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>Personally I don't believe it's aliens. I find it incredibly unlikely that alien races would send crewed ships here and then be clumsy enough to crash them or

>Personally I don't believe it's aliens. I find it incredibly unlikely that alien races would send crewed ships here and then be clumsy enough to crash them or get shot down. It's unlikely, but it's possible. Maybe the aliens are rather primitive technologically, and have weapons technology similar to cannons from sailing ships in the 1700s (and spacecraft technology otherwise resembling our early 1970s craft), but they somehow discovered a simple but somehow-overlooked portion of physics that allowed them to build spacecraft that could instantly teleport across the galaxy.

JohnBooty 3y ago
a simple but somehow-overlooked portion of physics that allowed them to build spacecraft that could instantly teleport across the galaxy Well, I certainly can't say you're wrong, lol. But science is so iterative. I realize that not all hypothetical species would follow the same tech tree as humans, but "skipping steps" seems so unlikely. But hey, there are a lot of planets out there. I suppose it can't be ruled out.
int_19h 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_story%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_st...
jncfhnb 3y ago
Every time aliens come up on HN, someone brings up this idea, and then references that one sci fi story, and then the discourse “well that’s dumb as hell but the story was fun”. My dude if there is some aspect of physics that would allow for teleportation by low tech people, the earth would be annihilated by some dudes whim or accident with a month
- midoridensha 3y ago
  >My dude if there is some aspect of physics that would allow for teleportation by low tech people, the earth would be annihilated by some dudes whim or accident with a month Maybe low tech aliens stumble upon the remnants of some (other) alien race and figure out how to salvage their warp drives, but can't get the rest working. The universe is big. Maybe the warlike Pacleds just haven't found us yet. If they're low-tech (aside from FTL), they probably haven't figured out how to do long-range astronomy to look for habitable worlds either. Obviously the whole idea is a big stretch, but damn this site sure seems to have a LOT of people who are completely and utterly lacking a sense of humor.
  - jncfhnb 3y ago
    There’s no such thing as low tech aside from FTL. If you have FTL you have weapons of mass destruction orders more powerful than anything we have. And energy sources greater than anything we have. It’s not humorous when people bring the same idea up every time and defend it sincerely.

JohnBooty 3y ago

a simple but somehow-overlooked portion of physics that allowed them to build spacecraft that could instantly teleport across the galaxy Well, I certainly can't say you're wrong, lol. But science is so iterative. I realize that not all hypothetical species would follow the same tech tree as humans, but "skipping steps" seems so unlikely. But hey, there are a lot of planets out there. I suppose it can't be ruled out.

int_19h 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_story%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_st...

jncfhnb 3y ago

Every time aliens come up on HN, someone brings up this idea, and then references that one sci fi story, and then the discourse “well that’s dumb as hell but the story was fun”. My dude if there is some aspect of physics that would allow for teleportation by low tech people, the earth would be annihilated by some dudes whim or accident with a month

midoridensha 3y ago
>My dude if there is some aspect of physics that would allow for teleportation by low tech people, the earth would be annihilated by some dudes whim or accident with a month Maybe low tech aliens stumble upon the remnants of some (other) alien race and figure out how to salvage their warp drives, but can't get the rest working. The universe is big. Maybe the warlike Pacleds just haven't found us yet. If they're low-tech (aside from FTL), they probably haven't figured out how to do long-range astronomy to look for habitable worlds either. Obviously the whole idea is a big stretch, but damn this site sure seems to have a LOT of people who are completely and utterly lacking a sense of humor.
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  There’s no such thing as low tech aside from FTL. If you have FTL you have weapons of mass destruction orders more powerful than anything we have. And energy sources greater than anything we have. It’s not humorous when people bring the same idea up every time and defend it sincerely.