Started by Corporal Hicks, Jun 20, 2018, 02:20:50 PM
Quote from: Scorpio on Jun 21, 2018, 10:24:02 PMWhat if they do have proof and they're just not releasing it to the public?
Quote from: MU-TH-UR 6000 on Jun 21, 2018, 10:37:42 PMQuote from: Scorpio on Jun 21, 2018, 10:24:02 PMWhat if they do have proof and they're just not releasing it to the public?Why would they keep it a secret? There's no reason for that, it wouldn't make a big rucus at all.
Quote from: Huggs on Jun 21, 2018, 10:50:30 PMThe days are gone when you might expect full-out panic in the streets at the mention of Aliens existing. No doubt due to the movies, radio productions, and literature of the time. Little men from Mars were the thing back then. Now we have zombies. If aliens were announced to exist, you'd have a slight sales increase in gas, guns, ammo and food for about a week or two and then everybody would be talking about how cool it is that aliens exist. The kids would all be wanting flying saucers for Christmas. A month later, some celebrity would check themselves into rehab, and the space men would be forgotten.
Quote from: OpenMaw on Jun 22, 2018, 12:14:54 AMQuote from: Huggs on Jun 21, 2018, 10:50:30 PMThe days are gone when you might expect full-out panic in the streets at the mention of Aliens existing. No doubt due to the movies, radio productions, and literature of the time. Little men from Mars were the thing back then. Now we have zombies. If aliens were announced to exist, you'd have a slight sales increase in gas, guns, ammo and food for about a week or two and then everybody would be talking about how cool it is that aliens exist. The kids would all be wanting flying saucers for Christmas. A month later, some celebrity would check themselves into rehab, and the space men would be forgotten.It's amazing just how true all of that is.
Quote from: whiterabbit on Jun 22, 2018, 12:46:02 AMYea but what happens if the aliens look like the devil complete with skeletons riding on horses?
Quote from: MU-TH-UR 6000 on Jun 21, 2018, 10:37:42 PMWhy would they keep it a secret? There's no reason for that, it wouldn't make a big rucus at all.
QuoteAs it was mentioned here, most people are dumb as bricks and this being news would just fly over them.
QuoteYou have flat-earthers and people denying dinosaurs ever existed aplenty, so.
Quote from: Scorpio on Jun 22, 2018, 03:11:16 AMI don't believe anything is 'real'. As Morpheus said "How do you define real?"
Quote from: Scorpio on Jun 22, 2018, 03:22:20 AMWell pain is just a signal interpreted by the brain, some people have apparently learned to minimise or eradicate pain through various techniques.
Quote from: SM on Jun 22, 2018, 03:39:15 AMMore or less than this thread?
Quote from: OpenMaw on Jun 22, 2018, 03:43:38 AMHey Scorpio, since nothing is real can I have all of your non existent Earthly possessions?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 20, 2018, 02:20:50 PMhttp://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/ridley-scott-alien/58449/prometheus-and-alien-ridley-scott-s-feeling-for-flutesQuoteFor years, that seemed to be as far as we could get with the flute mystery. But then, in 2017 - almost exactly five years after we talked to Anil Biltoo - we finally got to raise the subject with Ridley Scott. Ostensibly, Scott was in the country to promote Blade Runner 2049 - the sequel to his own 1982 classic, which he produced and Denis Villeneuve directed. But Scott's mind is far too alive and restless to stick to one topic for long, and so our conversation veered quite dramatically from Blade Runner to World War II bombs to the question of whether Leonardo da Vinci was some form of artificial intelligence.From there, Scott began to muse on the subject of ancient aliens - and whether the extraordinary creativity displayed by someone like Da Vinci or Mozart might have been the result of an intervention by an extraterrestrial power. Seizing the moment, we asked: was that why the flute was in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant? Was it Scott's way of saying that music was something given to us by ancient aliens?"Well, yeah," Scott said, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "The flute would probably be the most basic instrument - you get a reed, you punch a hole through it, blow, and you get sound. So I felt the flute was the most basic of all instruments - the air. Or you could have percussion, drums. But I think it was air, to get an interesting, magical sound. But I always revolve around the idea of, I like the genius of Michelangelo. In terms of his brain, his mathematical, engineering, artistic mind. It makes him one of the absolute greats, really. He was 100 years ahead of his time. So yeah, the flute is a symbol of simplicity, but also, it's a sonic lock: you play the right notes, it opens a door."
QuoteFor years, that seemed to be as far as we could get with the flute mystery. But then, in 2017 - almost exactly five years after we talked to Anil Biltoo - we finally got to raise the subject with Ridley Scott. Ostensibly, Scott was in the country to promote Blade Runner 2049 - the sequel to his own 1982 classic, which he produced and Denis Villeneuve directed. But Scott's mind is far too alive and restless to stick to one topic for long, and so our conversation veered quite dramatically from Blade Runner to World War II bombs to the question of whether Leonardo da Vinci was some form of artificial intelligence.From there, Scott began to muse on the subject of ancient aliens - and whether the extraordinary creativity displayed by someone like Da Vinci or Mozart might have been the result of an intervention by an extraterrestrial power. Seizing the moment, we asked: was that why the flute was in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant? Was it Scott's way of saying that music was something given to us by ancient aliens?"Well, yeah," Scott said, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "The flute would probably be the most basic instrument - you get a reed, you punch a hole through it, blow, and you get sound. So I felt the flute was the most basic of all instruments - the air. Or you could have percussion, drums. But I think it was air, to get an interesting, magical sound. But I always revolve around the idea of, I like the genius of Michelangelo. In terms of his brain, his mathematical, engineering, artistic mind. It makes him one of the absolute greats, really. He was 100 years ahead of his time. So yeah, the flute is a symbol of simplicity, but also, it's a sonic lock: you play the right notes, it opens a door."