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    I wish I could believe https://www.jpost.com/omg/former-israeli-space-security-chief-says-aliens-exist-humanity-not-ready-651405
    Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready

    This "Galactic Federation" has supposedly been in contact with Israel and the US for years, but are keeping themselves a secret to prevent hysteria until humanity is ready.
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      Editing … It's such a human thing to expect aliens to be able to communicate and reason with us. What if we are like animals to them. Or insects? They might not even notice or care about us. Or maybe they are so outwith our realm of understanding that they don't even recognise us as life. But nah, they are always humanoid and in cahoots with the "all-mighty" governments of the world. Despite the fact these clowns in charge can't even keep their own damn misdealings a secret.
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      Editing … Just the US and Israel. All other countries unimportant.
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      Editing … Well intelligent alien life could also manifest in ways similar to those in works like Arrival, Contact, or The Beyond :) - Maybe humanoid aliens are mostly in the public conscience cuz that's what our film budgets let us most regularly depict.
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      Editing … Honestly I'd expect the government to care more about hiding their violations of human rights than of covering up aliens. Surely the whistle would've been blown. Also Rukky, one possible explanation could be that Israel just doesn't know who else was contacted.
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      Editing … this fucking mOTH is harassing me >:( i wish the aliens would KILL IT
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      Editing … "Also Rukky, one possible explanation could be that Israel just doesn't know who else was contacted." Good point. Btw, Richard Dawkins thinks that any aliens are very likely to be humanoid, since that's the most probable evolutionary outcome for any advanced species.
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      Editing … hey did you guys see Alien Worlds on Netflix? I didn't think it was great, but it does explore some neat ways life could've evolved in other environments.
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      Editing … I'd need to see some evidence for why the humanoid form is most "probable." I'm also a bit muddy on what to interpret "advanced species" as, but I can imagine some possible qualifiers. A written language, the capacity to explore philosophical concepts, maybe certain skills with engineering. How does one determine that the humanoid shape is most probable?
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      Editing … Here's the video my previous comment was based on: "Richard Dawkins vs Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhE7sgvwipo
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      Editing … Thanks Rukky, great video
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      Editing … I wonder how humans might behave if we stumbled upon a world filled with giant ants. Ignore the fact that we have ants on Earth, pretend they're something new to us. We'd observe that they're less intelligent than us, but how would we treat them? This is not necessarily indicative of how aliens would treat us, our psychology may be quite different, but this lets us explore a limited set of possible interactions.
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