Because they tend to hurt after a while, for one. They also look pretty nasty. People generally don't need to be told if they have a hole of rotten teeth straight down to their pulp.
Having said that, never skip your dental visits!
The UFO Stigma
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Having said that, never skip your dental visits!
Very interesting Psychiatro-Logical Oral Health Thread!
First, a question occurs to me, based upon a couple of quotes:
Is there a difference between "at the bottom" and "on the bottom"?
As to the UFO Stgma Question:
There will be strong evidence of extra-terrestrial visits when that evidence makes itself known. Until that point, it is just conjecture.
First, a question occurs to me, based upon a couple of quotes:
Is there a difference between "at the bottom" and "on the bottom"?
As to the UFO Stgma Question:
There will be strong evidence of extra-terrestrial visits when that evidence makes itself known. Until that point, it is just conjecture.
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^On the bottom seems (to me as a non-native english-speaker) that you are placed upon something that is the physical bottom of something else, whereas at the bottom of something means there is a scale you can't progress further downwards on...
Sounds perfectly reasonable. (I'm sure language-people will have some weird explanation that says the same using more words with more syllables (some might even be in latin)).
Funny mention here, since in/at/on refer to orientation in both space and time. It is the English language's attempt to map the spacetime continuum with particles (but not waves).
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"In" is broad, "on" is narrow, and "at" is pinpoint location, in both space and time.
Or as is expressed in Latin, Reginarum rosae sunt pulchrae.
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"In" is broad, "on" is narrow, and "at" is pinpoint location, in both space and time.
Or as is expressed in Latin, Reginarum rosae sunt pulchrae.
Sounds good, Hijol! 
Does alien life exist? Almost certainly.
Does intelligent alien life exist? Very probably.
Is that life channeling the vast energies required to cross the inconceivable distances between stars in order to allow unbelieveably poor quality images to be taken of them, chop up some cows, and butt-probe a smattering of rural Kentuckians?
Almost certainly not.
Does intelligent alien life exist? Very probably.
Is that life channeling the vast energies required to cross the inconceivable distances between stars in order to allow unbelieveably poor quality images to be taken of them, chop up some cows, and butt-probe a smattering of rural Kentuckians?
Almost certainly not.
You underestimate the allure of the Kentuckian anus.
I would describe myself as an agnostic regarding UFOs. I don't know if there is anything to it.
But I can take seriously the idea that there may be life out there, because of the astronomically large number of stars in the universe. Sheer numbers of different environments might by sheer chance result in viable biospheres on a few planets.
I can even take seriously the idea that there is intelligent life out there. Consider the idea that we may exist. (Actually, that might not be a good example of intelligent life). An implication is that organisms comparable to ourselves may exist.
There is a catch..... Two, actually.
The astronomical distances, which are truly beyond human comprehension. And the vastness of time.
Even if "slowboats" to the nearest stars prove workable, we may never contact an intelligence in another galaxy.
But I can take seriously the idea that there may be life out there, because of the astronomically large number of stars in the universe. Sheer numbers of different environments might by sheer chance result in viable biospheres on a few planets.
I can even take seriously the idea that there is intelligent life out there. Consider the idea that we may exist. (Actually, that might not be a good example of intelligent life). An implication is that organisms comparable to ourselves may exist.
There is a catch..... Two, actually.
The astronomical distances, which are truly beyond human comprehension. And the vastness of time.
Even if "slowboats" to the nearest stars prove workable, we may never contact an intelligence in another galaxy.
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My own beliefs on the subject were best summed up by Ted Arroway (David Morse, in Contact) when he delivered Carl Sagan's words in the line,
“The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
I always find videos and photos of UFOs amusing because they are ALWAYS out of focus. Believers however will conjure up all kinds of explanations to why this is so.
^I don't recall, has anyone posted this yet:
^I don't recall, has anyone posted this yet:
It's the second post in the thread.
In case nobody has expressed this particular thought yet... I tend to agree with the simple yet wise words spoken by Calvin to Hobbes: "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
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