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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In this case, I would rather it have been any of those things instead of industrial waste.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I agree industrial waste is not an elegant refutation of Aliens did it but it does fit nicely with Occam's razor:

The explanation that requires the fewest assumptions is usually correct

Aliens did it: Assumptions

Intelligent alien life exists.

Interstellar Travel exists.

Out of billions of start systems, the aliens visited earth.

Yet they were dumb enough to crash on arrival.

Industrial Waste: Assumptions

Stuff we have been pumping into the atmosphere for centuries has made it to the ocean floor.