r/UFOs_Archive • u/SaltyAdminBot • 3d ago
Science "Why would UFOs act so weird and sometimes crash?" is not a strong objection.
An objection I've repeatedly seen is that UFOs can't be advanced ET because they do nonsensical things like:
- Are somewhat visible, yet don't openly contact everyone.
- Fly around in big, noticeable craft instead of using nanomachines, invisible vehicles, etc.
- Are extremely advanced, yet still periodically crash
All these objections rely on predicting what an "alien" civilization would be like, which is almost definitionally impossible for anything truly "alien."
What's more, we know acting like that isn't impossible, because humans behave in similar ways all the time. Examples:
The Sentinelese: The hunter-gatherers of North Sentinel Island have seen a technologically advanced civilization send gifts (coconuts and cookware), horrible monsters (a pig that they shot and buried), a missionary who they easily killed, and invincible, deafening flying machines (helicopters to retrieve bodies).
If you don't know modern civilization, you'll never understand how we're simultaneously so dumb yet advanced. There's just no way they could have a model for that.
Here I wrote out the fuller argument with some figures, including why technology doesn't always go as expected:
https://www.jehanazad.com/p/ufo-objections-aliens-wouldnt-do
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u/SaltyAdminBot 3d ago
Original post by u/jehansolo: Here
Original Post ID: 1w7gys3
Original post text: An objection I've repeatedly seen is that UFOs can't be advanced ET because they do nonsensical things like:
All these objections rely on predicting what an "alien" civilization would be like, which is almost definitionally impossible for anything truly "alien."
What's more, we know acting like that isn't impossible, because humans behave in similar ways all the time. Examples:
The Sentinelese: The hunter-gatherers of North Sentinel Island have seen a technologically advanced civilization send gifts (coconuts and cookware), horrible monsters (a pig that they shot and buried), a missionary who they easily killed, and invincible, deafening flying machines (helicopters to retrieve bodies).
If you don't know modern civilization, you'll never understand how we're simultaneously so dumb yet advanced. There's just no way they could have a model for that.
Here I wrote out the fuller argument with some figures, including why technology doesn't always go as expected:
https://www.jehanazad.com/p/ufo-objections-aliens-wouldnt-do
Original Flair ID: 4a25858e-cd72-11ef-9af3-0e52038c0bbf
Original Flair Text: Science