This is almost certainly going to be the case though. The amount of positive assertions needed for two interstellar races to encounter each other at the same time with the same level of technology is improbably to the point of being impossible.
the gap would be even bigger than that.
space age to colonizing the galaxy is 1-2 million years, even at no light speed, thats still a blink of an eye in geological and evolutionary timescales. it will most likely be the first civilization colonizing everything while everyone else is still fish in the ocean
>intergalactic space faring life forms represented in show/movie >all carbon based life forms >all walking bipedal
can I get a Cinemaphile anon in here to give me the odds of this happening
Extremely low, bipedalism is by no means a requirement for technology or sentience.
An organism would need:
a means of manipulating their environment and making tools
sensory information to be able to manipulate environment
social structure conducive to creating something resembling civilization
Remember: if an organism uses ammonia as a solvent, lives in extremely high or low pressure atmosphere, and has a correspondingly WEIRD enivronment with radically different selection pressures... there is no reason to assume any convergence of body plan on bipedalism, any *pedalism, or even having limbs in the traditional sense.
Could have pseudopods, communicate chemically or via touch.
Might not even DO anything, might just be able to manipulate the equivalent of ants or something to do everything. It's impossible to tell from our humble vantage point (not even set foot on another planet IN OUR system).
TL;DR alien life, when discovered, is going to be so unimaginably different and mind-shatteringly weird that it will make all previous speculation seem hilarious. Think how insanely bad the first attempts to draw dinosaurs from bones were they thought iguanadon's thumb bone was a tooth, and that's not even close to the worst. We're talking levels of strangeness that might not just make any meaningful communication very difficult but possibly even impossible. Don't worry though: statistically one of us is going to be tens of thousands of years more advanced than the others, so ONE of us isn't going to have much time to worry about it. >:)
life seeding
could be anything if this is taken into account, but it is a huge cop out.
It is crazy when you look at how many (how few in comparison) animals on our planet that has more than 2 eyes.
So you just imagine a different planet with different chemical composition and can assume that there are planets where lifeforms all have vastly more than 2 eyes.
That is just a microcosm of a variable of difference that could occur.
you know what would be cool >after all these years we contact some alien civ >they tell us about the Son of God that died for their and our sins
imagine reaction on earth
>Chancellor Gorkon: I offer a toast. The undiscovered country... the future. >Spock: Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. >Chancellor Gorkon: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him In the Original Klingon.
>Chancellor Gorkon: I offer a toast. The undiscovered country... the future. >Spock: Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. >Chancellor Gorkon: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him In the Original Klingon.
>Digidisks were better before all the studios of Glorkon V went woke
That movie already exists zoom zooms, it's called Galaxy Quest. Watch it.
The Catholic Church was actually concerned about this possibility back in the Middle Ages. It is said that was the main source of disagreement with Giardano Bruno's teachings. I believe the problem is: if Jesus died a vast number of times on other planets, then that means his crucifixion here and thus his sacrifice weren't that special, as they happened a large number of times. In other words, man itself wouldn't be that special in the eyes of God.
The Catholic Church was actually concerned about this possibility back in the Middle Ages. It is said that was the main source of disagreement with Giardano Bruno's teachings. I believe the problem is: if Jesus died a vast number of times on other planets, then that means his crucifixion here and thus his sacrifice weren't that special, as they happened a large number of times. In other words, man itself wouldn't be that special in the eyes of God.
>it turns out that Jesus wasn't killed on other planets and they all just accepted his teachings >we are the bad guys of the universe
>every alien species either growls unintelligibly or speaks modern English >increments of time are based on the Georgian calendar, such as days or minutes >intelligent alien species seem to always adhere to human concepts of things such as Physics >Biology and chemistry ideals are in line with humanity as well, no alien theorists ever spout anything other than the norm >military of alien species are suspiciously like human historical military with rank and file and battalions >alien species hardly ever read minds or have special traits since writers can't write for them
>OP is called homosexual
Frick Black folk.
> sound in space
>currency is called credits
This is to be expected from anything sci-fi at this point.
>American character uses Social Carbon Credits
>"Damn BlackRock..."
>all aliens are referred to by their planet's demonym
>only Earthlings are called "humans" instead
Always bugs me
>humans are referred to as "terrans"
What is etymology Black person?
>movie set hundreds of years into the future
>capital city has a statue of Louis Armstrong
>not one of Hyuri Gagarin
>capital city has a statue of Louis Armstrong
I guess that's pretty weird.
>the planet is called "Wonderful World"
>First poster is called best poster
Movie is called kino
Oleee ARRIBA ESPAÑAAAAAAA JAJAJA
>ship has ion thrusters
>can see multiple moons from planet’s surface
>all alien civs have approximately the same level of technology.
>All aliens are either hyper advanced with spaceships and teleporters, or primitive war-like tribes with no in-between
This is almost certainly going to be the case though. The amount of positive assertions needed for two interstellar races to encounter each other at the same time with the same level of technology is improbably to the point of being impossible.
the gap would be even bigger than that.
space age to colonizing the galaxy is 1-2 million years, even at no light speed, thats still a blink of an eye in geological and evolutionary timescales. it will most likely be the first civilization colonizing everything while everyone else is still fish in the ocean
>intergalactic space faring life forms represented in show/movie
>all carbon based life forms
>all walking bipedal
can I get a Cinemaphile anon in here to give me the odds of this happening
life seeding
I'd give you life, if you catch my seed
Extremely low, bipedalism is by no means a requirement for technology or sentience.
An organism would need:
a means of manipulating their environment and making tools
sensory information to be able to manipulate environment
social structure conducive to creating something resembling civilization
Remember: if an organism uses ammonia as a solvent, lives in extremely high or low pressure atmosphere, and has a correspondingly WEIRD enivronment with radically different selection pressures... there is no reason to assume any convergence of body plan on bipedalism, any *pedalism, or even having limbs in the traditional sense.
Could have pseudopods, communicate chemically or via touch.
Might not even DO anything, might just be able to manipulate the equivalent of ants or something to do everything. It's impossible to tell from our humble vantage point (not even set foot on another planet IN OUR system).
TL;DR alien life, when discovered, is going to be so unimaginably different and mind-shatteringly weird that it will make all previous speculation seem hilarious. Think how insanely bad the first attempts to draw dinosaurs from bones were they thought iguanadon's thumb bone was a tooth, and that's not even close to the worst. We're talking levels of strangeness that might not just make any meaningful communication very difficult but possibly even impossible. Don't worry though: statistically one of us is going to be tens of thousands of years more advanced than the others, so ONE of us isn't going to have much time to worry about it. >:)
could be anything if this is taken into account, but it is a huge cop out.
based
Thanks sci bro
that was a dank reply
It is crazy when you look at how many (how few in comparison) animals on our planet that has more than 2 eyes.
So you just imagine a different planet with different chemical composition and can assume that there are planets where lifeforms all have vastly more than 2 eyes.
That is just a microcosm of a variable of difference that could occur.
>Astronauts detonate the piss canisters in orbit out of spite towards earthlings
KINO
>Alien is from Mexico or some other hellhole
>He's actually a nice guy with a family who works hard
>violent civilization of warriors, in which honor is the most important concept
you know what would be cool
>after all these years we contact some alien civ
>they tell us about the Son of God that died for their and our sins
imagine reaction on earth
It'd be cool if it turned out Humans had OP cultural staying power and they all adopted our religions and became obsessed with our Television and Film
>Chancellor Gorkon: I offer a toast. The undiscovered country... the future.
>Spock: Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.
>Chancellor Gorkon: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him In the Original Klingon.
>Digidisks were better before all the studios of Glorkon V went woke
That movie already exists zoom zooms, it's called Galaxy Quest. Watch it.
The Catholic Church was actually concerned about this possibility back in the Middle Ages. It is said that was the main source of disagreement with Giardano Bruno's teachings. I believe the problem is: if Jesus died a vast number of times on other planets, then that means his crucifixion here and thus his sacrifice weren't that special, as they happened a large number of times. In other words, man itself wouldn't be that special in the eyes of God.
>it turns out that Jesus wasn't killed on other planets and they all just accepted his teachings
>we are the bad guys of the universe
>every alien species either growls unintelligibly or speaks modern English
>increments of time are based on the Georgian calendar, such as days or minutes
>intelligent alien species seem to always adhere to human concepts of things such as Physics
>Biology and chemistry ideals are in line with humanity as well, no alien theorists ever spout anything other than the norm
>military of alien species are suspiciously like human historical military with rank and file and battalions
>alien species hardly ever read minds or have special traits since writers can't write for them
>one character suspects that something is fishy
>he's killed in the first episode and no one talks about it ever again
*trump*