It is true. Up to a point. Those that remain are very very few. And all they can do is remain to themselves or do as much as is advisable to stop others on the same development path from becoming that self-destructive thing.
Here at the end clip, are Sue McLaren & Suzanne Chesterton with 'Connected.'
And before them, this - 'THE CIA LOST ARCHIVE FILES - PROJECT RUMPELSTILTSKIN:'
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In January, there was a story that briefly became prominent as a novelty news item: Helen Sharman - Britain's first astronaut - claimed that aliens definitely exist and they may be living among us. What I thought was interesting was that she didn't receive the "David Icke treatment." But maybe the Pandemic coverage overtook her story and saved her from the scorn of the media.
ReplyDeleteThe crucial thing about Sagan's point, is that highly advanced civilizations - like ours here and now - that can achieve (hypothetical) 'Tach 1' vehicles, are also inclined to destroy themselves through conflicts where they presume their technology gives them superiority.
ReplyDeleteOr to put it in a better way - they presume on the grounds of their technology superiority, that they are in other ways superior; and this could easily apply to those not quite yet at such an advanced stage though close to it. I would place China in that position, more so than I would propose the USA is an edgy volatile beast. I know that Sagan was incorrect that there are 'no' surviving ultra advanced civilizations, simply for no other reason than that at least for now, we are one potentially, that 'remains' around still with sufficient INSTRUMENT knowledge of physics to be 'in the ballpark.' And that raises all the real questions then.
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