4/29/2009 3:07:00 PM
        
        What I mean by that is we do not know what *they are thinking* (n/t) - Jody - 4/29/2009 3:23:37 PM
        
        They won't be coming after our water - Socrates II - 4/29/2009 2:12:00 PM
        
        "Landing markers for the colonists....." - Lindy - 4/29/2009 3:03:04 PM
        
        Good points - S - 4/29/2009 2:50:38 PM
        
        Interesting "stuff" - Lindy - 4/29/2009 3:07:05 PM
        
        We know why they were built - Socrates II - 4/29/2009 4:24:48 PM
        
        Stonehenge - S - 4/29/2009 11:49:56 PM
        
        "Stonehenge was â€œthe neolithic A&E unit for southern Englandâ€. - Lindy - 4/30/2009 3:36:18 AM
        
        The Stonehenge Riverside Project - Socrates II - 4/30/2009 1:42:22 PM
        
        An engineer's viewpoint - Lindy - 4/29/2009 3:21:31 AM
        
        Amazing ... - Jody - 4/29/2009 7:22:48 AM
        
        re: Amazing ... - Lindy - 4/29/2009 1:03:20 PM
    - An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence - Raoul - 4/28/2009 5:30:35 AM
      - "He explained how he did it" - Lindy - 4/28/2009 1:23:54 PM
      - re: An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence - Doug Ellison - 4/28/2009 6:44:33 AM
        
        re: An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence - Lindy - 4/28/2009 1:28:00 PM
        
        Science will have about as much luck getting rid of the idea - Socrates II - 4/28/2009 12:57:28 PM
        
        "It's all about faith, of course" - Lindy - 4/28/2009 1:08:51 PM
        
        I tried something different here - Socrates II - 4/28/2009 1:13:10 PM
        
        re: I tried something different here - Lindy - 4/28/2009 1:34:52 PM
        
        You miss one major point - Socrates II - 4/28/2009 1:44:12 PM
        
        re: You miss one major point - Lindy - 4/28/2009 4:12:05 PM
  - re: Man made - Lindy - 4/27/2009 9:25:54 PM
    - Circles from 2008 - Lindy - 4/27/2009 10:53:08 PM
  - re: Man made - Doug Ellison - 4/27/2009 9:07:36 AM
    - One thing that does not get considered very often - Socrates II - 4/27/2009 12:57:03 PM
      - Monkeys with keys. - Jody - 4/27/2009 3:52:03 PM
        
        I am almost sorry I used that phrase - Socrates II - 4/27/2009 4:11:26 PM
        
        Talk about monkeys with keys! (n/t) - Lindy - 4/27/2009 9:26:55 PM
        
        I apologize for my digression... - Jody - 4/27/2009 4:20:32 PM
        
        However... - Jody - 4/27/2009 4:22:55 PM
        
        re: However... - Socrates II - 4/27/2009 4:46:17 PM
        
        What if - Lindy - 4/30/2009 8:55:08 PM
        
        oops... - Jody - 4/27/2009 7:47:44 PM
        
        Thought about it... - Jody - 4/28/2009 5:34:10 PM
        
        The point of my mental exercise - Socrates II - 4/28/2009 5:46:03 PM

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