7 August 2021 - space alien 5
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It is true, though, that the hypothesis “space aliens did it” has been
often proposed and never proved. Some human was clever enough to think
up how it could have happened by itself. And the hypothesis makes no
predictions, because space aliens might do anything; you could blame us
for global warming or for Tucker Carlson, and nobody can disprove it.
The reasoning is accurate, we do do anything: Land radio transmitters on
neutron stars, send semaphore signals by blocking starlight, sculpt
passing interstellar objects into weird shapes, all those things. I have
a question about the hypothesis, though. Now that I’m here and talking
to you, will you accept it, or think up how my talk could have happened
by itself?
clue:
See pulsars, Boyajian’s Star, and ‘Oumuamua.
take oh take this clue away