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booper54

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  1. Yeah, Cosmos is by Sagan as well. He is a great author. And I think the TV Series came out first, which was hosted by Sagan, then he wrote the book at around the same time. I don't know a lot to be able to make a good estimate of what they would look like...but I suppose if I had to guess I'd probably say they would be somewhat like us. I don't think I would say they have a chance of destroying themselves unless they're population was as big as ours because I have seen that the more people there are, like in LA or New York City, the more annoyed and frustrated people are. I live in a small town and people are waaay less annoyed here. When I go to a bigger city I can feel the difference. Or maybe if their planet was much bigger than ours... Do you think this would make a difference?
  2. Have you seen the 1980 TV Series "Cosmos?" I'm thinking about buying the DVD but I don't know if it's any good...I know the book was good.
  3. I bought the book and read like 80 pages of it...then I started reading Cosmos, Pale Blue Dot, and other of Carl Sagan's books. I guess it isn't such a bad idea to assume they are a lot like us, but hopefully people realize that, since we have never seen life on any other planet other than Earth, they could be a lot different. We really have no idea.
  4. I was watching the movie "Contact" the other day, and the main character spoke to the jury (whom was to choose who took the mission to another planet) of what she would say when she saw these newly discovered intelligent lifeforms. she said she would ask them how they managed to not destroy themselves for so long with such advanced technology. This made me wonder something: Why is it that people believe many other life forms that may have arisen could've destroy themselves once they came to a point of their technological advancements (i.e. using weapons of mass destruction)? We know nothing of any other life forms other than the ones on Earth. Why then should we make such assumptions? I have heard many people say this. It is even in the "Drake Equation," which calculates the chance that we have of communicating with other intelligence through radio telescopes and such. Why is this such a huge factor to us?
  5. I was also thinking about this sort of career, being a senior in high school as well. And yes, I am more of the observer kind of person, but I am really into computers. Neurocomp 2003: are you talking about like simulations of various things in space....like stars or new discoveries?
  6. This is a good topic cause I was wondering the exact same thing a few days ago. And another question: Are all the planets moving at the same SPEED around the sun, just different revolution periods?
  7. oooh, ok. thanks for clearing that up
  8. who exactly is stephen hawking? i hear he's retarded but then he writes these books and stuff...and from what ive read of them they are pretty good. and yes, im new to these forums
  9. I'm itching now, after having read this thread. haha.
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