Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by elboru on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:52AM
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It would be awesome to hear their stories and myths regarding the external world. How do they explain boats and planes, how do they tell the encounter stories, etc
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by epilys on Thursday May 06, 2021 @07:34AM
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Very interesting. I wish there was a way to share basic medicine etc to improve their life quality without further damage to their existence. It's a shame to have means of reducing suffering and not share them with your fellow beings.
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by smcl on Thursday May 06, 2021 @07:42AM
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Yeah it's gotta be hard to figure out where the line is between helping and interfering. A few accounts of the Sentinelese suggest they don't want any help but I think some of the peaceful exchanges in the past show that they don't mind contact and are happy to receive packages of food and bits of iron for tools. All I know is that I'm not gonna be the one to reach out, an American preacher repeatedly tried to do so a few years back and ended up killed as a result. It was 100% his own fault, on one of his attempts a Sentinelese kid fired an arrow at him that struck his bible which if I was religious I would have taken as a sign to GTFO ...
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by mrob on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:25AM
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>on one of his attempts a Sentinelese kid fired an arrow at him that struck his bible which if I was religious I would have taken as a sign to GTFO ...
If I was religious I'd have interpreted it as God protecting me, like in the tales of bibles stopping bullets.
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by smcl on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:42AM
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Oh funny, I didn't think of it that way but I guess it's about where you imagine the bible was. I visualized him waving the bible around when an arrow pierces it as if to say "god has no power here, this is your only warning, there won't be another"
But if it was in his shirt pocket, then yeah that could indeed be interpreted the other way round!
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:32AM
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This reminds me of the allegory of the cave, and one observation I've had, or maybe stolen?, of it.
Who is anyone to invade another's life, uninvited, and tell them how they're living wrong?
Would their subjective life experience really be better if they were chasing the next iPhone, pickup truck, opium den, bonus, or sexcapade?
So while I agree that the most likely outcome of a technologically more advanced alien civilization encountering us would be a pretty nasty one ... there's a remote possibility that we would instead be a curiousity to them and that they might treat us as we now treat the Sentinelese.
Note: there has been contact between the Sentinelese and the outside world, some peaceful (I found something about Indian expeditions in the early 90s) some a little less so (the British kidnapping six islanders). But it didn't result in their extinction or being colonized, and they remain isolated.