The X-Files???? SPACE,How much do we really Know???
Ratan:
I do agree one must always be vigilant when it comes to these sort of things nevertheless one should never give up the hope for better relations, cooperation and friendship,in my opinion.
Now here is an interesting interview from UPSIDE.I am sure heard about this Firmage guy who founded US Web and left the company to pursue..what else SPACE and the possibility of extraterrestrial life,fascinating to say the least.
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Space: How Much Do We Know?
<b?Joe Firmage on the Truth
Inside Upside
February 19, 1999
Part 1: The structure of scientific revolutions
First, let's get the record straight. Joe Firmage's last name does not sound like the French word for cheese. Put the accent on the first syllable.
That's not the only thing about Joe that people get wrong. He became the object of Silicon Valley ridicule and the butt of many alien-abduction jokes simply because he believes in alien visitations from another planet. He says that the press has misrepresented many of his views.
I was curious. Here's a 28-year-old guy who seemed to be having considerable success with his Web development company, USWeb (now USWeb/CKS Corp.). He gave it all up last November (well, not all of it; he's still a strategic "consultant" to the company and keeps an office there) because he knew people would not accept his unorthodox views. He didn't want the company's reputation to be sullied by his outside interests.
Those interests include Firmage's decision to publish his own book on the Web, on the decidedly cult-sounding site TheWordIsTruth.org. The condensed version of this book runs 240 pages. It covers his philosophy of life, from religion to evolution to science and technology to his belief that beings from another planet (or possibly another galaxy) are among us now.
But he's also intelligent and interesting, and he really believes this stuff. I have an inquiring mind myself and wanted to know: Is this an early midlife crisis, a Joseph Smith complex from a former Mormon, or does he know something I don't? Personally, I also happen to believe that there is probably life elsewhere in this vast universe, although I find the stories of aliens kidnapping bored housewives and farmers from the middle of their corn fields a bit of a stretch.
So I sat down with Firmage in his office recently to find out exactly what his views are. I figured you'd be curious, too. Yes, he believes that aliens crashed in Roswell, or someplace else. But part of his belief is based on the idea that physics is about to undergo the kind of leap that only happens when someone like Einstein comes along. Einstein's theories changed our understanding of the universe. They helped make it possible to split the atom and showed that time and space are not absolute. Time can speed up and slow down, matter can change in size, depending on the perspective of the observer. Firmage now believes we are about to discover how to manipulate space and time and make it possible to travel vast distances across galaxies. And if we can do it, others probably already have. And if they have, they have probably been here.
So here's Joe in his own words. Decide for yourselves what you think.
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