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Originally posted by KingX
Very interesting,thanks for posting.Bring back some trekkie moments.I thought about it back then when the trek movie released,but disregarded the idea pretty fast due to the fact whales would be hard to abduct
Actually they didn't have to abduct the whales for them to communicate, they could communicate fine from the ocean. They were only abducted for purposes of time travel, once that was done they were put back in the ocean which is where they did their communications with the aliens.
Originally posted by KingX
But thats if we believe they would have to abduct them to communicate.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
Actually they didn't have to abduct the whales for them to communicate, they could communicate fine from the ocean. They were only abducted for purposes of time travel, once that was done they were put back in the ocean which is where they did their communications with the aliens.
Originally posted by KingX
But thats if we believe they would have to abduct them to communicate.
Originally posted by zetamafia911
Originally posted by wiredamerican
Ants are far more numerous than humans, and more successful as well. They have even been around for millions of years. I think aliens would go to ants before they went to us.
but the video near the end basically just brushes aside the entire ufo field, kind of off-put me though the rest was pretty interesting
Originally posted by halfoldman
reply to post by Arbitrageur
This thread reminds me of the "humpback whale/alien plot" of Star Trek 4 (1986):
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Can a whale tell them how to build an atom bomb?
The bigger question is Which Humans are they going to talk to? Ex president Carter, Shirley McClain, some idiot called Obama or will they go for the really smart ones or at least the one who deserve the honor.. like Art Bell or Michio Kaku?
Originally posted by DjSharperimage
Yeah....
When I travel to another planet I would totally ignore the sentient beings and talk to the cockroaches or maybe the flies first....
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
reply to post by Daisy-Lola
What do you think about Doyle's whale idea though? Any chance he might be right or was he just more influenced by Star Trek IV than I was?
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
Well I doubt flies and cockroaches are sentient, but I'm not sure about some animals. For example, are humpback whales sentient?
I honestly don't know the answer to that.
Originally posted by Daisy-Lola
As for dolphins I hope the message isn't decoded as "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"