Comments on: WE REALLY ARE A VERY, VERY, CLEVER, SPECIES

By: ucgxdydnjg

ucgxdydnjg — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:09:05 +0000

By: Bill Arnold

Bill Arnold — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:35:23 +0000

Just an aside - the first time I felt truly, teary-eyed proud-to-be-a-human was when the panoramic photo(s) from the first Mars rover (sojourner) returned to Earth from several light-minutes away.

By: High Evolutionary

High Evolutionary — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:14:23 +0000

Gee, it looks like the [url=http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=245]reality-based community[/url] is trying to sabotage your website, Mr.Moran.

By: epicenter

epicenter — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:56:14 +0000

Ricky, Ricky, Ricky,

You’ll attract more bees with honey than vinegar. I mean, you can’t really start a discussion with “…you’re a nincompoop.”

That said, here is the discussion I would like to have. You go from ‘we are a clever species’ to ‘alien hunters are dumb’.

I am asking you why do you attack people who disagree with you? Why not just judge the evidence based on its merits? there is no need to attack anyone. Why make this an excus eto attack anyone?

OK?

Now take a deep breath.

Answer the question.

By: Machiavelli

Machiavelli — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:44:12 +0000

Would the Great Pyramid in Egypt count as “tons of proof”?

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:29:45 +0000

You want a discussion? Fine.

The burden of proof is on you to show that “high” technology existed in the past - “tons of proof” as you say.

Cite your peer reviewed articles, please.

By: epicenter

epicenter — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:21:12 +0000

There is a ton of evidence that high technology existed in the past. Tons of it.

I noticed that you gave notice not to cuss.

why do you feel you need to insult me personally because I disagree with your hardening of the orthodoxies?

I mean, will calling me an idiot prove your point?

gosh I thought this would be a discussion

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:16:46 +0000

Gee - I only thought you were ignorant. Now I know that your an idiot.

THERE IS NOT ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE THAT “HIGH(?) TECHNOLOGY” EXISTED AT ANY TIME IN EARTH’S PAST.

If it did, where is it? Where’s the “scientific” proof?

What an ignoramous. I will leave your comment up so that people can laugh at you.

By: epicenter

epicenter — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:09:14 +0000

I have always found it laughable that there exists a school of thought that mankindâ€™s greatest achievements were actually the result of intervention by aliens from another civilization. The pyramids, the Nazca lines, even Stonehenge, according to this â€œtheory,â€ were all built by aliens because we humans just arenâ€™t clever enough to have done it ourselves.

Discoveries like this prove that the alien hunters consistently sell our species short.

why do you feel you have to defend yourself against alien hunters?

there is reasonable evidence that high technology existed before we had the means for producing it. That’s evidence to be weighed scientifically

why go after alien hunters?

You find it laughable?

When Aanton Van Leuwenhoek was proposing the germ theory of disease he was widely laughed at- “little animals are not the source of our problems” said one of his competitors…

turns out he was right.

we might be a clever species

we might also be someone’s pets

By: Chip

Chip — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:32:49 +0000

Bibbleman,

Please, please, please, go lose yourself in the DK echo chamber. Might be the most intelligent thing you do all year.

Chip