pretty random question

[Jon L. Obscene]

I dissagree, like I said, why compare aliens to us? who's to say they need food?
Who's to say there is'nt an abundence of super fuel on their planet?, who's to say they can naturally stop their body clocks for thousands of years? or indeed live for thousands of years.
The "Fact" they found us proves nothing, if they don't have electricity does it mean they are less inteligent? no, it could possibly mean they have a different source on their planet.
Our fuels are determined by our planets natural resources no?
The time spent travelling is determined by our lifespan.

As for finding us, they supposedly crashed here in Roswell no?......the primary word being "Crashed", so it's possible they found us by accident, also they could be explorers. Was Columbus more technologically advanced than everyone else? no he was a sailor and explorer, therefore he just travelled and found places more by luck than anything.

Is it not possible that we are more technologically advanced?

Jonno

[manker]

Is it not possible that we are more technologically advanced?

No.

Anyone who thinks that it is possible is an idiot.

[Jon L. Obscene]

What does that have to do with my post?



In ww2 we had different monitary units, we did'nt decimilize until the 70's? (not sure on that, JP could help out here lol)

Jonno

Even after decimalisation we still used some of the same coins - like a shilling for 5p, two shillings for 10ps - we also kept the pennies and tuppences.

That's only from memory because I remember seeing coins with old dates on them as a kid. There may be others.

You're wrong.

The old penny and threepence coins ceased to be legal tender on 31st August 1971, just over six months after D-day. However, it is still possible to exchange them for current coins at a bank in suitably large quantities - consult your local cashier!

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Jonno

[Jon L. Obscene]

Is it not possible that we are more technologically advanced?

No.

Anyone who thinks that it is possible is an idiot.

Why?

You're basing your opinion on OUR technology and fuels and life span, how does anyone know whats out there?

We have been brought up to believe they are more advanced, but..........well, read my last post, dissprove me.

Jonno

[manker]

Even after decimalisation we still used some of the same coins - like a shilling for 5p, two shillings for 10ps - we also kept the pennies and tuppences.

That's only from memory because I remember seeing coins with old dates on them as a kid. There may be others.

You're wrong.

The old penny and threepence coins ceased to be legal tender on 31st August 1971, just over six months after D-day. However, it is still possible to exchange them for current coins at a bank in suitably large quantities - consult your local cashier!

Source


Jonno

Like I said, it was from memory, it's mostly right what I wrote.

Not having to google stuff is pretty cool.

[Jon L. Obscene]

Like I said, it was from memory, it's mostly right what I wrote.

Not having to google stuff is pretty cool.

erm.......no......you wrote

Even after decimalisation we still used some of the same coins - like a shilling for 5p, two shillings for 10ps - we also kept the pennies and tuppences.

That was the main refference to my post and it's incorrect.

And you've just proved the point that you been telling me for months that if you don't google you get things wrong and make yourself look an arse
Besides, I only googled to back up what I was saying.

Jonno

[manker]

No.

Anyone who thinks that it is possible is an idiot.

Why?

You're basing your opinion on OUR technology and fuels and life span, how does anyone know whats out there?

We have been brought up to believe they are more advanced, but..........well, read my last post, dissprove me.

Jonno

So you're basing your opinions on THEIR technology, fuel and lifespan.

Way to go.

There is no point me writing something to disprove what you wrote - I've done it already and merely repeating it won't make you any less of an idiot for thinking that we're more advanced than any hypothetical aliens that are capable of travelling from one solar system to another.

[manker]

erm.......no......you wrote

Even after decimalisation we still used some of the same coins - like a shilling for 5p, two shillings for 10ps - we also kept the pennies and tuppences.

That was the main refference to my post and it's incorrect.

And you've just proved the point that you been telling me for months that if you don't google you get things wrong and make yourself look an arse
Besides, I only googled to back up what I was saying.

Jonno

Jonno, I wrote about decimalisation. You thought that we used different coins, I said I thought we kept some and posted some examples that I remembered.

I also posted a disclaimer because my memory isn't too hot.

Is that okay.

[JPaul]

The fact of the matter is that we cannot even begin to conceive of a way to ascertain whether there is life on other planets (outside of our own solar system obviously). Even if there is (life o other planets) we have not one iota of a clue of how to go about getting to them, far less the technology to actually do it. We are a very, very, very (etc) long way away from such a technology.

The simple matter is that if aliens were to reach us, even from the nearest planets (outside of our own solar system), then the technology they used to do it is beyond our comprehension. Ergo they are much more technologically advanced than us (and not by a small margin).

The fact that they may be long lived, have access to super fuels, don't require food or water only explains how they becam more technologically advanced than us. It does not alter the fact that, having got here, they are.

[Jon L. Obscene]

No, I'm basing my opinion on open mindedness, limitless possibilities, you can't tell me that Jupiter or Mars have the same natural resources as us?

You cannot dissprove my theory, I cannot dissprove yours, but I'm open minded enough to see it's possible that we are'nt quite as slow and stupid as we make out........or as the movies make us out to be.

I'll try and give you an example, think of it like I'm a better guitarist than my sister, yet she can play piano better than me,she can read music but can't memorize, I can't read music but once learnt I don't need to read it. we are both as good as eachother yet in different fields, so who is more advanced?

Same with us and aliens, we maybe more civilized, better advances in medicines, culture.
Look at Starship Troopers.......those aliens had no technological weaponry, it was all natural......you see my point? just cos they reached us does'nt make them more advanced, yes it's possible, but it's also possible they are less advanced but luckier with natural resources etc.

Jonno