Making the news today....

[Mesterh]

25 minutes ago, Mark J said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research

Yeah, creating new types of bacteria doesn't sound good. I read somewhere that they have thawed out bacteria from glaciers that are thousands of years old. They came back to life, that can't be bleedin good either. 

 

From the words of the bloke from Jurassic park. "Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."

 

[Steven P]

Used to be Chinese lanterns with no terms of reference to size, closer than you think, the flame moves in the wind - appearing far away - is mistaken for great speed which suddenly vanishes... and are invisible to radar too. Reckon many will be drones too - again the perspective thing they can be massive alien warships to the right mind.

 

I reckon in about 2 weeks, just under perhaps, there will be loads of sightings of strange flying object all over the globe.

[Steven P]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research

 

Am sure there was a thread somewhere - must be buried in time by now - a microbe, bacteria or whatever it was, escaped from a lab and caused a load of hassle worldwide, infected millions. I'll have to dig out the link.

[Doug Tait]

I do believe life should exist elsewhere in the universe. Likely a whole array of life, including life forms mankind couldn't even conceptualise let alone classify in our supremely narrow and limited "knowledge" of existence.

 

I can also imagine a civilisation evolving millions of light years away from earth to such a degree that the universe is literally their oyster. With technology that is so far advanced we haven't even dreamed of it, and most likely we will be another extinct earth species long before we could ever equal their achievements.

 

I do struggle though when it comes to why, if they do exist, they would repeatedly visit the same place for decades on end studying such inferior species as ours whilst trying, yet failing spectacularly to remain unknown.

 

Them having anything more than a fleeting glance at our planet is what's unbelievable.

[Mark Bolam]

They exist Doug.

They looked at the immigrant thing and thought ‘We’re out’, then left.

 

The thing is is @Johnsond gets a bad press on here from a lot of you all the time, but the truth is on immigration he’s spot on.

It will ruin our country, and within our lifetime.

Our kids will be screwed unless we sort it out, and fast.

’Import the third world, get the third world’.

FASCIST! FAR RIGHT! RACIST!

 

How about FACT?

[tree-fancier123]

3 hours ago, sime42 said:

Run for the hills! Lock up your womenfolk! Burn your bridges!

 

 

this is why there is a problem with immigration - the author of the above quote is similar to a substantial part of the electorate and similar to many of the current pool of politicians of both major parties. 

[Mesterh]

20 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

They exist Doug.

They looked at the immigrant thing and thought ‘We’re out’, then left.

 

The thing is is @Johnsond gets a bad press on here from a lot of you all the time, but the truth is on immigration he’s spot on.

It will ruin our country, and within our lifetime.

Our kids will be screwed unless we sort it out, and fast.

’Import the third world, get the third world’.

FASCIST! FAR RIGHT! RACIST!

 

How about FACT?

That went off on a tangent to say the least mate.

Can we get back to an extra-terrestrial alien invasion please, the illegal pricks invading the UK is on another thread. Which I do agree is a big problem btw.

 

 

 

[Johnsond]

45 minutes ago, Mesterh said:

That went off on a tangent to say the least mate.

Can we get back to an extra-terrestrial alien invasion please, the illegal pricks invading the UK is on another thread. Which I do agree is a big problem btw.

 

 

 

Which thread is that ?

[Mesterh]

It could be this one. TBH Im not sure. Its that you just whinge about it so often I thought you that you may have your own dedicated thread on the subject. 

 

 

[Johnsond]

8 hours ago, Mesterh said:

It could be this one. TBH Im not sure. Its that you just whinge about it so often I thought you that you may have your own dedicated thread on the subject. 

 

 

It’s not whinging it’s only ever stone cold facts and statistics that  I post. It should be headline news night after night until it’s stopped unfortunately if you say anything the accusations as has been said a couple of posts ago are thrown around big time. 30000 plus unvetted mainly males of a certain age illegally crossing our border year after year that  we as taxpayers are then paying for is pure madness. 
Maybe a few more should be vocal about it rather than treating it as a joke or claiming those who have the balls to call it for what it is are just whinging. 
Yourself for example if you think it’s an issue say so, imo it long since became a bit more than a “ problem “ 

Edited December 14, 2024 by Johnsond