I don't know.
The Drake Equation says a lot, but why would an advanced alien society be interested in us?

Also, if you think that lot is weird, there's a bloke at the JPL lab who thinks this universe is a simulation that was set off by our future selves, because apparently the quantum nature of the universe is pixellated.

Shakespeare puts paid to that quite neatly: "If you prick us, do we not bleed?".

I wish I was making this up.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:38, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Some people would argue that if we stopped fighting amongst outselves we would be able to explore the galaxy
I think war has pushed more technological advances than people give it credit for and without it the space program would be very basic.
( Peej, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:43, Reply)

Plus, wars are fucking cooool.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:46, Reply)

THere is nothing cooler than firing a cruise missile into a childs bedroom.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:47, Reply)

So not only are you a nonce,
but you've named your penis after a diminutive Scientologist bumder?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:48, Reply)

For the same reason that we're interested in the indigenous tribes in Africa who haven't got HD TVs or Sky+ yet
An alien version of Bruce Parry or Bear Grylls will walk among us and call our lack of hoverboards "quaint"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:44, Reply)

Only 4 more years until hoverboards!

( Peej, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:45, Reply)

I'm getting a Pitbull
and I'm going to ride it to France
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:47, Reply)

I'm getting a shirt with twin tie capabilities

( Peej, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:49, Reply)

I can't wait until I can get a big telly with a fax attached.

( Kroney, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:51, Reply)

I'm really looking forward to the release of Jaws 19 (This time it's really, really personal)

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:51, Reply)

Jaws 19 - Electroshark Sex Pleasures

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:52, Reply)

What exactly does the Shakespeare quote put paid to?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:45, Reply)

Apparently, we live in a simulated universe.
I call bollocks on this, because no amount of conceivable computer power available for the next 50 to 100 years could possibly simulate a whole universe, nevermind a complete biosphere and 7 billion sentient beings.

Hence the Shakespeare bit.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Have you not seen that documentary called the Matrix?
I think Keanu Reeves narrates it or something
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:51, Reply)

That definitely didn't have any sequels at all, ever

( Peej, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:52, Reply)

Ohh, have they done more?
I hope Lawrence Fishbourne narrates the next one
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:53, Reply)

I'd rather watch his daughters porno

( Peej, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:57, Reply)

It's not bad.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Your logic is reasonable
but that still doesn't have anything to do with the Shakespeare quote.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:53, Reply)

Bleeding.
The hormonal responses to it, the clotting factors, the pain response, everything to do with cutting your skin, either in emo fashion or by accident.

Doesn't matter either way though.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:56, Reply)

You're making no sense.
Why can't you see that the ability or otherwise of people to bleed has nothing to do with the theory that we are in fact a simulation run by the future.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 13:02, Reply)

I'm wondering that.
I understood it to mean 'you may treat Jews as second-class citizens but we are still humans*'

*just fucking stingy ones
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:56, Reply)