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Hi Guys,
I'm just interested in getting your thoughts on something - not only if we are alone in the universe, but your reaction, generally, to hearing it.
Part 1:
On the TV, we often hear commercials and documentaries/conspiracy theories in that 'deep voice' asking whether or not we are alone in the universe. I would like to start by saying that I don't think we are alone in the universe. I mean, Earth doesn't even make up 0.000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the total space out there - it never ends. It just keeps going on and on and on.
So, when we hear these things mentioned on TV, it kind of makes us feel more united and close and wondering together what else is really out there and it sounds like they are trying to intimidate us with these theories and the creepy music they play in the background. I for one think that having other life forms in the universe is exciting - seeing what else could be out there, what types of technology they use, how advanced are they etc...!
Part 2:
It's become evident, as part of the Global Financial Meltdown, that many companies are laying off staff by the hundreds... and in some cases thousands (Some major European companies). Many of us here on LU will be aware that there are some or many empty desks and workstations in our offices - generally making for a dull and depressing atmosphere with no morale. Our work offices that used to be buzzing with phones ringing off the handle and people talking amongst themselves quietly and loudly, often telling jokes and connecting with out colleagues like they are family, are now almost resembling a ghost town with very little of our good friends and work colleagues still there.
In relation to part 1, we get that same feeling running through us - we are not alone in the universe - we get that dull and depressing feeling that someone is out there watching us with advanced technology.
Why is this the case? Looking around our workstations and desks in our offices, seeing many empty chairs that were once filled with fun-loving and characterically funny colleagues, now completely empty... gives us that dull and depressing feeling (as we are now more or less alone in the office then what we once were) resembles the same feeling of dullness and depression when we think that we are not alone in the universe. Why is this the case? In one case we are alone, in the other case we are not alone, yet the feeling is the same. Why?
I'm just interested in getting your thoughts on something - not only if we are alone in the universe, but your reaction, generally, to hearing it.
Part 1:
On the TV, we often hear commercials and documentaries/conspiracy theories in that 'deep voice' asking whether or not we are alone in the universe. I would like to start by saying that I don't think we are alone in the universe. I mean, Earth doesn't even make up 0.000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the total space out there - it never ends. It just keeps going on and on and on.
So, when we hear these things mentioned on TV, it kind of makes us feel more united and close and wondering together what else is really out there and it sounds like they are trying to intimidate us with these theories and the creepy music they play in the background. I for one think that having other life forms in the universe is exciting - seeing what else could be out there, what types of technology they use, how advanced are they etc...!
Part 2:
It's become evident, as part of the Global Financial Meltdown, that many companies are laying off staff by the hundreds... and in some cases thousands (Some major European companies). Many of us here on LU will be aware that there are some or many empty desks and workstations in our offices - generally making for a dull and depressing atmosphere with no morale. Our work offices that used to be buzzing with phones ringing off the handle and people talking amongst themselves quietly and loudly, often telling jokes and connecting with out colleagues like they are family, are now almost resembling a ghost town with very little of our good friends and work colleagues still there.
In relation to part 1, we get that same feeling running through us - we are not alone in the universe - we get that dull and depressing feeling that someone is out there watching us with advanced technology.
Why is this the case? Looking around our workstations and desks in our offices, seeing many empty chairs that were once filled with fun-loving and characterically funny colleagues, now completely empty... gives us that dull and depressing feeling (as we are now more or less alone in the office then what we once were) resembles the same feeling of dullness and depression when we think that we are not alone in the universe. Why is this the case? In one case we are alone, in the other case we are not alone, yet the feeling is the same. Why?
