aliens and astronomy -

MeechMunchie · #**751** 09-27-2011, 10:55 AM

The internet

May contain traces of bullshit

Dixanadu · #**752** 09-27-2011, 12:53 PM

Traces?

Could've sworn it was laced in the stuff.

MeechMunchie · #**753** 09-27-2011, 01:07 PM

The secret ingedient is irony

Can also be said of that previous statement though an infinite loop may result

***Nate*** · #**754** 09-27-2011, 04:46 PM

The second last paragraph clarifies that all they found was adenine and guanine, two of the building blocks of DNA. I'd say that the person who wrote that article doesn't really understand what DNA is and doesn't know what he's talking about.

STM · #**755** 09-28-2011, 08:11 AM

I think it's more likely we'll find RNA before we find DNA, and besides, it's very hard to distinguish between whether the life was autochthonic or whether it is Earth life that quickly found it's way onto the meteorite.

Wings of Fire · #**756** 09-28-2011, 08:48 AM

Please use the word indigenous in future. I had to look on wikipedia to make sure you weren't talking about trolls, golems or Titans.

STM · #**757** 09-28-2011, 11:00 AM

I used a word you didn't know the meaning of? Cor love a duck! What is the world coming to? I need to sit down.

Wings of Fire · #**758** 09-28-2011, 11:11 AM

I knew what it meant. It means of the earth. A 'Chthonic' being is one who manipulates from beneath the earth, specific to the Titans in Greek mythology. That's where Lovecraft got his idea of the Old Gods and especially Chthulu from.

I did not know that in zoology/astronomy it refered a being originally from a planet.

Remember, the truer mark of intelligence is stating your views and knowledge in an understandable way, rather than using big specialized words.

STM · #**759** 09-28-2011, 11:20 AM

I just like to sound clever. v_v

Fair enough, I'm sorry I didn't convey what I meant properly.

Scraby · #**760** 09-29-2011, 12:25 PM

i read about nikola tesla that he also said that he saw that there are sub atoms faster than light...
also i read that the scientists found some evidence that there are oceans of water underneath plutos crust that appeared probably from charons rotation making some kind of friction in pluto and warming it up.

***Nate*** · #**761** 09-29-2011, 09:28 PM

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i read about nikola tesla that he also said that he saw that there are sub atoms faster than light...
also i read that the scientists found some evidence that there are oceans of water underneath plutos crust that appeared probably from charons rotation making some kind of friction in pluto and warming it up.

You're probably thinking about Europa, rather than Pluto.

As for Tesla... he said a lot of crazy shit.

Scraby · #**762** 09-30-2011, 12:48 AM

yeah but tesla invented alternating current,he was smarter than most of the people in his time,i read one of his journals when he was still a child and he did say lots of things that came true in the future...

Strike Witch · #**763** 09-30-2011, 03:02 AM

He also blew up Tungska.

***Nate*** · #**764** 09-30-2011, 03:21 AM

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yeah but tesla invented alternating current,he was smarter than most of the people in his time,i read one of his journals when he was still a child and he did say lots of things that came true in the future...

That's undeniably true. But that doesn't mean that everything he said was true. He was an inventor and engineer, not a theoretical physicist.

STM · #**765** 09-30-2011, 06:32 AM

Rather, he knew how things worked but some of his explanations were at fault?

Manco · #**766** 09-30-2011, 10:56 AM

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He also blew up Tungska.

They had it coming.

***Nate*** · #**767** 09-30-2011, 06:09 PM

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Rather, he knew how things worked but some of his explanations were at fault?

More like, he didn't know how things worked so he came up with ideas that were utterly impossible.

STM · #**768** 09-30-2011, 11:03 PM

Haha, standard.

Scraby · #**769** 10-01-2011, 03:24 AM

well i had an original journal of tesla and i read it,so i found an experiment that makes free electricity enought to power your cell phone,i tried it and it worked,but one peace of it is quite hard to find so it took me some time...

STM · #**770** 10-01-2011, 03:29 AM

Wow! Any chance you could show the schematics?

Scraby · #**771** 10-01-2011, 04:48 AM

sure i will,but first i need to go trough the book to find it.

Dixanadu · #**772** 10-01-2011, 11:51 AM

I have free electricity anyway.

Ha ha.

Scraby · #**773** 10-13-2011, 11:27 AM

i have read something interesting,that scientists found out that in a part of the black hole photons and matter can exist,so they think that there might even be life there...

Bullet Magnet · #**774** 10-24-2011, 02:00 PM

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Remember, the truer mark of intelligence is stating your views and knowledge in an understandable way, rather than using big specialized words.

That's not a good reason not to use big words, especially with an audience this intelligent. You learned something, even if you did the legwork yourself.

AlexFili · #**775** 10-25-2011, 12:07 AM

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***Nate*** · #**776** 10-25-2011, 03:54 AM

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Remember, the truer mark of intelligence is stating your views and knowledge in an understandable way, rather than using big specialized words.

When I wrote the first draft of my paper (now available by a simple Google Scholar search, woot), I read it over and actually thought to myself "This is too understandable. I should include more jargon."

Bodd T.W. · #**777** 10-25-2011, 05:22 PM

It just makes you think: how did people create the image that we now think of as an alien from outer space? Pale skin, huge foreheads, and big black eyes; did they get it from some type of special monkey or something? I also happen to find it interesting that they will make the aliens have two arms, two legs, stomachs, skin, and other physical features similar to a human's almost 95% of the time. Is there some history lesson that I've missed, or am I giving one of the best guesses that anyone here can think of for the foundation of our vision of aliens?

Scraby · #**778** 10-26-2011, 03:14 AM

there are probably lots of different aliens,some near humans some humanoids,some reptilian some bird like,the possibilities are endless

T-nex · #**779** 10-26-2011, 04:11 AM

I like HR Gigers aliens more. I wish they existed.... But I'd probably only observe them from afar.

***Nate*** · #**780** 10-26-2011, 04:45 AM

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It just makes you think: how did people create the image that we now think of as an alien from outer space? Pale skin, huge foreheads, and big black eyes; did they get it from some type of special monkey or something? I also happen to find it interesting that they will make the aliens have two arms, two legs, stomachs, skin, and other physical features similar to a human's almost 95% of the time. Is there some history lesson that I've missed, or am I giving one of the best guesses that anyone here can think of for the foundation of our vision of aliens?

I don't have any references to quote, but I believe there was one famous case in the '50s in which a self-claimed abductee drew a picture of his tormentors that resembled what we would call a Grey. It got enough attention worldwide that later people drew inspiration (consciously or unsconsciously) from his concept.