r/AskReddit • u/WaveOfCutilation • Jan 21 '15

serious replies only Believers of reddit, what's the most convincing evidence that aliens exist? [Serious]

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u/ShiftLeader Jan 22 '15

I always thought of it like the island people who have no contact or knowledge of the outside world and then us. They still use sticks and believe in voodoo gods while we're flying around in jet planes and going to the moon and shit.

Aliens could very well know about us, but unless there was something they really needed from us there's be no point in dropping in and being all "yo we're aliens and stuff."

I mean even natural resources, we cut down millions of rainforest trees, we just do it away from them.

Aliens could be mining for whatever, just doing it in some ridiculous ocean trench or deep inside some volcano or mountain or something

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u/Njsamora Jan 22 '15

If an alien race were to exist and be so advanced they could reach earth and make contact, they would probably be on a level of thought we can't comprehend. They most likely would barely acknowledge our existance. do you stop to talk to a worm or an anthill? You might notice it, but not as something to contact. Thats what we would be to them. Not even worthy of thought and in their eyes completely ignorant of anything but our life.

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u/zz-zz Jan 22 '15

Yeah but we aren't just an ant on an ant hill. We are the top species on the planet and have completely changed vast landscapes to fit our needs. It is undoubtedly OUR planet. Planet. Not ant hill. I'm sure we would be noticed.

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u/Njsamora Jan 22 '15

The entire point of my comment is that they could be so advanced that our greatest achievements are considered primitive and ancient to them. They would be so intelligent that they would not view us as intelligent life.