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2019/04/08 21:57:34
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
lifeafter wrote: Well to start with, a new genre of erotic fiction would be added to the internet.
Aside from that, I think it would come down to can we interact with them or are they 500 light years away and we just know of them. If we interact with them, who knows. Maybe new technologies and common purpose change society and economies. If we just know of them, they there would probably be very little effect on society.
You mean, erotic reality...
2019/04/08 21:58:13
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Stormatious wrote: I cant have valid opinion on what makes a person a great instrumentalist bordering on alien life form because i my self dont play any instruments. This is factually incorrect do you realize?
No, you can have an opinion, but that's all you're entitled to.
No what i mean is, i cant have a valid opinion, as in, its impossible for me to be aware of a great instrumentalist because according to the experts here you have to have experience playing an instrument to be able to judge what you are hearing and seeing in a VALID fashion.
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I'm well aware of what you mean, you're not the enigma you appear to believe you are.
You're entitled to think anybody you like is the greatest guitarist of all time, where you're falling down is trying to turn that opinion into objective fact by citing things which, as someone who doesn't play, you cannot possibly have the level of insight necessary to qualify the arguments you're advancing.
Consequently, you then seem to come across as a bit pretentious and simply regurgitating things you've seen/heard/read rather than speaking with any authority.
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
You can have any opinion you want mate, but when you’re telling people they don’t know what they’re talking about when A. They have at least as much knowledge about playing music as you, and B. Are making controversial statements like “Hendrix was a human being” instead of going along with your narrative that it’s somehow more likely that he is an extra-terrestrial being who can literally transport people to other worlds via his musical ability, I’m going to comment on it
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2019/04/08 22:03:25
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Nostromodamus wrote: You can have any opinion you want mate, but when you’re telling people they don’t know what they’re talking about when A. They have at least as much knowledge about playing music as you, and B. Are making controversial statements like “Hendrix was a human being” instead of going along with your narrative that it’s somehow more likely that he is an extra-terrestrial being who can literally transport people to other worlds via his musical ability, I’m going to comment on it
The world hopping only occurs after consummation of copious amounts of drugs.
2019/04/08 22:04:05
Subject: Re:What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Your flag is New Zealand, and to my knowledge has always been NZ, it's almost 10am over there.
Weird. You ARE a legitimate account aren't you?
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
Stormatious wrote: Ugh i cant believe this. No offense, but you dont know what your talking about on this specific subject. Not one instrumentalist has ever re created what hendrix has done, mainly this is because hendrix never plays the same way and is always improvising because he hes musical notes that these other musicians can never pull off. I have seen many of your so called "i can play hendrix" videos, etc etc etc, i have seen many professional guitarists try to replicate hendrix, no one can even come close.
Please show me eric clapton or some one copying hendrix's basic licks or some thing and call that "Lots can play hendrix"
No one can, even the number 1 hendrix impersonator can not pull off even close to any thing magical that hendrix was capabale off
Now i want to withdraw because i am aware now that im dealing with very limited musical knowledge.
No offense
Here you go.
2019/04/08 23:02:43
Subject: Re:What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Says people have limited musical knowledge. Doesn't know one of the greatest Delta blues players, the direct influencers of the guitarist he is claiming is the greatest of all time.
Checks out.
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2019/04/09 00:31:01
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
greatbigtree wrote: Worst case scenario is Independence Day, except we clearly don’t win. We just get exterminated. I think that’s unlikely, as why would aliens travel such incredible distances to then expend resources wiping out civilizations when they could just go to a different planet?
To keep us from spreading to those different planets, planets they would doubtless have already colonized and didn't want to share.
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2019/04/09 00:40:13
Subject: Re:What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Weather you think Hendrix was 'amazing' or not is subjective. But thinking that because you think he was amazing therefore he was an alien is just silly.
It actually somewhat demeans any accomplishment you attribute to him. IE: You think he was amazing just because he was an alien. Vs giving him any actual kudos for skill or talent.
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It's well known that aliens are superior to humans at any given skill. For example, if you dressed an alien as a little girl so it could play in a kid's soccer game, that alien would absolutely destroy your career.
Grey Templar wrote: Weather you think Hendrix was 'amazing' or not is subjective. But thinking that because you think he was amazing therefore he was an alien is just silly.
It actually somewhat demeans any accomplishment you attribute to him. IE: You think he was amazing just because he was an alien. Vs giving him any actual kudos for skill or talent.
Clarify, hes an alien because his talent/skills are beyond any thing my ears have ever herd from any instrumentalist. His ability to take the high notes and litteraly take that note higher then ever thought possible and at the most unexpected time.
Please don't reply to this. This message is to just make sure that this person knows i am not saying he is an alien and that's it, im saying hes an alien because his ability to play his instrument to communicate in another unknown language alltogether through sounds and just his UNmatchable natural instrument skills is what makes him this.
Alot of musicians are possibly aliens, or at least they are channeling some thing out of this world when they create magical music. But im just saying after 10 years of extensive research i can confidently say no one can instrumentalist like Jimmy and there fore hes an alien.
No offense have a great day.
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Drop the bs about alien celebrities, I don't appreciate having a thread derailed until a mod gets to lock it.
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2019/04/09 08:19:08
Subject: Re:What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Grey Templar wrote: Weather you think Hendrix was 'amazing' or not is subjective. But thinking that because you think he was amazing therefore he was an alien is just silly.
It actually somewhat demeans any accomplishment you attribute to him. IE: You think he was amazing just because he was an alien. Vs giving him any actual kudos for skill or talent.
Clarify, hes an alien because his talent/skills are beyond any thing my ears have ever herd from any instrumentalist. His ability to take the high notes and litteraly take that note higher then ever thought possible and at the most unexpected time.
Please don't reply to this. This message is to just make sure that this person knows i am not saying he is an alien and that's it, im saying hes an alien because his ability to play his instrument to communicate in another unknown language alltogether through sounds and just his UNmatchable natural instrument skills is what makes him this.
Alot of musicians are possibly aliens, or at least they are channeling some thing out of this world when they create magical music. But im just saying after 10 years of extensive research i can confidently say no one can instrumentalist like Jimmy and there fore hes an alien.
No offense have a great day.
Firstly, constantly saying "no offense" doesn't automatically absolve you of any offence you may have given, just FYI.
Serious question: when you say Hendrix had the "ability to take the high notes and litteraly take that note higher then ever thought possible" do you literally mean the pitch of the note is higher than others could produce?
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2019/04/09 08:45:45
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Techpriestsupport wrote: Drop the bs about alien celebrities, I don't appreciate having a thread derailed until a mod gets to lock it.
Fair enough. I don't think humans can fandom such a thing in all reality, it would probably start an all out world wide panic. As in the human mind is incapable of dealing with such a possibility if it were to be true, but if any one human was an alien or being channeled by some force of nature you know who i would nominate.
As in What i mentioned earlier is IMO the closest thing to being aware of the existence of aliens, but if you mean aliens as in non human life forms then thats what im saying is some thing we cant fandom. ( scary green big eyed things )
Am i making sense?
Edit - Ever thought that we are the aliens? just a thought. I mean we are pretty damn complicated.
Pretty much sums up what Stormtatious is saying right now
Also, I mean by definition, yeah of course we'd be aliens to other lifeforms in the stars, theres nothing profound about that.
You hit the bong water too hard recently or something? I dont get your fixation with Hendrix.
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2019/04/09 10:29:23
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
As for what would happen if we discovered aliens? If it's radio signals, then it'd be quite exciting until the novelty wore off and then the bickering over "fake news", "I don't belive it because of [god, the MSM, flouride in the water]" would start. If they turned up? Well, let's hope they're not like us. Ask the native populations of the Americas, Africa, Australia and China how that worked out for them.
2019/04/09 10:50:34
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
If they turned up? Well, let's hope they're not like us. Ask the native populations of the Americas, Africa, Australia and China how that worked out for them.
For most of the current populations of two of those, it worked out pretty great...
2019/04/09 11:57:13
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Going back to my previous comment, and daringly on-topic with it....
We better hope Alien Species are considerably more peaceful than ourselves. Otherwise, we're toast, or a handy labour force/target practice/source of protein. Because that's exactly what we've done with pretty much every other lifeform we've ever discovered ever. We eat them, we exterminate them or we exploit them.
We really, really better hope they're somewhat more enlightened than ourselves!
(yes, I do have a dim view of humanity overall)
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Going back to my previous comment, and daringly on-topic with it....
We better hope Alien Species are considerably more peaceful than ourselves. Otherwise, we're toast, or a handy labour force/target practice/source of protein. Because that's exactly what we've done with pretty much every other lifeform we've ever discovered ever. We eat them, we exterminate them or we exploit them.
We really, really better hope they're somewhat more enlightened than ourselves!
(yes, I do have a dim view of humanity overall)
It depends on precisely how much more advanced than us they are and in what ways. If it turns out we're fifty years and one revolutionary physics adjustment away from a functional hyperdrive and some form of deep space hibernation; you could easily have a situation where an early 40K human style ark of aliens arrives, but isn't anywhere near powerful enough to wipe us out with their limited resources in-system.
If you want an entertaining fiction narrative along similar lines with a different chronology, Harry Turtledove wrote one about a race of lizard people with roughly comparable modern tech (missiles, nukes, etc) hitting earth during WW2. Whilst the aliens in question have enough tech advantage/resources to dominate any individual battle space, they simply don't have sufficient to conquer the whole world simultaneously. The result is a stalemate, with the humans rushing to pirate as much lizard tech as they can as fast as they can.
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2019/04/09 13:40:09
Subject: Re:What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
gorgon wrote: The last page or two has certainly increased my belief in aliens.
Clearly the drugs someone is on are so good that they must have been brought by aliens...
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2019/04/09 17:52:02
Subject: Re:What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
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2019/04/09 18:05:18
Subject: Re:What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
Can you please if you would be so kind to explain that joke, i don't get it. Are you promoting religious sstuff?
Thanks
Humans tortured and killed Jesus.
Aliens got him a bunch of chocolate.
Guess where Jesus goes all the time.
There is no such thing as a hobby without politics. "Leave politics at the door" is itself a political statement, an endorsement of the status quo and an attempt to silence dissenting voices.
2019/04/09 19:49:00
Subject: What if we found absolute proof aliens existed?
I think it was more of a general "we" as humans did.
I would bet if we ever encountered alien life in the realm of our tech level (which lets face it, if we encounter alien life, they will be way beyond us just due to the distances involved that we have no way of transversing) we would have an extremely difficult time communicating with them in any sort of non mathematical way. As a result, our and their response would result in a sort of prisoner's dilemma choice.
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