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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:58:10
kelley wrote:
>At 01:24 PM 2/14/01 -0800, matt hogan wrote:
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>>As for your other question: The reason why an extraterrestrial
>>civilization(an advanced one) would want to avoid detection is : they
>>don't want to attract the atttention from another intelligent civilization
>>that has weapons of mass detruction. They don't want to get nuked.
>>Anti-matter weapons are even worse. Incidentally, the CIA recently
>>released a report that
>>touches on some of the things I've mentioned above. They mention briefcase
>>nukes, for example. You can get a copy of this report by filing a FOIA
>>request.
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>well, matt, got a reason why *our* intelligent civilization doesn't hide
>from other intelligent life with, presumably (since they're also
>intelligent) weapons of mass destruction? also, tell me, as an outsider,
>what do you think of the human race?
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>kelley
>The human race is both good and bad. I'm more worried about the bad side of human nature; for when weapons of mass destruction become cheap and plentiful, civilization as we know it will break down. Maybe there is someone out there who has an idea on how to keep an eye on the bad/irrational people(terrorists, psychos, religious nuts, etc.)
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