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[i_amthecosmos]

[Error: unknown template qotd]When I was four, I looked up into the night sky and saw a "UFO". I later figured out that it was a plane flying at night. I have a skeptical outlook, but a mind informed by too many sci-fi and horror movies. When I see a small brown thing run across my kitchen floor out of the corner of my eye, I think "brownie or gnome" before I think "mouse in the kitchen!". And it's always a mouse.

The mind can come up with anything it wants, but there is no evidence to support UFO's. Do I believe there is life on other planets? Sure. Do I believe there is intelligent life on other planets? It seems possible. Do I think many, many ships from intelligent life forms on other planets are coming here for no known fucking reason? NO. If they *are* coming, and I am wrong, then Stephen Hawkings is probably right and we should metaphorically run like hell.

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[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy probably had it right: "A small planet in the unfashionable part of the universe".

Of course, we have big mouths and are broadcasting our tv shows and music and god knows what else out into the universe all the time. Let's hope it fades off after a few light years.

[firiel77.livejournal.com]

With any luck, they'll hear Celine Dion and decide to stay away.