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alsertia
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michaelcampbell
on April 15, 2016
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Nowhere did he mention "aliens".
throweway
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I think E.T. refers to alien. If he means from outside of Earth generally ... well that is tautological. So I assume he means aliens.
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Extra terrestrial is a astronomical term of art that means "not of Earth." E.g. not a satellite. His usage was correct, your interpretation was not.
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How is it tautological? Signals like that can be terrestrial in nature. In fact, recent story:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-05/05/microwave-par...
throweway
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Yeah but i dont think he was saying no comet implies no microwave oven. Oh i dont know what the ancestor meant maybe we should ask him or her or it.
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