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"Whistleblower is deluded"
There's no UFOs. Well let me clarify - there's no aliens. If there are UFOs then they are made right here on earth and just need close up, non fuzzy photos.
Our priors should reflect no radio transmissions from aliens, no non-blurry pictures of UFOs, etc etc
The concept of "anonymous" alien visitation is self evidently silly.
But also, the concept of traveling between the stars is also so unlikely as to be effectively impossible. If you don't agree, then you don't really grasp the distance to the stars.
Why not? Walk me through your logic.
> The concept of "anonymous" alien visitation is self evidently silly.
I don't see the self-evident silliness. Can you explain?
> But also, the concept of traveling between the stars is also so unlikely as to be effectively impossible. If you don't agree, then you don't really grasp the distance to the stars.
Or if I don't agree I just don't assume that the only way to travel interstellar distances are rockets. We are slowly discovering alternative approaches that don't require incredible amounts of energy. How do you already know 100% they won't work out? Could you share your time machine with me?
Or are you just assuming that the hypothetical aliens have minds and motivations that would be comprehensible by humans?
Hell, I bet you if I sat down I could come up with at least 10 motivations that might make sense for humans to do the same stealth thing in an inverted situation. I feel like you're not engaging in good faith.