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Tue, 12 Sep 2006
New Theory For Why We Haven't Found Any Trace of Life Outside Earth
CERN is building a new particle accelerator that should
really smash things together at tremendous speeds, so high that
miniature black holes are created. Theoretically, these black holes
should go away almost immediately, and not grow to gobble up the earth.
This theory is supported by the observation that cosmic rays (which
often are way more powerful that CERN's latest efforts) haven't
managed to black hole us to an alternate universe. Still, it's an
untested theory and you never know...
And that engenders the second-funniest speculation I've heard about why we haven't yet found evidence of life outside earth: just when alien civilizations figure out enough science to start looking beyond their home planet, they inadvertently do something stupid (like create a black hole that gobbles their planet up) which destroys them. Hence, we haven't heard from them. Seen on Slashdot.
The funniest speculation about why we haven't heard from aliens? Aliens are so smart, they have stayed away from us.