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> Why should an advanced society want to send a physical presence anyway? > > That is the logical error that these UFO nuts consistently make. It makes > much more sense that any advanced civiliazation would vastly prefer to send > a nonphysical intermediarry. > > Jones I don't want to distract this discussion thread from diverging too far away from the more important energy issue. And besides, this "UFO" topic has already been debated at length on Vortex. I'm loath to start another lengthy thread. What would it really accomplish. Everyone already has acquired their own opinion on the matter, as can be attested by Jones' analysis, which not surprisingly, I disagree with on certain issues. I have only one insight I'd like to offer for others to hopefully ponder, preferably at their own pace. Regarding the smarmy and difficult to interpret abduction scenario (and all the sexual exchange activity that seems to be associated with the experience) A smart scientist once commented that it would probably be easier to cross breed a human with an artichoke as compared to all this abduction/hybrid abduction experience talk that transpires concerning programs on breeding humans with "extraterrestrials". Even if "aliens" HAD DNA evolutionary divergence would likely make it next to impossible for any kind of cross breeding to occur between we humans and creatures from other solar systems. Therefore, I am in sympathy with this scientist's argument. But IMHO there's a point that is often missed: What if certain extraterrestrial civilizations are related to us? We do, after all, spend a great deal of anthropological time and energy studying Gorillas, Chimpanzees, and Orangutans. We have even collected them, put them in zoos, etc... We have even grown to respect them, though we probably still have a very long way to go on that front, since so many remain incarcerated in zoos. Why do we study them? Because they are our closest genetic relatives. We study them to study ourselves. It would not surprise me if we have relatives checking up on us for similar reasons. But alas, who likes talking to in-laws, let alone inviting them over for Thanksgiving dinner. Anyone recall one of the final episodes of Boston Legal, where everyone was "invited" over to Shirley's home for Thanksgiving? Bad plan! ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
