PhilGoetz comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

97 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 March 2010 11:23PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 March 2010 03:30:35AM 13 points [-]

Nothing that travels from one star to another has cause to be scared of us. If they're worried about future war, they'd just wipe us out, and in any case wouldn't do fancy acrobatics with their exterior lights on.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 15 March 2010 03:10:20PM *  2 points [-]

I like the HHGTTG explanation: They're just idiots like Zaphod pranking us.

I don't believe it. I just like it.