Do you think there are aliens?

[A Nerd]

Not to mention even if you did travel to an alien world in hibernation at the speed of light, by the time you returned to earth or vice versa thousands of years will have passed. The founders of the project will be long dead and the space traveler will be out of place and lose his/her understanding of the civilization he/she left.

[Centurion1]

it is imo conceited to believe that aliens are watching us. why us of all people? its ridiculous.

and as to faster than light travel it is impossible but there are certain things and laws of physics that could be exploited as gaelic said, in quantum physics. think of the universe as a piece of paer. now using a specific type of machine or engine (dont ask me how but theoretically it is possible) you crumple up that piece of paper and do two things as well, 1. on a small scale so as not to disrupt the universe and 2. not make it permanent. then if you can manage that you need to develop some way to navigate the CReases in the crumpled up piece of paper. Otherwise you could get "lost". IF you can do that then go write your name down as the greatest mind in the history of mankind.

all speculation of course.

[miotas]

it is imo conceited to believe that aliens are watching us. why us of all people? its ridiculous.

Well, there are always human scientists who research really obscure things that seem to have no possible use, maybe everyone back on planet zog is rolling their eyes at the weird scientist off at the other end of the galaxy researching these strange semi-intelligent creatures called humans.

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Or maybe we are being conceited, maybe they are coming to study our wildlife, or geographical formations, and we think they're here to see us.