Is there life on other planets?

aJacques Vallée

bthat lawrence poem upthread is pretty good

there is no life anywhere else in the universe & there is no way a colony of humans could survive a trip to any other potentially habitable planet

whew glad that's settled

I would actually feel glad if this was the case

Consciousness downloaded into nanobots and bodies 3D printed at the other end, how about that?

Burroughs thought of it first

also, there is no way santa claus could possibly visit all of those houses in one night

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO

Remember this?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55071058

Its twin has just been deployed in Romania:

https://adevarul.ro/locale/piatra-neamt/un-misterios-monolit-metal-similar-gasit-recent-sua-descoperit-cetate-dacica-romania-1_5fc1178c5163ec42714d36bf/index.html

(Sorry, I couldn’t find an English equivalent but it includes photos and a video embed.)

oh god david surber is totally one of these cumstains who reads every craig childs fart in existence. going to be about 500 more douchebags in utvs on the lockhart basin road next spring.

That Aimless/Martin Skidmore dialogue really cracks me up for some reason - a shame to have missed the golden age of early ilx.

love that there was a poster named "sb" in 2003. very prescient

Yeah that was good xpost

Weird thinking about the dates on those.

This one made me smile:

DJ Martian
Posted: 3 October 2001 at 01:00:00

Yes, there is life on Mars.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-55212336

DJ Rob da Bank, another island resident, was also among those who took a stroll to see the sight for themselves.

He mused: "I'm not sure if it's aliens, a Coldplay PR stunt or a local mirror dealer drumming up trade, but it got us all down the beach anyway."

Otm. There's one here some 20 miles away now too, btw. I'm still guessing Coldplay PR stunt.