Ancient Aliens, modern obsessions

[Brainspore]

@Mongrove

Every argument you’re making in favor of extraterrestrial life can be applied to almost any form of pseudoscience. We’re still discovering new species, so it’s possible that Bigfoot exists.

That’s a terrible analogy. We’re not looking for a specific species in a limited area, we’re looking for any number of possible forms of life in an unimaginably vast area.

@Espresso

And that activity produced truly useful knowledge for travel/navigation, agriculture, even construction. Even when the astronomical observations were based on what turned out to be a faulty premise (such as a heliocentric universe).

So you’re saying methodical investigation and empirical observation can yield unexpected benefits? Golly, maybe we should try that.