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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Damn rights we have a primitive understanding. How long has the universe been around? How long has man as a species been around? How long have we been studying physics? When have the big break throughs really started? Is it safe to say that we made a really huge leap about 100 years ago and expanded our knowledge dramatically? Would it be safe to say that you would have to be extremely arrogant to suggest that we have figured out everything about the universe and how it behaves - according to the rules of physics that WE created - in the past 100 years? Yes, we're just scratching the surface of what we know about physics and the universe and in another 100 years we are likely going to look back and laugh at some of the assumptions we think are infallible now. Remember Dalton's model of the atom? Good times.
If the technology is not from any nation state or enterprise, then who else could it be? If those who have access to the most advanced technology on the planet don't know who or what it is, then what would you call it? It is alien to us. If it not can be claimed terrestrially, then what is the alternative?
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You can refer to Jammies' post for the first part, I think he's sufficiently deep sixed that idea of yours.
As to the second part, those are all assumptions. So many ifs. If you can systematically rule all of those out, what you are left with is not "aliens" it's something else that you failed to rule out. But I don't think you can successfully rule anything out, other than it's probably not from the Lesotho or Sri Lankan government. This still leaves lots of options. Like, you just make up "most advanced technology on the planet" as if that is some proven fact. It's not. If it is, prove it.
And this is why people take issue with your bold statements. They are meaningless.