Aliens? Both Canada and U.S confirm they are shooting down unidentified objects.

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[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

Physically near impossible for anything from other star systems to come to earth intact intentionally, considering most planets that could harbor life are hundreds of millions of lightyears away. If UFOs are real entities they're probably local.

[–]TheJamesRocket 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

considering most planets that could harbor life are hundreds of millions of lightyears away

Actually, there are billions of 'potentially' habitable planets in our own Galaxy. But if you take into account the Rare Earth Hypothesis, this cuts the number of potentially habitable planets down by many orders of magnitude. It would not be terribly surprising if Humans are the only sentient race in the Galaxy.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I read this theory recently that said our star system may be among the very first areas in the universe to mature enough in terms of the elements available for the synthesis of complex life to be possible. So we may be end up being the oldest race among sentient beings in the end. Chances are by the time another arises we'd be long extinct.

[–]TheJamesRocket 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I would be very interested to learn about that theory. Do you have a link?

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://mindmatters.ai/2020/11/what-if-we-dont-see-aliens-because-they-have-not-evolved-yet/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.08448.pdf

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is just one long argument from ignorance.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

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[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Physically near impossible for anything from other star systems to come to earth intact intentionally, considering most planets that could harbor life are hundreds of millions of lightyears away.

That's an argument from ignorance. Just because you can't imagine it doesn't mean it can't be done.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I didn't say it can't be done I said it's highly improbable. Humans have only been broadcasting radio waves for the last century or so. So that means the only detectable measure of intelligent life on our planet within our known history has only existed for that long. Which means that only those who exist within 100 light years have even a theoretical possibility of being aware of human life.

I think UFOs have a better chance of being entities from Earth or nearby that have coexisted with mankind throughout history, described in our past legends as angels and gods and demons.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Humans have only been broadcasting radio waves for the last century or so. So that means the only detectable measure of intelligent life on our planet within our known history has only existed for that long. Which means that only those who exist within 100 light years have even a theoretical possibility of being aware of human life.

They could have had probes in our solar system for a very long time. We wouldn't even know about it.