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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 200002" data-attributes="member: 389"><p>I love watching that Neil de Grasse Tyson fella as well, he and a couple others have a real knack for explaining complex science to the layperson, much like Carl Sagan did years ago.&nbsp; Not a skill set that's common in good scientists.&nbsp; However, he can only form opinions on the science that we know exists, or suspect to exist.&nbsp; He's not the end all, be all, expert on physics. Because as we humans are currently in the rapid discovery phase of science, it boggles the mind to think of what a species with a similar set of intellectual gifts would be if it were 100,000 to a few million years older than us as a species, even better...imagine a species with a greater capacity for intellect!&nbsp; Remember, we've only been using tools for some 100,000 years.&nbsp; We can't even imagine where humans will be (if we survive) in another couple hundred thousand years with respect to science.&nbsp; It seems like our science fiction is only 50-200 years ahead of current science fact.&nbsp; So for Tyson and others to think we can even imagine alien technology at this point is the epitome of arrogance.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 200002, member: 389"] I love watching that Neil de Grasse Tyson fella as well, he and a couple others have a real knack for explaining complex science to the layperson, much like Carl Sagan did years ago. Not a skill set that's common in good scientists. However, he can only form opinions on the science that we know exists, or suspect to exist. He's not the end all, be all, expert on physics. Because as we humans are currently in the rapid discovery phase of science, it boggles the mind to think of what a species with a similar set of intellectual gifts would be if it were 100,000 to a few million years older than us as a species, even better...imagine a species with a greater capacity for intellect! Remember, we've only been using tools for some 100,000 years. We can't even imagine where humans will be (if we survive) in another couple hundred thousand years with respect to science. It seems like our science fiction is only 50-200 years ahead of current science fact. So for Tyson and others to think we can even imagine alien technology at this point is the epitome of arrogance. [/QUOTE]

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