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Re:I’m a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don’t Im... by zionic on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:27AM (#27355006)
That's actually a rather weak argument, as it ignores the phenomenon's own intelligence. This would work if it was natural/"dumb".
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Re:I’m a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don’t Im... by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:43AM (#27355169)
The argument only fails if the phenomenon is both motivated to do this, and capable of doing it without fail for decades.

i.e. it not only has to not be natural/dumb, it has to choose this pointless course of action, and execute it without failure.

It's a very extra-ordinary claim that that point. With only perpetually liminal proof. We can't rule it out, but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27354904

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