> > Spider-forallweknowthismayalljustbeanelaborate
> > > > > simulationrunninginaboxonsombodystable-Boy
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> > > > If it is, I think they're probably laughing their heads off right about now.
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> > > > Brunnen-"lurking about on the fringes of the discussion but not wanting to get involved"G
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> > > Actually that was a quote from the end of a Star Trek: the Next Generation episode. In the second season the computer made a self aware holodeck character based on Shelock Holms archrival Prof. Morarty. He was stored in the computer untill they could find a way to bring him into the real world. Four or Five years later he was awoken and tried to get out, and to save the ship Captain Picard tircked him into believeing he had succeded, but he actually was in a miniture holodeck. Then Picard says the above line, which is ironic since Star Trek is just a simulation in a box on a table. The irony did make me chuckl but not laugh out loud.
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> > I thought it sounded familiar. But I think a lot of things. I remember seeing that episode several years ago. Picard or somebody looked up and said 'computer, end program' or something comparable at the end. I was soooooooo scared. Every few hours, when I remembered, I'd repeat it just to make sure.
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> Barkly, it was Barkly. I had the same reaction after coming out of the Truman Show (it didn't help that there was a full moon). I felt somebody was watching me and I wanted them to leave me alone. I want to live or die on my terms with out anyone watching, I don't act like it but I am really very independent.
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> > > Spider-Godisanobviousunderachiver-Boy
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> > Chr"or there's a lot of stuff we don't know about... or He decided that his creations were so good he could slow down for a while"is
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> Spider-Ibelivelifeexistssomewereelsethanjustearth,
> IthinkwewillfinditsoonerorlaterandIjustcan'twait
> fortherelgiousdebatesthatwillarise.(DotheSilicoids
> ofPlanetXhavesouls?DidChristdiefortheirsins?)-Boy

I'm probably botching this quote, but I remember the gist and I'm sure there's someone here who knows it better...

"I think the best evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence is that none of it has tried to contact us."

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