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(DIR) Post #AVQ4WoDfiMJZnnH9HM by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T18:10:45Z
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I have to admit that "Starman" (1984), is a wonderfully sweet little film about a benevolent alien who comes to Earth, takes human form, and is hunted by authorities. I have a soft spot for the film, even though the reality is that any aliens that are actually out there (if any) are far more likely to exterminate us, enslave us, or (at best) treat us as pets if they ever show up here.
(DIR) Post #AVQ4beDMLAJsDhR8RU by neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
2023-05-07T18:11:38Z
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@lauren wonder if they'll be better or worse than the billionaires
(DIR) Post #AVQ4mRVZvDOvzw6dDk by Madagascar_Sky@mastodon.social
2023-05-07T18:13:39Z
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@lauren I see so many similarities between the alien of Starman and the father of Starlord from the Guardians of the Galaxy. I wonder if there is a direct connection.
(DIR) Post #AVQ4spBOoUYXA1i6kK by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T18:14:47Z
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@Madagascar_Sky I've seen that mentioned.
(DIR) Post #AVQ5GbWzDpeHlp9A2K by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T18:19:02Z
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@neurovagrant Almost certainly worse. Their billionaires have evolved into something worse.
(DIR) Post #AVQ5IlDoABvcP9CjkO by neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
2023-05-07T18:19:24Z
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@lauren Ah, crap.
(DIR) Post #AVQ5MRouEx4pOEJaE4 by mtomczak@qoto.org
2023-05-07T18:20:07Z
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@lauren That got mentioned in the TRON documentary I watched yesterday. Bridges channeled a lot of his CLU character for Starman.
(DIR) Post #AVQ6Jqb5lLOvJvB3WS by michaelgemar@mstdn.ca
2023-05-07T18:30:27Z
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@lauren I think that pessimistic take on aliens’ motivations is overly informed by human history.
(DIR) Post #AVQ6O8Uv9QW7zoKspk by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T18:31:40Z
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@michaelgemar Yep. Advanced civilizations vs. less advanced peoples always ends up the same way.
(DIR) Post #AVQ6WMgwGLACKlsgN6 by michaelgemar@mstdn.ca
2023-05-07T18:33:03Z
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@lauren Advanced *human* civilizations act that way — I’m not sure we know enough about potential alien psychology to universalize that.
(DIR) Post #AVQ6fqoNe8UmM7svbc by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T18:34:49Z
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@michaelgemar I'll bet you a nickel that I'm right.
(DIR) Post #AVQ8HiOxSlL1ENc3e4 by Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social
2023-05-07T18:52:50Z
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@laurenWe'll make great pets. https://youtu.be/HE3OuHukrmQ
(DIR) Post #AVQ8PLHBKJALpEc1h2 by kkeller@curling.social
2023-05-07T18:54:13Z
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@lauren I went to look up the dark forest hypothesis. I had no idea there were so many hypotheses for why we haven't found extraterrestrial life! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
(DIR) Post #AVQ8f1ZuKZgrMmqhpQ by ben@pgh.social
2023-05-07T18:57:05Z
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@lauren If they notice us at all.
(DIR) Post #AVQ8q7Mv8s6EVk436W by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T18:59:11Z
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@ben That's why I consider this to be so unlikely. Not quite impossible though.
(DIR) Post #AVQ8ryfgRwRI7Ej9oe by Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social
2023-05-07T18:59:14Z
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@laurenHey, Mr. Spaceman! https://youtu.be/HE3OuHukrmQ
(DIR) Post #AVQ93lOFedqIOrC3dI by ben@pgh.social
2023-05-07T19:01:31Z
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@lauren My hot alternate take: the universe is teeming with intelligent life, but we have such a narrow definition of both intelligence and life that we can't see it, even though it's all around us.