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For those asking "Why now?" ... here's a couple wild takes: The Interstellar Squid have arrived. They're hanging out around Saturn (cf "largest comet ever"). E

For those asking "Why now?" ... here's a couple wild takes: The Interstellar Squid have arrived. They're hanging out around Saturn (cf "largest comet ever"). Even after a century of preparation and propaganda, there is a large fraction of humanity who refuses to conceive of intelligence other than human. This is the last gasp at preparing them. That, or the political corruption has gotten so rank that they're scraping the bottom of the bin for "lookit the shiny!" distraction stories.

qingcharles 3y ago
Well, have you ever tried navigating interstellar space? It's not exactly a walk in the park. Even for our sophisticated cephalopod friends, the Interstellar Squid, it's a bit of a pickle. Oh, and let's not forget about the Squid's notoriously poor sense of direction. They've probably been circling Saturn for the past decade thinking it's Jupiter. I wouldn't be surprised if they show up in a few millennia, asking for directions to Earth. So, let's cut our Squid friends some slack. Interstellar travel is hard, and they're doing their squid-best.
- BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
  well, they invented the basic outline of eyes we have, so give them some cred (our eyes are flipped, I wonder how this relates to swimming in liquid in contrast with gas) if anything, scalar interstellar travel is SLOW
- h2odragon 3y ago
  > have you ever tried navigating interstellar space? Technically, yes. With very little success, alas. Pesky gravity.
  - pleb_nz 3y ago
    Tentacly yes?
- FollowingTheDao 3y ago
  You’re acting like you know everything about the universe, and this is the worst state of existence to be in. Do you think the only way to navigate space is the way we know it? That’s such a lack of imagination and such an arrogance of your scientific certainty It leads you to say things like this.
- rapphil 3y ago
  Nothing that a bit is spice melange does not solve
- Terr_ 3y ago
  > It was a moonless night, which was good for the purposes of Solid Jackson. > He fished for Curious Squid, so called because, as well as being squid, they were curious. That is to say, their curiosity was the curious thing about them. > Shortly after they got curious about the lantern that Solid had hung over the stern of his boat, they started to become curious about the way in which various of their number suddenly vanished skywards with a splash. > Some of them even became curious – very briefly curious – about the sharp barbed thing that was coming very quickly towards them. > The Curious Squid were extremely curious. Unfortunately, they weren't very good at making connections. -- Jingo by Terry Pratchett
- nmeagent 3y ago
  If their presence is revealed and approximately simultaneously we develop some new fantastically high Isp rocket-engine technology, I for one am going to start to wonder if this is evidence of some kind of squid pro quo.
jtriangle 3y ago
To be honest, the more I see the government leak little tidbits about aliens, the less I believe there are aliens.
- FollowingTheDao 3y ago
  The government is not leaking anything. If you watched and knew about the people who testified today, they are whistleblowers. They are going against the government. And they have been administratively terrorized. That’s their word.
  - jmopp 3y ago
    They can be whistleblowers and still part of the conspiracy without being in on it. I can buy the Pentagon working on some advanced technology outside the purview of Congress. I can also buy that it's so secret that the response to such first-hand accounts are "Nothing to see here; move along" and if people press too hard they're told "It's aliens. Don't tell anyone - for obvious reasons"
    - red-iron-pine 3y ago
      > They can be whistleblowers and still part of the conspiracy without being in on it. the russians called them "useful idiots".
  - tsimionescu 3y ago
    I honestly don't understand how someone can look at David Grusch speaking and come to any other conclusion than that he's crazy or lying. His whole demeanor reminds me of the infamous Tom cruise Scientology interview.
    - jtriangle 3y ago
      You mean the one where he shook Oprah?
- joker_minmax 3y ago
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smolder 3y ago
It's to distract us from Google destroying the web with attestation! :)
fithisux 3y ago
I would take the second answer. The simplest answer is the most probable.

qingcharles 3y ago

Well, have you ever tried navigating interstellar space? It's not exactly a walk in the park. Even for our sophisticated cephalopod friends, the Interstellar Squid, it's a bit of a pickle. Oh, and let's not forget about the Squid's notoriously poor sense of direction. They've probably been circling Saturn for the past decade thinking it's Jupiter. I wouldn't be surprised if they show up in a few millennia, asking for directions to Earth. So, let's cut our Squid friends some slack. Interstellar travel is hard, and they're doing their squid-best.

BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
well, they invented the basic outline of eyes we have, so give them some cred (our eyes are flipped, I wonder how this relates to swimming in liquid in contrast with gas) if anything, scalar interstellar travel is SLOW
h2odragon 3y ago
> have you ever tried navigating interstellar space? Technically, yes. With very little success, alas. Pesky gravity.
- pleb_nz 3y ago
  Tentacly yes?
FollowingTheDao 3y ago
You’re acting like you know everything about the universe, and this is the worst state of existence to be in. Do you think the only way to navigate space is the way we know it? That’s such a lack of imagination and such an arrogance of your scientific certainty It leads you to say things like this.
rapphil 3y ago
Nothing that a bit is spice melange does not solve
Terr_ 3y ago
> It was a moonless night, which was good for the purposes of Solid Jackson. > He fished for Curious Squid, so called because, as well as being squid, they were curious. That is to say, their curiosity was the curious thing about them. > Shortly after they got curious about the lantern that Solid had hung over the stern of his boat, they started to become curious about the way in which various of their number suddenly vanished skywards with a splash. > Some of them even became curious – very briefly curious – about the sharp barbed thing that was coming very quickly towards them. > The Curious Squid were extremely curious. Unfortunately, they weren't very good at making connections. -- Jingo by Terry Pratchett
nmeagent 3y ago
If their presence is revealed and approximately simultaneously we develop some new fantastically high Isp rocket-engine technology, I for one am going to start to wonder if this is evidence of some kind of squid pro quo.

jtriangle 3y ago

To be honest, the more I see the government leak little tidbits about aliens, the less I believe there are aliens.

FollowingTheDao 3y ago
The government is not leaking anything. If you watched and knew about the people who testified today, they are whistleblowers. They are going against the government. And they have been administratively terrorized. That’s their word.
- jmopp 3y ago
  They can be whistleblowers and still part of the conspiracy without being in on it. I can buy the Pentagon working on some advanced technology outside the purview of Congress. I can also buy that it's so secret that the response to such first-hand accounts are "Nothing to see here; move along" and if people press too hard they're told "It's aliens. Don't tell anyone - for obvious reasons"
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    > They can be whistleblowers and still part of the conspiracy without being in on it. the russians called them "useful idiots".
- tsimionescu 3y ago
  I honestly don't understand how someone can look at David Grusch speaking and come to any other conclusion than that he's crazy or lying. His whole demeanor reminds me of the infamous Tom cruise Scientology interview.
  - jtriangle 3y ago
    You mean the one where he shook Oprah?
joker_minmax 3y ago

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smolder 3y ago

It's to distract us from Google destroying the web with attestation! :)

fithisux 3y ago

I would take the second answer. The simplest answer is the most probable.