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Originally Posted by Monahammer
My counter point is that you can't prove that they haven't developed anything with this tech. The pace of technological growth has demonstrably increased exponentially during the same time frame we're discussing. Could it be from good old population increase and human ingenuity? Sure. But we had human ingenuity before 1930s...
I just don't think you can state with any certainty that the technology we've developed since follows entirely incremental and logical steps. Lanny pointed to Fiber Optics as an example. Semiconductors are another; specifically the ability to combine multiple functions in an integrated circuit, was developed simultaneously and independently through government sponsored programs with Texas Intruments and Fairchild Semiconductors around 1960.
Anyways, I don't want to argue that aliens exist or not based on technological development- I just don't think there are salient points here in either direction.
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I mean, you could just as easily argue god gave us the info, or aliens beamed it into our heads to influence us into developing these things. The development of IC's and fibre optics are known, and while I'm not going to look, I'm sure yo could find an website with history showing how they built on previous knowledge to arrive at them. It's no mystery.
Now, if you had an example where it may be more of a head scratcher, then it's a theory that could be entertained. Otherwise it's just thoughts. But with only one example, you then have to be consistent explaining why there aren't hundreds or thousands of them.
All I'm asking for a is a little logical consistency in these theories.