Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens

Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by firefoxman1 on Thursday December 22, 2011 @12:25AM (#3380523)

Has anyone thought about this...astronauts release their waste into space. There's bacteria that gets frozen almost as soon as it leaves the ship/space station right? Couldn't it stay preserved until it lands on a distant planet that hasn't formed an atmosphere and be the seeds for life on infant planets? I'm no physicist (or scientist, period), but it's just a question that's been bugging me for a while.

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by frankil on Thursday December 22, 2011 @12:54AM (#3380576)

Sort of like panspermia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by firefoxman1 on Thursday December 22, 2011 @01:04AM (#3380599)

Woah thats really similar. That's the problem with the internet: it makes you feel like nothing you think of is original. Thanks for the link btw.

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by calydon on Thursday December 22, 2011 @02:11AM (#3380729)

Unless you're really special nothing you think of is original. I'm not saying you're not special though. :)

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by firefoxman1 on Thursday December 22, 2011 @02:21AM (#3380747)

Hahaha thanks. I read somewhere that at the same time you think of a grand new idea, 10 people somewhere in the world will also have the same idea. I doubt that's always true, but it's pretty amazing nonetheless.

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by freshhawk on Thursday December 22, 2011 @03:09AM (#3380842)

Heh, that is depressingly likely given the numbers. There must be a german word for the appreciation of a clever/accurate but depressing idea.

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by JonnieCache on Thursday December 22, 2011 @06:11AM (#3381157)

Twas ever thus. Look at how many great inventions and discoveries throughout history were arrived at independently and then argued for the bragging rights, before it became such a priority to share your ideas. Calculus and television spring immediately to mind, but there are many others.

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by noonespecial on Thursday December 22, 2011 @04:20AM (#3380964)

Weltschmerz comes close.

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by freshhawk on Thursday December 22, 2011 @05:13AM (#3381070)

That is an excellent word and concept, thank you.

But it lacks the appreciation of how interesting the depressing observation is.

Weltschmerzfreude seems like it's just a contradiction (also I know almost no german at all so it's likely just gibberish) but it doesn't sound bad.

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by bfrs on Thursday December 22, 2011 @01:12AM (#3380614)

Interesting thought!

Something along similar lines:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/257096/crap-is-everyth...

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Re:Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens by firefoxman1 on Thursday December 22, 2011 @02:24AM (#3380752)

Haha reminds me of "every sperm is sacred"

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