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1. ProfessorSatyre
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   On March 19, within hours of the death of Sir Arthur C. Clarke - the distinguished science and science-fiction writer, creator of HAL 9000, and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey - investigators with the NASA Swift satellite noted four extraordinarily powerful gamma-ray bursts. The burst designated GRB 080319B -- fully half way across the universe -- was the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed, the furthest object of any kind ever visible to the unaided human eye, and in terms of intrinsic brightness, the brightest object ever seen by humans in the entire universe! http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/mar/HQ_08086_Swift_Detects_GRB.html
   (I have submitted a suggestion to NASA that the upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) be named the Sir Arthur C. Clarke Obseratory.)
   Is this extraordinary event, in your opinion, mere coincidence, or could it be evidence of an extraterrestrial intelligence paying respect to Sir Arthur C. Clarke?

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. renork
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   Coincidence.

   IF it were extraterrestrials paying respect it would imply time travel/seeing the future as they would have had to initiate the bursts long before Arthur C Clark had been born. In fact, "meaning the explosion took place 7.5 billion years ago" means they would have initiated it a very very long time ago.

   Or I guess they could be some super advanced alien fake or something. But I see that as even more unlikely than timetraveling/prophetic 7.5 billion year old aliens.

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. bluepill
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   I feel this is super relevant (then again, I'm known to be silly at times):
   The Third Clarke Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

   Heh :)
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws

   P.S. I like the second one even more :)

   Posted 2 years ago #

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