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246. Nick Pope on UAPs, UFOs, Conspiracies, and Cover-ups

The Michael Shermer Show

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I'm Not Surprised to Hear You Say You're an Atheist, Tha, That Doesn't Surprise Me All.

i'm actually not surprised to hear you say you're an atheist. I think there's kind of a longing in the human heart or mind or condition about awe and wonder that there must be something out there bigger than us, that knows we're here. And i think it is the basis of religion. Well, if you don't have religion, then what? The chance of them being at our level is pretty nill. If we detect them, they're likely to be ahead of us, not behind us,. unless we go to some planet. Any sufficiently advanced civilization would probably be indistinguishable from what we would call a god. They just have replicators that give everything you want, and

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