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Clarke's 3rd Law; it seems most reasonable to me but of course I consider it through human eyes and ideals.
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Wouldn't sufficiently advanced technology simply be unrecognizable as technology?
You mean like "magic?"
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If "magic" is simply shorthand for saying "I don't know what that is," I can understand. However, if we're saying "I don't know what that is, therefore it must be something metaphysical, supernatural, or ET," then I do not understand this leap of logic. How can "I don't know" lead to such specific conclusions?
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I personally think the phenomena of UFOs is linked to the ETH, as observed and recounted throughout History and is more relevant to us than most care to imagine.
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Observing and recounting are human activities, so UFOs (whether real or imaginary) are certainly relevant to human behavior, perhaps even in a profound way. There have certainly been some good stories, some of them written by Mr. Clarke. Otherwise, I don't see where they fit into science or my life or anywhere else in the real world. If only we could do more than write them off as "magic."