We all know about voices in the head ....

Oh, Chris.
You should receive the broadcasts that I do in my head....
Meow? Meow meow meow. Meow meow? Meow!! Meow meow+meow.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

You should hear mine!

Spam spam spam spam,
Wonderful Spaaaaam!

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You should hear mine!

Spam spam spam spam,
Wonderful Spaaaaam!

Are you saying your mind is getting spammed?

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Every once in a while, I hear my mother's voice saying "Daaaa-viiiid..." I usually take it as some sort of warning and wake up, although I have yet to find anything after waking up to be warned about.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I understand that when this project first started it was known as STI - Search for Terrestrial Intelligence, but gave up after a remarkably short time, having determined it would be a futile process.

Alison
PS Doesn't include me as I hang out on wrongplanet.net for Aspies.

:))))))))) Hi Alison :) So nice you stopped in to say hello :) You'll fit in fine here too I reckon, but I will definitely mention your planet to my son :) he's like you... brilliant :)

edit: as to the project - yes... once intelligence was ruled out on earth, apart from dolphins etc who know better than to talk to us, we're now looking elsewhere - and it's good to have you helping with that :)

I understand that when this project first started it was known as STI - Search for Terrestrial Intelligence, but gave up after a remarkably short time, having determined it would be a futile process.

Alison
PS Doesn't include me as I hang out on wrongplanet.net for Aspies.

:))))))))) Hi Alison :) So nice you stopped in to say hello :) You'll fit in fine here too I reckon, but I will definitely mention your planet to my son :) he's like you... brilliant :)

edit: as to the project - yes... once intelligence was ruled out on earth, apart from dolphins etc who know better than to talk to us, we're now looking elsewhere - and it's good to have you helping with that :)

LOL:)))))))))

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Duh....we are supposed to be looking OUTWARD.
There has been ample scientific proof that no intelligent life exists here.
At least not in Washington, DC.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Embrace your inner kitty...ya know ya wanna!

I have met a few friends in my life.
Most were cats.

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Rev Mother Bene Gesserit.

Sent from my PDP11/05 running RSX-11D via an ASR33 (TTY)

But, aside from Hortas, Xindi Aquatics, and the odd shapeshifter, we've never seen anything in Trek that didn't follow the same basic form as us, and I can't believe that's realistic.

True enough.

But even then, there are some general rules laid down by evolution, I believe.

* When on dry surfaces, legs are useful.
* If you have legs, they better reach the ground. Your mass to gravity ratio determines where they are best attached to your body to maximize their usefulness.
* If your size to weight ratio permits and there is an atmosphere, wings aren't a bad thing either.
* Having stereoscopic vision or echo location is a good thing for a predator.
* Having all round vision and good hearing is good in any case.
* Eating what you can see, smell or otherwise "inspect" may avoid eating the wrong thing.
* You don't really care what happens on the other end of your digestive tract, unless ... that's when you need strong legs back there.
* In all intelligent life forms on this planet, the brain is the most energy consuming and best protected organ.
* Let your imagination carry on from here.

One or more of the above criteria shape almost all the life forms inhabiting the surface of our planet. And for intelligent ones, they all have their food intake close to the majority of their sensory input (eyes, ears, nose) and since sensory input is so important as well as it's transmission so vulnerable, their brain is located very close. Or is it the other way around?

There are exceptions to those rules, but you really need to go below the water level to find many of them. That is where our planet has alien life.

Moral of the story? If there are extra terrestrial, intelligent beings, that have evolved (big if), then I think it is most likely they are the product of a very similar evolutionary history. They most likely have something like a brain. They most likely have some sort of sensory inputs close to that brain. They most likely have some extremities to manipulate things and so on.

Will they look like humans as in Star Trek? Nope, probably not. I think they will look a bit less human than a grasshopper does. And judging by the above criteria, a grasshopper looks almost like a human. Has all the same features, plus wings.

Almost human plus wings = Angel. No?

...And judging by the above criteria, a grasshopper looks almost like a human. Has all the same features, plus wings.

Hum? ET evolved from a praying mantis, well anything is possible. If we keep going like we are then insects are the next terrestrial-life iteration.

Sea life->amphibian->reptile->mammal->cockroach?

*Puts foil hat back on and sits in corner*

...And judging by the above criteria, a grasshopper looks almost like a human. Has all the same features, plus wings.

Hum? ET evolved from a praying mantis, well anything is possible. If we keep going like we are then insects are the next terrestrial-life iteration.

Sea life->amphibian->reptile->mammal->cockroach?

*Puts foil hat back on and sits in corner*

Everything possable don't rule out nothing.

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Cheers everybody
Life is short so don't sip
Beer speaks, people mumble

...And judging by the above criteria, a grasshopper looks almost like a human. Has all the same features, plus wings.

Hum? ET evolved from a praying mantis, well anything is possible. If we keep going like we are then insects are the next terrestrial-life iteration.

Sea life->amphibian->reptile->mammal->cockroach?

*Puts foil hat back on and sits in corner*

Everything possable don't rule out nothing.

+1

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one thing I have to say is if E.T. come to visit we have one hell of a welcome committe. Fighters, bombs, lasers, what a hell of place to stop in for coffee and shoot the freeze. LOL

If I was E.T. I would stear clear and avoid the place.

I seen mine about 3 years ago and no one change my mind on that one. almost filled my pants.

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Cheers everybody
Life is short so don't sip
Beer speaks, people mumble

There has been ample scientific proof that no intelligent life exists here.
At least not in Washington, DC.

Not just there, look around the world they have all gone mad.

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Cheers everybody
Life is short so don't sip
Beer speaks, people mumble

How amazingly unlikely is your birth

Right, I'd say my birth was an assured thing,
right from the beginning of the universe......

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You know calttooth I think I could have passed on this one from being born.

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Cheers everybody
Life is short so don't sip
Beer speaks, people mumble

How amazingly unlikely is your birth

Right, I'd say my birth was an assured thing,
right from the beginning of the universe......

+1

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How amazingly unlikely is your birth

Right, I'd say my birth was an assured thing,
right from the beginning of the universe......

I know that mine was assured as I'm here. ;-)

Cheers.

Wibble wibble wibble Sorry Nurse, is it that time again?

Tell my daughter that she has to take care of the new borns at the hospital. She said it was a full house.

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Cheers everybody
Life is short so don't sip
Beer speaks, people mumble

Time for some ones medicine me thinks....

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