Have Aliens visited Earth?

[Valka]

The people who built the pyramids (Egyptian and North American) understood basic geometry and engineering principles. They had at least some of the traditional "simple machines".

They also had what too many modern people appear to lack: an attention span and the ability to plan beyond the next two or four years. Considering how many decades it took to construct some of the castles and cathedrals in Europe, and how determined the ancient people were to finish the pyramids (and Hatshupsut's tomb)... just think if modern people were to apply that kind of vision and determination to more pressing things like cleaning up the environment, making sure people have all their basic needs met, and get cracking on a space program that will actually let us go somewhere.

[Rusty Edge]

The people who built the pyramids (Egyptian and North American) understood basic geometry and engineering principles. They had at least some of the traditional "simple machines".

They also had what too many modern people appear to lack: an attention span and the ability to plan beyond the next two or four years. Considering how many decades it took to construct some of the castles and cathedrals in Europe, and how determined the ancient people were to finish the pyramids (and Hatshupsut's tomb)... just think if modern people were to apply that kind of vision and determination to more pressing things like cleaning up the environment, making sure people have all their basic needs met, and get cracking on a space program that will actually let us go somewhere.

Uh, actually that is rather profound. I have a tendency to think of ancient wonders in terms of the Egyptian Pyramids, which were built in the course of a Pharoh's lifetime. But cathedrals took centuries, and that kind of planning, commitment and persistence of vision could let us go somewhere in space.

[Lorizael]

They also had what too many modern people appear to lack: an attention span and the ability to plan beyond the next two or four years.

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