What if we met life on mars and we were the intelligent ones...

ITS_A_BADGER · 07-08-2012 4:02pm #1

The media seems to be all about the mars rover at the moment and the new pictures from mars are being released to the public. Its freaking amazing that they are pictures from another planet a different world. so it got me thinking what if we did happen to meet another lifeforms on another planet and we were more technology advanced , would we share our technology with them, take them to earth or what would happen???

Roadend · 07-08-2012 4:04pm

No, its against the prime directive

red menace · 07-08-2012 4:04pm

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

The media seems to be all about the mars rover at the moment and the new pictures from mars are being released to the public. Its freaking amazing that they are pictures from another planet a different world. so it got me thinking what if we did happen to meet another lifeforms on another planet and we were more technology advanced , would we share our technology with them, take them to earth or what would happen???

We take the natural resources and then kill them for having different beliefs it's how we roll

kippy · 07-08-2012 4:04pm

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

The media seems to be all about the mars rover at the moment and the new pictures from mars are being released to the public. Its freaking amazing that they are pictures from another planet a different world. so it got me thinking what if we did happen to meet another lifeforms on another planet and we were more technology advanced , would we share our technology with them, take them to earth or what would happen???

We can barely share technology amoung nations, we sure as hell wouldnt be sharing it with them unless there was some serious coin involved.

foxyboxer · 07-08-2012 4:04pm

Anal Probing.

TeddyTedson · 07-08-2012 4:05pm

Kill them just to be on the safe side I reckon. You HAVE seen Independence Day/Star Ship troopers ect haven't you. Those ****ers would kill you the first chance they get. Kill em all!!!!

ejmaztec · 07-08-2012 4:05pm

We'd probably call them thickos and poke them with sticks, or sell them ghost estates.

1ZRed · 07-08-2012 4:05pm

Exploit them for our own benefit. That seems to be human nature.

Feeona · 07-08-2012 4:07pm

I'd give them Mars bars and tell them they 'help you to work, rest and play'

CreepingDeath · 07-08-2012 4:07pm

Depends on if they had any decent natural resources I imagine... money talks.
Look at what happened to the native Indians in America when the technologically more advanced Europeans colonized it.

But more than likely, there would be very strict quarantine rules to avoid any cross-contamination of either planet.
Even probes like Curiosity have strict controls to avoid contaminating Mars with earth microbes.

TeddyTedson · 07-08-2012 4:13pm

I wonder would female aliens make good lovers..

CSU · 07-08-2012 4:13pm

...if they are to be more tech savvy than us I don't think there's a whole lot on our little planet that they'd need nor want so there's just no need for contact.

As far as studying us as beings goes there is nothing they couldn't learn from the TV signals we've been beaming out into space for years...although as soon as they caught a glimpse of TV3 they'd probably piss their intergalactic pant's laughing at those earth thicko's and turn right the fcuk around in the other direction:D

Lyaiera · 07-08-2012 4:14pm

BBQ them, grill them, boil them, oven roast with a little honey and some cloves.

There are loads of things we could do with them.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 07-08-2012 4:15pm

It's highly unlikely we'd be more intelligent so the situation won't arise.

I for for one want to wish our new more intelligent neighbors a warm welcome.

marshbaboon · 07-08-2012 4:16pm

Roadend wrote: »

No, its against the prime directive

You mean the prime directive that results in you ALWAYS INTERFERING.

ScumLord · 07-08-2012 4:17pm

By the time we could get to another planet we'd have no need for they're resources. We would more than likely just study them as it could be a valuable insight into the development of intelligent species.

Either that or we could find a local to speak on our behalf. We would probably pick the stupidest most intoxicated guy we can find, tell him everything in detail and then fall around laughing as he tries to explain it to the rest of his planet from his cardboard box and tinfoil hat. It's what they did to us those alien bastards!

TeddyTedson · 07-08-2012 4:18pm

Say if we discovered an alien on mars that was very similar to a cow or a sheep. Would we be expected to try and communicate with it or would we just eat it straight away.

How embarrassing in the worlds history would it be if we had footage of the US president doing a live link up with a sheep on Mars.

"It is my honor to introduce myself to your race and firstly say....
"Baahhhhhhh!!"

Hande hoche! · 07-08-2012 4:18pm

Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

CSU · 07-08-2012 4:19pm

CJC999 wrote: »

It's highly unlikely we'd be more intelligent so the situation won't arise.

I for for one want to wish our new more intelligent neighbors a warm welcome.

...there are ~500 million stars in our galaxy and best guestimates are that there are as many galaxies too - it is highly likely that there are many higher civ's out there

edit - yeak your post reads wrong - i fink you missed a comma somewhere im confuzed:(

NegativeCreep · 07-08-2012 4:20pm

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

The media seems to be all about the mars rover at the moment and the new pictures from mars are being released to the public. Its freaking amazing that they are pictures from another planet a different world. so it got me thinking what if we did happen to meet another lifeforms on another planet and we were more technology advanced , would we share our technology with them, take them to earth or what would happen???

Bloody martians coming over here, taking our jobs and women? nah.

Roadend · 07-08-2012 4:23pm

marshbaboon wrote: »

You mean the prime directive that results in you ALWAYS INTERFERING.

Well the episodes would have been really rubbish had they just packed up and fécked off back to star based 175653132132132131321321321321321ABC every time it came up.

CreepingDeath · 07-08-2012 4:24pm

ScumLord wrote: »

By the time we could get to another planet we'd have no need for they're resources.

Not so sure about that... the recycled water on board would probably be approaching 100% urine by then.

Buford Tannen · 07-08-2012 4:25pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I wonder would female aliens make good lovers..

Would they have 3 breasts:cool:

MrFrisp · 07-08-2012 4:25pm

Enda and his girlfriends in the E.U. would bring in some sort of tax for them..

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Gummy Panda · 07-08-2012 4:26pm

Wipe out the population to a manageable size then enslave them for natural resources extraction

johnnysmack · 07-08-2012 4:30pm

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

Its the only way to be sure!

Lyaiera · 07-08-2012 4:31pm

Lyaiera wrote: »

BBQ them, grill them, boil them, oven roast with a little honey and some cloves.

There are loads of things we could do with them.

I just realised I missed an opportunity to say, "Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!"

SEPT 23 1989 · 07-08-2012 4:31pm

Punch the head off them

Chuck Stone · 07-08-2012 4:32pm

Want some candy?

ScumLord · 07-08-2012 4:34pm

CSU wrote: »

...there are ~500 million stars in our galaxy and best guestimates are that there are as many galaxies too - it is highly likely that there are many higher civ's out there

That's still an assumption. It's likely that only a particular part of a galaxy could produce a habitable zone.

The moon has also been instrumental in the development of life on earth so simply having an earth sized planet the right distance from a sun may not be enough.

Going by the history of this planet the human race is simply bizarre. We were a fluke that almost never happened. It's also likely drug use played a big part in our development from any other animal into a sentient being. If they don't have drugs on their planet any life that forms may never get to our level.

It seems highly likely that there is life out there but sentient life is such a long shot it could be very, very, very rare rather than an inevitable outcome of life.

Einhard · 07-08-2012 4:37pm

Buford Tannen wrote: »

Would they have 3 breasts:cool:

You make me wish I had three hands.

CSU · 07-08-2012 4:54pm

ScumLord wrote: »

That's still an assumption. It's likely that only a particular part of a galaxy could produce a habitable zone.

The moon has also been instrumental in the development of life on earth so simply having an earth sized planet the right distance from a sun may not be enough.

Going by the history of this planet the human race is simply bizarre. We were a fluke that almost never happened. It's also likely drug use played a big part in our development from any other animal into a sentient being. If they don't have drugs on their planet any life that forms may never get to our level.

It seems highly likely that there is life out there but sentient life is such a long shot it could be very, very, very rare rather than an inevitable outcome of life.

...so we need to find some stoned Aliens - "The Hunt For The Goldilocks Stoners"

hurhur...

sry :pac:

Jesus Shaves · 07-08-2012 5:01pm

Whoever finds the other first is the most intelligent

Lyaiera · 07-08-2012 5:03pm

CSU wrote: »

...so we need to find some stoned Aliens - "The Hunt For The Goldilocks Stoners"

hurhur...

sry :pac:

That was some fine pun'ing.

Bravo!

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 5:03pm

Nuke them from orbit to be sure.

Teyla Emmagan · 07-08-2012 5:14pm

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

Colmustard wrote: »

Nuke them from orbit to be sure.

Seriously, we're not even the most intelligent life in this thread...

KTRIC · 07-08-2012 5:16pm

Possibly bouncing, followed by rolling, followed by rolling of the third type.

Kirby · 07-08-2012 5:45pm

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

johnnysmack wrote: »

Its the only way to be sure!

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Seriously, we're not even the most intelligent life in this thread...

:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a88Z7YOh_us

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 5:47pm

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Seriously, we're not even the most intelligent life in this thread...

There is no intelligent life on Mars or this thread.

LoYL · 07-08-2012 5:48pm

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

The media seems to be all about the mars rover at the moment

How did they get there so quickly?

crazy cabbage · 07-08-2012 6:12pm

Either that or we could find a local to speak on our behalf. We would probably pick the stupidest most intoxicated guy we can find, tell him everything in detail and then fall around laughing as he tries to explain it to the rest of his planet from his cardboard box and tinfoil hat. It's what they did to us those alien bastards!

You are assuming that communication would be possilbe. I highly dout that we would be able to communicate with any ET.

Take the fact that monkeys DNA is 99% the same as ours. Can we communicate in any meangingful way with them? Nope. We might train the really 'smart' monkeys to push coloured buttons but no communication.

If wqe cant communicate with a life form that is 99% the same as us and that we have lived beside for thousands of years, what chance would we have communicating with an compartivly unintelegent ET?
No chance whatsoever.
The same would apply in reverse i would think.

If we cant communicate with them and they are a lot less intelegante than us, would we leave them alone?
I seriesly dout it. I think we should, but if history has anything to go by, we wouldn't

But then if the tables were reversed and a much more integelent life form than us landed on earth would they leave us alone if we didn't do the same to the untelegent beings?

ScumLord · 07-08-2012 6:18pm

crazy cabbage wrote: »

You are assuming that communication would be possilbe. I highly dout that we would be able to communicate with any ET.

I don't see why we couldn't communicate. There are even techniques for discovering meaning in communications we don't yet understand. It won't be just a case of us trying to understand them but we'd have two intelligent species working to understand each other. It would be much easier than even trying to understand a long dead language.

T

ake the fact that monkeys DNA is 99% the same as ours. Can we communicate in any meangingful way with them? Nope.

Yes we can. We can teach them sign language but even in the wild we know what wild chimps are trying to communicate. They don't have a verbal language which makes it difficult but we can communicate in a two way conversation. We can even do it with dogs.

CSU · 07-08-2012 6:18pm

crazy cabbage wrote: »

...

If we cant communicate with them and they are a lot less intelegante than us, would we leave them alone?
...

First thing out of their intergalactic mouths wud be G'day MATE!!!

It happens..:pac:

CSU · 07-08-2012 6:25pm

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't see why we couldn't communicate. There are even techniques for discovering meaning in communications we don't yet understand. It won't be just a case of us trying to understand them but we'd have two intelligent species working to understand each other. It would be much easier than even trying to understand a long dead language.

T Yes we can. We can teach them sign language but even in the wild we know what wild chimps are trying to communicate. They don't have a verbal language which makes it difficult but we can communicate in a two way conversation. We can even do it with dogs.

That hot Irish lady that works for Channel 4 Science (I think) was explaining chimp memory capacity and speed recognition...amazing stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAH4ZJBiN8

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 6:59pm

CSU wrote: »

That hot Irish lady that works for Channel 4 Science (I think) was explaining chimp memory capacity and speed recognition...amazing stuff

Liz Bonnin from "Bang goes the theory" good programme that. Chimps are smart they thought me the proper way to peel a banana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJV56WUDng

ScumLord · 07-08-2012 7:04pm

Colmustard wrote: »

Chimps are smart they thought me the proper way to peel a banana

Lol, I use that method of pealing a banana, learned from that video. It's incredible that I had to find that out from a chimp it's clearly the best way of opening a banana.

crazy cabbage · 07-08-2012 7:14pm

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't see why we couldn't communicate. There are even techniques for discovering meaning in communications we don't yet understand. It won't be just a case of us trying to understand them but we'd have two intelligent species working to understand each other. It would be much easier than even trying to understand a long dead language.

prehaps. but i though the purpose of the tread was 'what if we met unintelegent things', like mushrooms or insects or spider like things...
Even if we met something intelegent (i am thinking dolphin like) who communicate using clicks and nosies that lie outside the treahold of human hearing, which is likely i would think), then what would we do?

ScumLord wrote: »

Yes we can. We can teach them sign language but even in the wild we know what wild chimps are trying to communicate. They don't have a verbal language which makes it difficult but we can communicate in a two way conversation. We can even do it with dogs.

I wouldn't really consider that communication as such. I would think of that more of conditioning them. when they see a picture of a sheep they hold up 2 fingers and if they do they get a banana. This is kinda spliting hairs but i dont really see that as communication as such. I could be wrong though.

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 7:15pm

ScumLord wrote: »

Lol, I use that method of pealing a banana, learned from that video. It's incredible that I had to find that out from a chimp it's clearly the best way of opening a banana.

LOL
Ditto.

steamengine · 07-08-2012 7:15pm

ScumLord wrote: »

Lol, I use that method of pealing a banana, learned from that video. It's incredible that I had to find that out from a chimp it's clearly the best way of opening a banana.

Maybe they got rid of us 'cos we're a bit on the slow side !