Texan, how much credit should I give us or the aliens? They are either so technologically advanced to be able to pop themselves into or out of existance in the blink of an eye (without anyone noticing), but they are not yet advanced enough to be able to make simple artifacts/trade goods etc using replication devices and have an interest in what we do on our parochial little planet. Doesn't sound likely to me.
I do accept the potential for scientific curiosity getting these godlike creatures to come and have a cursory glance at what we're up to, but if they really are that advanced, we are going to be of very little interest to them.
So we need an alien race that's capable of faster-than-light travel, yet not quite advanced enough for the journey to be a complete waste of time. It's just a very very unlikely proposition - and, as the title of this thread suggests, if it were remotely likely it should have happened by now.
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In any case, scientists have accelerated light particles to, get this, faster than the speed of light.
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No they haven't - or if they have and I missed it, could you tell me more please?
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Anyways, there's been too much crazy shit around for it all to be crackpots, hm?
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There are always plenty of crackpots.