Quote (Asexual @ Oct 1 2014 11:16pm)
Even if we could see an alien civilization out in space thousands or millions of light years away, were seeing what it was thousands or millions of years ago, so itd probably be extinct, same as if another species notices us from that far away, we'll be long gone before they do
This isn't a fact though. The chances are high, but the "stars" we see are more then we can count. So the chances of 1 being still alive is quite higher than; all of them being dead if we ever get there one day.
It has to do with; the speed of light.
We see a star, X million miles away. Factoring in how long it takes for that light to travel, will gives us a timeline. Which could mean that star might already be extinct and we're just now seeing the light, cause it took time for it to get here and also took us some time to be able to see it.
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As for the whole pyramids thingy, cause I guess thats how this whole topic began.
I'm not saying it was aliens.
During those times in Egypt, the Pharaoh had everyone working for them, hundreds of thousands of ppl. Technically it wouldn't be hard to work together to build something in a short amount of time, specially with such a huge workforce. They had mathematicians, engineers and so forth.
Something ppl miss though, is that pyramids exist all around the world. Not only in Egypt.
Some are even trying to prove that the ones in China are older than Egypt. But the chinese goverment wont allow researchers to sample the earth, stones, etc. Furthermore, the chinese have even tried to change the topagraphy of those areas, to hide the fact that pyramids are there. They have added trees, wildlife, and so forth, so to the natural eye it doesn't seem the way it truely is. But from above, with the right equipment it's quite easily disected.
Moving on, almost all the pyramids found all around the world do point to Orions belt. If only the Egypt pyramids did, I would agree; could be a coincidence. But most of them point to the same constellation? Ya, I guess it could truely still be a coincidence.
Also, it wasn't a Egyptian who decided one day to travel the world and tell other civilizations years later to build similar pyramids. During those times, traveling from one place to another... well it wasn't like today. Not to mention some of them are decades if not centuries apart, after each civilization was gone.
So how did they get the idea to build a pyramid, if they had never seen one before? Ya sure... another coincidence. One of the builders was alive and able to travel and spread the word; hey lets build some more pyramids, they're cool! Could be plausable.
Theres way to much theories, and just because one has been accepted/proven/etc. doesn't mean it's correct.
History has ALOT of mistakes, that have been taught to us, and with time we are learning that history sometimes needs to be rewritten.
Another thing I find sad is; people are so naive, heartless, unsympathetic.
We're all allowed to believe w/e we choose to. If we've done our own reseach about a subject and choose to believe something, who am I or anyone to say; stfu you troll you're wrong and I'm right!
(ofc if someone researches, comes here and says; hey Earth doesn't revolve around the Sun, then ya... he/she has a few strings loose and needs some of our help to get it right, lol)