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That Pelosi has the party base, whereas they do not and so with the very possible exception of AoC (who can use her national profile and twitter presence as a kind of soft power counter) they're all screwed.
But no surprises there. Pelosi is a hippie-puncher by nature and inclination.
We can't really survive somewhere that we're not adapted to live in.Actually, I already survive somewhere that humans are not biologically adapted to. When I go outside during winter, I could die. But I overcome this with technology. When the temperature drops, I wear a coat.
Why is wearing protective gear (space suits, encounter suits, whatever) a showstopper for alien visitors? For that matter, why couldn't they alter their biology to match the environment? We are much closer to modifying humans than to visiting the stars (some Chinese researchers are already trying to create HIV-resistant babies.) Being able to modify one's biology significantly may even be a prerequisite to surviving interstellar travel.
There is also the possibility that the alien visitors are so alien, that our microbes wouldn't affect them at all. If they were all robots, for example.
...yeah. Actually, forget everything I just said, and let's go with that. The aliens are all robots.
Aliens are all robots is the most feasible.
And yeah, I'm well aware of the Chinese CRISPR babies. Thing is that comes with a lot of ethical problems for a reason. Not the least of which being that straight Mendelian genetics is just scratching the surface and altering one gene could disrupt multiple gene networks. I'm not a computer programmer, but I'm sure a computer programmer can easily spot an analogy here. It of course depends on exactly what's being done in genetic modification, but if you're so heavily modifying a genome to be able to handle alien worlds, those aliens might be aliens to the aliens that point
Please see Greg Egan’s Diaspora. There is a character who does something along these lines just to communicate. It’s fiction, but Egan is about as hard as science fiction can get.
I'll survive. I'm just poor and cheap, lmao
I really, really, REALLY do not want to take the qualifying tests to teach English but ☹️ social science teachers are about a quarter of a dozen and there's always a need for English. Ugh. That's another $300.
We can't really survive somewhere that we're not adapted to live in.Actually, I already survive somewhere that humans are not biologically adapted to. When I go outside during winter, I could die. But I overcome this with technology. When the temperature drops, I wear a coat.
Why is wearing protective gear (space suits, encounter suits, whatever) a showstopper for alien visitors? For that matter, why couldn't they alter their biology to match the environment? We are much closer to modifying humans than to visiting the stars (some Chinese researchers are already trying to create HIV-resistant babies.) Being able to modify one's biology significantly may even be a prerequisite to surviving interstellar travel.
There is also the possibility that the alien visitors are so alien, that our microbes wouldn't affect them at all. If they were all robots, for example.
...yeah. Actually, forget everything I just said, and let's go with that. The aliens are all robots.
Again: aliens who come here are probably committing suicide by horrible, tortuous means. What's the harm in a phone call?
I always thought the conclusion of "War of the Worlds" was nonsense. How the hell could the aliens be advanced enough to build interplanetary spaceships and beam weaponry, but be ignorant of pathogens?
We barely had the technology to make it to the moon, but we still knew enough to be worried about the unknown, and put the first astronauts in quarantine when they got back.
Nevertheless, if an alien civilization contacts us, why not give it a go?
Because I hate aliens.
Nevertheless, if an alien civilization contacts us, why not give it a go?
Seriously, have you not seen any of those movies?!
So just out of curiosity since I've been out of the loop for awhile, who has left and who's here under new names? I see RWHN is back under a new name
Yes, for now anyway
So just out of curiosity since I've been out of the loop for awhile, who has left and who's here under new names? I see RWHN is back under a new name
The Johnny, the artist formerly known as Joh'Nyx, a.k.a. third world hyena.
But ok seriously, pretty much everyones gone, you dont recognize anyone not because they changed their name, its just that its actually new people.
EDIT:
Im not supposed to tell you, but Cramulus and Cain actually swapped usernames and identities - you see, thats why "Cramulus" (in reality now Cain) hasnt posted lately, its because hes in a deep infiltration mission at the Gurdujeff Institute.
And Im actually Kai, I underwent some years of deep-hypnosis and now im reformed under a new monicker, living a new life.
So just out of curiosity since I've been out of the loop for awhile, who has left and who's here under new names? I see RWHN is back under a new nameIT'S A NARK
HE WANTS TO KNOW OUR NAMES
EVERYBODY ACT CASUAL
