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I'm not quite there yet but on the verge of being sick of the word precipice. Aaaaaaaand now I've done it.

Penultimate. Get over yourself already. You can still get a decent one for forty nine cents.

Singletary, Wade, Edwards-Hellaire and check back into the RB market in 6 years or so. Brenda is a good player.

Superfluous unicyclist awarded the silver in the 2020 awkward Papal moments competition.

My statement was that there is a big difference between a microbe and intelligent life. Do you disagree? Intelligent aliens being absent from the universe could be due to microbial life's initial development being difficult, or its advancement being difficult. Or both. Or other factors,. Look up "the great filter". It'll be a start in allowing rational thought in where emotion currently has control. Look at this like a good journalist would: Who: intelligent aliens What: don't exist When: so far ever in the history of time Where: the universe Why: This needs more study. It is definitely interesting but it doesn't change the above. You're focused on this pillar because you want the others to change but things don't work that way. Understanding this will be a key part in humans potentially surviving away from Earth.

OMG tell me this idiot picked up the phone and believed the Indian guy on the other end "from Microsoft" telling him his computer was compromised.

I don't have the exact date of that but it will precede Beardy McGee actually doing anything.

I know. That's why I used "would". I was also cutting him some slack because he's grasping at straws. The leap from organic material to life is indeed not understood. Microbes evolving to intelligence is also quite the leap. Math tells us this likely hasn't happened anywhere else, but not yet whether microbial life is out there. My guess on that question is yes. It may even be close by in one or more of a few places in our solar system. Mars is a candidate as are some moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The sleeper pick is parts of the upper atmosphere of Venus. That would actually be my first choice, followed by the moon with the liquid ocean under ice. I think it's Europa but I'm too tired to look it up.

So, the opposite? Microbes on Mars, while incredibly interesting, would do nothing to change the fact that the equation is simply not filling wrt intelligent life being present elsewhere in the universe.

Oy Vey on your first paragraph....and not just the paragraph......think. 1. On what assumptions are you basing that? 2. In the context of the ocean, the life is actually quite spread out. That is the point. Even being spread out, a small segment of the ocean, or any occupied space will yield results. We did? Where was that?

Merely possibilities I've seen.

You are not incorrect about our outbound signals but you are wildly incorrect about detecting signals. Think that part through again.

Lol on two fronts. 1. I would not be surprised in the least if there were microbial life elsewhere in this universe but that is not the discussion. The discussion is about intelligent life capable of communicating. 2. The crackpots in Greggy's latest article estimate that if space is all the oceans of the world, then we have searched about a hot tub's worth. Sounds small. Now bring a hot tub into any part of any ocean in the world. Fill it. Look for signs of life. You'll find lots. Bad choice of words by the crackpots.

Except math. Accept math.

Get bent

Proof that something doesn't exist is a high threshold. Actually it can't really be met, only approached. Mathematically we are close enough to that proof to know that any penny spent in further search is wasted if that penny is truly looking for aliens. If the penny is justified because alien searching is more understandable, exciting and sexy than straight up space research I'm ok with it. We need to understand space for future generations because our planet and solar system are mortals. We are a long way from reaching out to the stars but many people need to hear we're looking for something for now.....aliens.....or the money might dry up. I'm fine with the deception in service of learning about things that are real. The math says that if our species survives another 14 billion years we are highly unlikely to encounter any intelligent communicative aliens in our universe. But in order to survive we will need to become aliens. I say keep looking as long as the deception is not exposed. Maybe by the time it is, enough people will understand that this learning is necessary. If not, something new can be fabricated.

Do they have golf in Iran? Because any crappy golfer knows how to adjust. If you want to hit the green, aim for the edge of the woods. Sure, some shots will go deep into the woods but some will go on the green. Never actually aim for the green.

Bills related or not the QB FA market appears to be more interesting than its bee in a while. With the young guys in the league and rookies coming in I'm not sure any of the FA QBs will find a starting role. Assuming Talleywhacker stays in Tenn, who of these gets a starting job: Rivers in LAC or elsewhere Mariota Dalton Eli Brady Rosen Flacco Alex Smith Winston Cam Bridgewater Carr Not all of them will change teams but many will. Of those, the ones that could make sense to the Bills as pure backup aren't numerous because they are either crappy or see themselves as starter material. I see mainly Mariota or Dalton as possibilities. Barkley might be enough if they like what they've seen in Davis Webb as a fallback. Where the heck does Rosen end up and in what capacity?

Dude wtf? I pegged that Skype broad as a murderer, dismemberer, bit chopper upper and mother feeder. Does anyone one remember the name of that thread? I'd love to see it again.

These cretins, including Gervais, probably view this as some equivalent of a confession and its resulting absolution. Eff them.

Interesting

Trust them. All the time.

Removal is ideally best done via elections but your alternative won't be so hot. Spoiler alert: Commie. And in case you haven't noticed, everything is a reason for removal. Bad ideas, good ideas, fake collaboration with Russia, imagined abuse of power, choice of frozen dessert. That's where we are dude.

You don't appear to like him. Proof enough for me.

Perhaps he is succeeding because the system our forefathers set up, when not impeded by people bent on power over their "inferiors" and graft of the excess, actually works. Imagine what was gained simply by removing people like Kerry from the mix.