"N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)" <dlzc1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Dear William Graham:
>
> "William Graham" <weg9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Doc" <docsavage20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Feb 19, 6:24 pm, dlzc <dl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>> I've seen UFOs. But I don't care if I convince
>>>> someone of that, nor whether or not they were
>>>> of extra-terrestial origin. Not my job. I got 15-20
>>>> seconds of amazement, and a friend right next
>>>> to me that could not see it. I consider it a gift.
>>>
>>>> Heckling welcomed. No aluminum foil hats here.
>>
>>> I believe you've seen objects you've been unable
>>> to identify, by default making it a "UFO" from
>>> your vantage point whether it was a cloud or the
>>> Goodyear blimp. Not so easily convinced that it
>>> had anything to do with visitors from another
>>> planet.
>>
>> Yeah.....With my knowledge of aircraft, almost
>> everything in the sky is a, "UFO" to me.......But
>> the last thing I would assume is that any of it is from some other
>> planet......The closest "other
>> planet" is over 4 light years away from us, so
>> this is a no brainer.......
>
> Oh, I don't think the technology is impossible. If we can think of it,
we
> can eventually accomplish it. I cannot believe we are the smartest
> organism to come along in the history of the Universe.
"Impossible" can mean many things to many people. In theory, anything
might
be possible, especially to a pure mathematician. But realistically, if you
are going to bother to even consider (and discuss) any problem, then you
must consider the laws of physics as we know them to be today. And, in the
light of those laws, it is extremely unlikely that any object here on
earth
came here from some other star system. - I have no objection to "flights
of
fantacy" speculation, but just understand that when you indulge it these,
you are leaving the realm of rational thought, and entering the realm of
science fiction fantacy. IOW, when I look up in the sky, and see something
that I do not understand, I will be willing to believe almost anything
about
it rather than speculate on it's origin being outside of our own solar
system. This is simply a practical matter based on all the laws of physics
that I have known (and used) during my whole lifetime. I spent about 30
years working at a high energy physics laboratory chock full of people
with
PhD's in physics. We used relativistic mechanics on a daily basis to solve
real problems involved with the machines we built and used to investigate
the make up of matter. I can assure you that these equations were
reliable,
and enabled us to do our jobs well. We built and used machines that cost
the
taxpayers over 100 million dollars using them, and they worked as expected
when completed. So, I am forced to go with that technology unless and
until
I am shown some other technology and had it explained mathematically to
me,
and demonstrated to me as well.
>
> But if you have the technology, why would you come *here*? They
probably
> already know what the Vogons have planned... It can't be for the "hot
> air", the pig swill of political rhetoric, or the very remarkable
material
> governmentium. or they'd be seen over Wa****ngton D.C.
>
> David A. Smith
>
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