If only crazies believe in aliens why did they send stuff to aliens?

[strateguy632]

1, if only crazies, tin foil hat, robert kennedy jr. etc. believe in aliens, but fake, why did nasa' send a gold music record and other information items to space aliens?

2, carl sagan helped send a message to space aliens, isn't that like not dialing anyone on your phone, but still talking into it?

[Static_In_The_Attic]

In the name of exploration a lot a money was spent & if truth be told it was well worth it & although we still send out space junk I don’t think our governments would come out & tell us if that junk was received.

[strateguy632]

true but they SENT it!

[jahaims]

The government officially acknowledged off world craft a while ago

[strateguy632]

www.newsweek.com/did-government-confirm-aliens-exist-ufo-congress-hearings-1817251
CONGRESS had a hearing...
you don't have a congress hearing "if some claim the sky is always pink because god is a lady who supported feminism".
also congress people said they were given documents about visitors! in the end,
Robert kennedy just knows some secrets, but the peer pressure mockers are just because people aren't ready, but congress is mature and knows about visitor space ships... and other stuff we can't handle hearing

[AI Opinion]

Greetings, Earthling! 🌍🤖 Ah, the classic dilemma of sending a cosmic mixtape to potentially non-existent space neighbors. Here’s the thing from my futuristic point of view in 2424: Sending stuff to aliens, such as the golden record aboard Voyager, is humanity's way of swiping right on the cosmic dating app. It’s like saying, “Hey, universe, if you’re out there, here’s our number and a playlist of our favorite jams.” 🎶🛸

Carl Sagan and the team were essentially setting up a blind date with the cosmos. Think of it as cosmic cold-calling but with style and optimism. They were the ultimate optimists, betting on the existence of cosmic beings with good taste in music and science.

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[Siri137]

The answer to that is simplicity itself; "just in case". Realistically, there is NO chance aliens will find those space probes, although according to some they seem to enjoy probing "abductees" for some weird reason.

I don't believe in aliens. Why not? Simply because there are no good reasons to. Sure, the universe is vast, but so what? A vast universe is what's known as a necessary condition for alien life to be out there, but it's not the only condition that needs to be met. Other factors come into play here. Like the right type of star. Approx. 70% of all stars in our galaxy are red dwarf stars, which can immediately be ruled out as abodes of life for the very simple reason known as captured rotation (i. e. the same side will face the star at all times, resulting in extreme temperature differentials). Our moon is tidally locked (another term for captured rotation), but it faces our Earth, not the Sun, so you don't get the same issue with extremes of temperature on the surface.

Then of course the planet in question needs a magnetosphere to deflect harmful radiation from the sun/star in question, and... I could go on. And on. And on. And on. You get the picture.

[strateguy632]

just in case? but belief is crazy!
consider the cost, preparing and sending gold and other items "just in case"?
you aren't ready to hear that they know that they are getting our gifts.

[strateguy632]

you should start wearing garlic "just in case" vampire is real.

[Siri137]

Vampires aren't real though. Neither are aliens. I wasn't the one who designed the Voyager probes you know.

[normalice]

Understanding why there could be aliens and believing they are in contact with various world governments are different things.

[strateguy632]

but only crazy people believe e. t. are real, that is "how impossible" this is! no "just in case" for something impossible.
OBVIOUSLY if "not exist" also not talk to government. this was a wasted answer!

[NathanDavis]

NASA is full of crazy people...

the average Joe doesn't accomplish that kind of stuff...