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CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 3:13:05 AM   
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It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.

Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.

From the original paper:
    The thought of humanity being a threat to other civilizations may seem implausible given the likelihood of our technological inferiority relative to other civilizations. However, this inferiority may be a temporary phenomenon. Perhaps ETI observe our rapid and destructive expansion on Earth and become concerned of our civilizational trajectory... Rapidly (maximally) expansive civilizations may have a tendency to destroy other civilizations in the process, just as humanity has already destroyed many species on Earth...

    A preemptive strike would be particularly likely in the early phases of our expansion because a civilization may become increasingly difficult to destroy as it continues to expand. Humanity may just now be entering the period in which its rapid civilizational expansion could be detected by an ETI because our expansion is changing the composition of Earth’s atmosphere (e.g. via greenhouse gas emissions), which therefore changes the spectral signature of Earth.

    Reference: http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1104/1104.4462.pdf
Al Gore could not be reached for comment.

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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 4:18:30 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 4:46:06 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 5:24:13 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 5:56:21 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 5:59:09 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 6:36:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		If I was an alien monitoring the earth and it's civilization,the publication of this paper would be reason enough to move forward the date of the attack....lest we lose the element of surprise

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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 6:41:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think this puts a slightly different slant on the phrase- Publish or perish....

I mean really- aliens are going to attack us because of increased CO2 levels? That's not a blight on the universe. Baywatch on the other hand.....

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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 6:45:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		If there is such a thing- why would they even care?   The solar system is endless-  room for everyone. That is like saying some planet in some other solar system is harming us. 

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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 7:23:01 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

I remember when being a scientists MEANT something.  First the Professor on Gilligan's Island, and now this drivel.


There have always been nutty scientist.  They just didn't have a platform like the internet to share their nuttiness with the general population.


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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 7:28:28 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

If I was an alien monitoring the earth and it's civilization,the publication of this paper would be reason enough to move forward the date of the attack....lest we lose the element of surprise


right? haha

This is GlomusBoPeep from the Alpha Centauri sector -- they're onto us. Initiate Phase 1 immediately.

maybe the aliens think of themselves the way we think of ourselves; as overseers and global zookeepers -- when an animal population gets "out of line" we go in and "control it" by killing off some arbitrary percentage of them (that conveniently works in the favor of dudes with hunting licenses =p). who's to say the Predator isn't looking for something new for his skull and spinal column gallery?
we clearly have a booming population that is over-consuming resources and threatening to decimate our natural environment. the aliens are issuing hunting licenses as we speak!

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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 7:29:59 AM   
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Notice how the forums have shot up to the tens of thousands lately?

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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 8:48:35 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 8:50:17 AM   
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Eric Cartmann and the anal probe.

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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 8:56:20 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 8:57:30 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 8:59:52 AM   
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That being said........I am not nervous.


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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 9:04:50 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 9:12:54 AM   
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RE: CO2 May Provoke Alien Attack - 8/19/2011 9:13:26 AM   
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