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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:14:19 PM »
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:13:08 PM »
Go away qwepir i hate you you're a richard :(
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That's all water based life. There's a reason there are no terrestrial life forms with tentacles. They'd be useless.I WAS GIVING A loving EXAMPLESDA SODFNGTASKLDTN
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:10:41 PM »
What part of that quote are you actually responding to?
I'm sorry, but I can't really tell.
I'm sorry, but I can't really tell.
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:09:26 PM »It's the most practical way. Two legs allows smooth and fast running, and I guess the only thing that would be variable is number of arms, fingers, eyes, etc.Two legs?
Two legs are not the fastest thing in the world.
In fact, we are a lot less balanced in some ways.
Ever heard of a cheetah?
Birds can fly.
Being able to have "smooth and fast running" is completely irrelevant, anyway.
Life can have a completely different setup to accommodate its needs for energy. Think from the very bottom. Will arms, legs, eyes, fingers, will they evolve in every environment, evolve the same way?
The human hand is one of our defining characteristics. It can grip things very effectively.
There are innumerable other ways that good handling can be made.
Imagine a tentacle with a tentacle spiraling out near the end, making a sort of grip.
Or, perhaps, like the Eosapien, tentacle-like "fingers" that can grip things in ways far different than the human way.
Octopus tentacles grip things very strongly and perhaps very finely, perhaps even more finely with some tuning.
you can always substitute arms for legsWhat if there were no legs to begin with? What if it was an aquatic ecosystem that had no legs in the first place? What if manipulation came from other places, a tail, perhaps, there are many, many, many ways things can work.
If you're an intelligent, tool-using terrestrial animal, you have no need for more than two legs. It's just unneeded for someone who doesn't need to physically catch their food.Again, you're basing all life off of chordates.
Then nothing's stopping a creature with 7 eyes and 4 arms and razor-sharp teeth from coming into existence.There is their environment, but if their environment favors such qualities, they sure as hell can develop them.
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:08:18 PM »It's the most practical way. Two legs allows smooth and fast running, and I guess the only thing that would be variable is number of arms, fingers, eyes, etc.Two legs?
Two legs are not the fastest thing in the world.
In fact, we are a lot less balanced in some ways.
Ever heard of a cheetah?
Birds can fly.
Being able to have "smooth and fast running" is completely irrelevant, anyway.
Life can have a completely different setup to accommodate its needs for energy. Think from the very bottom. Will arms, legs, eyes, fingers, will they evolve in every environment, evolve the same way?
The human hand is one of our defining characteristics. It can grip things very effectively.
There are innumerable other ways that good handling can be made.
Imagine a tentacle with a tentacle spiraling out near the end, making a sort of grip.
Or, perhaps, like the Eosapien, tentacle-like "fingers" that can grip things in ways far different than the human way.
Octopus tentacles grip things very strongly and perhaps very finely, perhaps even more finely with some tuning.
you can always substitute arms for legsWhat if there were no legs to begin with? What if it was an aquatic ecosystem that had no legs in the first place? What if manipulation came from other places, a tail, perhaps, there are many, many, many ways things can work.
If you're an intelligent, tool-using terrestrial animal, you have no need for more than two legs. It's just unneeded for someone who doesn't need to physically catch their food.Again, you're basing all life off of chordates.
Then nothing's stopping a creature with 7 eyes and 4 arms and razor-sharp teeth from coming into existence.There is their environment, but if their environment favors such qualities, they sure as hell can develop them.
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:00:29 PM »
Yes, that's possibly likely.
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:58:44 PM »
Each with no explanation for their appearance.
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:55:16 PM »We can't even begin to figure out what aliens look like.This logic is sort of flawed. You are comparing our own abilities to our own abilities, essentially. Of course we can walk on two feet, that's how our bodies are built.
Although, it isn't unlikely that aliens are bipedal, seeing as you are able to run, jump, and climb more effectively that on fours.
Or eights.
You're essentially implying that aliens should be bipedal because we are bipedal.
And that pretty much brings us back to base one.
The most likely courses of evolution of intelligent would probably end with an intelligent biped.Can you even say why?
There are countless, countless, countless ways intelligent life can form without bipedalism. It's simply irrelevant.
Here's a quote from Michio Kaku.
The octopus has eyes; very weak eyes. It has tentacles for which it can manipulate the environment. But it has no culture. It cannot transfer information from generation to generation. But if you could breed the octopus for millions of years, perhaps you could breed an octopus with the capability for speech, the capability for handing down information, and perhaps even a race! Another race of intelligent beings on the planet Earth. So the bottom line is... why should an alien life form look just like us?
Repeated because that image could probably distract everyone from the main point
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:54:07 PM »We can't even begin to figure out what aliens look like.This logic is sort of flawed. You are comparing our own abilities to our own abilities, essentially. Of course we can walk on two feet, that's how our bodies are built.
Although, it isn't unlikely that aliens are bipedal, seeing as you are able to run, jump, and climb more effectively that on fours.
Or eights.
You're essentially implying that aliens should be bipedal because we are bipedal.
And that pretty much brings us back to base one.
The most likely courses of evolution of intelligent would probably end with an intelligent biped.Can you even say why?
There are countless, countless, countless ways intelligent life can form without bipedalism. It's simply irrelevant.
Here's a quote from Michio Kaku.
The octopus has eyes; very weak eyes. It has tentacles for which it can manipulate the environment. But it has no culture. It cannot transfer information from generation to generation. But if you could breed the octopus for millions of years, perhaps you could breed an octopus with the capability for speech, the capability for handing down information, and perhaps even a race! Another race of intelligent beings on the planet Earth. So the bottom line is... why should an alien life form look just like us?
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:39:57 PM »
If one creates a fictional planet, one could imagine what kinds of species could favorably develop on it.
There is so much cool stuff in Expedition.
I don't know where to start.
There is so much cool stuff in Expedition.
I don't know where to start.
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:30:05 PM »
when i was a little kid, hollywood aliens used to freak me out
and then i slowly figured out how loving stupid they were
this is my favorite sentient[?] fictional alien species.
The Eosapien.
There are reasons it looks like that. It's called the Eosapien, or the thinker of the dawn, reflecting it's being the last creature encountered in the book "Expedition" and the documentary "Alien Planet".
Expedition entails the ecosystem and planet Darwin IV, a planet with life realistically built around its environment.
It has characteristics that are seen to be shared with many of the species on the planet, particularly those who live in the air.
For one, notice that it has no eyes. Darwin IV used to be very, very foggy, I believe. By the time the fog lifted, creatures that used eyesight were outmatched by those who used sonar.
It flies. That bag on it's head? That's an air bladder. The air on Darwin IV is thick, allowing such traits to be beneficial. It's similar to swim bladders in some aquatic animals.
You see those two limbs? They perhaps were used by it's ancestors for walking, but as the species began to favor the usage of flotation, it didn't need it for that.
And then things got interesting, I presume.
and then i slowly figured out how loving stupid they were
this is my favorite sentient[?] fictional alien species.
The Eosapien.
There are reasons it looks like that. It's called the Eosapien, or the thinker of the dawn, reflecting it's being the last creature encountered in the book "Expedition" and the documentary "Alien Planet".
Expedition entails the ecosystem and planet Darwin IV, a planet with life realistically built around its environment.
It has characteristics that are seen to be shared with many of the species on the planet, particularly those who live in the air.
For one, notice that it has no eyes. Darwin IV used to be very, very foggy, I believe. By the time the fog lifted, creatures that used eyesight were outmatched by those who used sonar.
It flies. That bag on it's head? That's an air bladder. The air on Darwin IV is thick, allowing such traits to be beneficial. It's similar to swim bladders in some aquatic animals.
You see those two limbs? They perhaps were used by it's ancestors for walking, but as the species began to favor the usage of flotation, it didn't need it for that.
And then things got interesting, I presume.
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:22:32 PM »looks like a human crossed with an alligator with a long head
often referenced as a very unrealistic alien in the scientific community, if i'm correct
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Off Topic / Re: internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:16:35 PM »
any of you know the fictional planet darwin IV
now that's a loving example of what hypothetical alien life could look like, more or less
hollywood has no creativity nor any thought processes whatsoever
now that's a loving example of what hypothetical alien life could look like, more or less
hollywood has no creativity nor any thought processes whatsoever
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Off Topic / internet, i am disappoint
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:09:22 PM »
http://www.google.com/images?rlz=1C1CHNU_enID357ID357&q=realistic+aliens&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=643
the point: the constant anthropomorphic depiction of aliens is stupid and pointless
the point: the constant anthropomorphic depiction of aliens is stupid and pointless
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Gallery / Re: Blockland Movie: BLUE HELL
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:05:33 PM »
the quality isn't surprising at least