• Question: What if the universe is as it is portrayed in Men in Black, and we are just a tiny part of the whole thing?

    Asked by sciencerules49 to Sam, Matt, Claire on 21 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      Well, we are just a tiny part of the whole universe. I don’t think there are hundreds of alien species visiting us all the time, but there must be aliens out there somewhere. It’s still unknown how many aliens there are or why they haven’t visited already. I don’t think the government could or would keep it a secret for that long – recently someone “leaked” information (gave away secrets) to the Guardian newspaper about the fact that the US government was spying on people using the internet, so it’s probable that eventually someone would “leak” information about aliens if it existed. But sure, the universe is always weirder than we expect, so it’s possible some crazy stuff is going on that humans don’t know about.

    • Photo: Matthew Pankhurst

      Matthew Pankhurst answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      We’re a super tiny part of the whole thing, although the way it’s portrayed in Men in Black is made that way partly for entertainment value. It’s great because it really makes you think 🙂 I like to think that the tinier we are in relation to the whole thing, the more special we are. Being unique in something that is so enormous is quite cool! Also, I think we should all have awesome memory zappers or at least look good in suits and dark glasses… they should hand them out to people who get a PhD 🙂

    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      I checked wikileaks and no mention of MiB there yet, sorry 🙁

      But if it’s true, I definitely want one of those memory sticks!

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