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Old 28-June-2009, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by iquestor View Post
However, to play devil's Advocate .... Why do we have to assume Aliens would give us their current level of technology??
Of course, a counter-argument is, "Why would the aliens give us an outrageously outmoded technology if we were capable of assimilating a more advanced one?"

Von Daniken comes to my mind. Props to the aliens for helping us build the pyramids, but wouldn't it have made more sense to teach the Egyptians about arches, concrete, and rebar?
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