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E.L.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:28 am 
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http://www.theatlantic.com/science/arch ... qus_thread

Even astronomers are using the A word:

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“Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build.”

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Well here's a good explanation of the Dyson Sphere. Which appears to be what is being referenced here. We stand on the precipice of awakening!


http://www.daviddarling.info/encycloped ... sonsp.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

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E.L. wrote:
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/#disqus_thread

Even astronomers are using the A word:

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“Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build.”


Tsk... I think the new word in vogue is undocumented earthlings.

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/scientist ... 57896.html

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"If we find what we're looking for it will tell us one of two things: Either we have found an extraterrestrial that is sending us a signal that's very similar to our own radio technology, or we have discovered a radically new natural phenomenon that makes this star system even freakier than it is right now."

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I find discussion about aliens amusing. On one hand, when I look up in the sky & see more stars (suns) than I can count, I'm completely convinced there are lifeforms on millions of planets. But any time someone claims to have evidence of any, I think they should cap all the acetone jugs and get out into fresh air.

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Meanwhile, a black hole 290 million light years away is doing its thing http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chand ... -back.html

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/scien ... .html?_r=0

And right back here on earth we continue to rediscover our past. And this cycle begins to understand that maybe just maybe we or somebody like us has done all of this before.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spe ... &tid=ss_tw

Nope, no Dyson Sphere. Absolutely no evidence of intelligent life there. Probably a comet trail.

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Well definitely not comet trail.

Continues to get weirder and even more implausible

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/01/18/tabby_s_star_faded_substantially_over_past_century.html

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The difference between supernatural and scientific explanation often is just a matter of time, understanding, and acceptance. I suspect alien life exist, but this star with a dimmer switch may simply be a natural situation that is beyond our current comprehension.
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Hounsy wrote:
The difference between supernatural and scientific explanation often is just a matter of time, understanding, and acceptance. I suspect alien life exist, but this star with a dimmer switch may simply be a natural situation that is beyond our current comprehension.



I couldn't agree more with this statement. Well said.

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Hounsy wrote:
The difference between supernatural and scientific explanation often is just a matter of time, understanding, and acceptance. I suspect alien life exist, but this star with a dimmer switch may simply be a natural situation that is beyond our current comprehension.


Or an alien intelligence far beyond our comprehension......... :D


But yeah its most likely to be natural and presently beyond scientific understanding.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/equation-cou ... html?nhp=1

Mathematically its far more absurd that intelligent life doesn't exist.

Pokes several holes in mainstream religion and human culture as a whole.

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Just a swarms of debris....and no dyson sphere

http://www.cnet.com/news/search-for-ali ... orts-back/

We're probably just a bunch of microbes in some joker's snow globe.

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They still can't explain it

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/08/10/tabby_s_star_faded_significantly_over_three_years.html

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Not related and it could be nothing but...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ali ... ar-AAie1dR
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https://www.ted.com/talks/tabetha_boyaj ... e_universe

Oh this isn't dead yet.....still dimming and still being debated

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-tabby-star-dims.html

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