Comments on: Aliens might be just like us… greedy, violent and short on resources http://futurismic.com/2010/01/26/aliens-might-be-just-like-us-greedy-violent-and-short-on-resources/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2010/01/26/aliens-might-be-just-like-us-greedy-violent-and-short-on-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-70531 Paul Raven Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:38:44 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10304#comment-70531 I rather think you're going to fit in just fine around here, Patrick. :) I rather think you’re going to fit in just fine around here, Patrick. :)

]]> By: Patrick H http://futurismic.com/2010/01/26/aliens-might-be-just-like-us-greedy-violent-and-short-on-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-70496 Patrick H Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:16:50 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10304#comment-70496 I like Professor Morris's use of the phrase "quite as likely" there. Could be peaceful, could be violent, we just don't know! In the meantime, please come to our conference where we will discuss this knowledge vacuum at length. I also like "Most people who thought the broadcast was real took sensible actions to protect themselves." In much the same way as people sensibly give away all their possessions and wait naked on a hill top for Jesus to come and get them after their toaster tells them its the apocalypse. I like Professor Morris’s use of the phrase “quite as likely” there. Could be peaceful, could be violent, we just don’t know! In the meantime, please come to our conference where we will discuss this knowledge vacuum at length.

I also like “Most people who thought the broadcast was real took sensible actions to protect themselves.” In much the same way as people sensibly give away all their possessions and wait naked on a hill top for Jesus to come and get them after their toaster tells them its the apocalypse.

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