Uvah...hate to break it to you, mate...he doesn't come here because he went home. 

And...it's "The Creator".  

great link, thanks

I sometimes dream about them and always do I wish I was there. My favorite is the Spectre in the Veil. Awesome!

     I figured with all there is out there how can ET not exist. A guy by the name of Drake said it a long time ago with a simple equation. In our milky way there about 150 to 200 billion stars. Take 10% of that to be G type yellow dwarfs like ours, 15 to 20 billion of 'em. Take 10% of that with planets (latest total of extrasolar worlds is 300) and you have 1.5 to 2 billion. Another 10% if the planets lie within the habitable zone. That is close enough for liquid water. Ours is 93 million miles from the sun.

     Ten % of those have sentient life, 150 to 200 million. Ten % of those are post industrial, 15 to 20 million. Another 10% have spaceflight capability similar to or a bit ahead of us. THat narrows it down to 1.5 to 2 million just starting to explore their home systems. Another 10% are actively searching out other cultures. So when you get right down to it there could be as many as 100,000 or more ET cultures out there. Now multiply that by the number of galaxies in the universe. Deep sky digital surveys estimate the number of galaxies in the universe to be on the order of 350,000,000,000 +/- a few billion. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the odds favor life on other worlds. 

Or check out this date. I can't put the pix up...2008/11/01 Spectre in the Eastern Veil. It's only one part of the Veil Nebula.

'cause he doesn't care for our finger food?

cool link....thanks...

Other reasons ET doesn't come here:

* he can't find a decent interpreter who'll relate that he's come in peace and just isn't here after our women.

* he's observed that we're a warmongering, violent lot and he doesn't want to get his balls shot off for coming to say howdy.

* he's worried that with our primitive intellects we will have have him caged like an animal and poke sticks at him.

* that given Microsoft and Apple's efforts at technology, he's concerned the trading of innovative technological ideas will be a one way street and he'll leave with OS_X and/or a Windows ME

* that if there is a trade of cultural traditions, etc, his home planet will fall into decay should they be widely adopted.

* he is repulsed by all the greed and corruption that's running rampant throughout every society on Earth.

In other words, what self-respecting ET would want to visit mankind when we have little or nothing to offer a species that's capable of inter-stellar travel.  If he comes in peace we are intellectually, culturally inferior.  If he comes to enslave us as a workforce, we proven with the advent of Win ME that we're not up to par.... and if he comes to wage war, our peashooters (in comparison) would not make it a worthwhile challenge and the conquest would reveal we have nothing he wants or needs

Truth is, ET won't come here and reveal himself until we as a species have grown up considerably and get ourselves out of the Stone-Age, intellectually and culturally....  and then lose the barbarism we humans have practised since the dawn of time.

Sounds harsh, don't it... but for what little good we've achieved, we've done twice as much harm: ie; A-bombs; biological weapons of mass destruction: World and other wars; corporate greed leaving miliions living in poverty and starving, and our systematic destruction of our own environment.

Yup. ET is scared we'll stuff up so badly that we need emigrate/evacuate to his planet... and the last thing he needs is a bunch of primitives (GWB's, environmental terrorists and bankers) stuffing things up there.

Far fetched???  Maybe... maybe NOT!!!!

Well it occurred to me that I were an ET, there'd be little here of value to me... that the dominant species has proven over the centuries to be a pack of morons with little or no clue as to how a truly civilised society should conduct itself.

There are, by all means, some great human being with admirable qualities, but by and large, they are completely and hopelessly outnumbered/overwhelmed by self-gratifying imbeciles hell bent on personal advancement at any cost.... even if it means depleting the World's resources and eventually leaving it a barren wasteland incapable of supporting life.

Our intergalactic neighbours do NOT want any part of us until we become truly civilised, compassionate and nurturing of our fellow man and the environment that sustains life as we know it.  We are nowhere near humble enough to be considered friends/partners to a species that can not understand why we WILL NOT learn from our mistakes.... we simply are not worthy.

Another reason ET doesn't come here: after being weightless in space for lomng periods, he has difficulty using our toilets.

On that note of cheer, all I can say is that while there are few reasons to visit this planet, I think I've identified two:

     Starkers hit the nail on the head. Here's my take on ET addressing the UN.

          "Help you? You have the gaul...to ask that of me? We came to your world because there are those among us who feel that this planet might make a valuable addition to our community. However from what I and my associates have seen in the way you conduct yourselves day to day I doubt you'll ever receive the aid you requested.

          One: You are a predatory species who seems to take delight in the ending of life.

          Two: There is one continent that has been at war with itself for the last 2 millenia. Why is that. Here is an answer you may not have considered. If those powers that be in the region actually wanted peace you would have had it already. So obviously they do not want it. Rich people tend to get richer at the expense of those who are unfortunate enough to be caught in the middle.

          Three: Your world is dying. Sea levels are rising. There is widespread deforestation. How do you expect your planet to breathe if you choke it. Pollution is rampant. Your Golden Gate Bridge is a perfect example. Who can see it?!?

          Four: This is a point we find difficult to reconcile it is so abhorent...a small child is struck down with a life threatening illness. This child's parents are hard workers, pay their taxes on time and do without many basics to provide the necessary health insurance to protect their baby. The cure that 'can' save this child's life is extremely expensive. The insurance company refuses to cover the expense. Thus is the baby condemned to death. By what right do you allow such.

          Five: You are barbaric, intolerant, bigoted, prejudiced to an extreme. You thrive on materialism, wealth and the accumulation of that wealth. To us it seems you worship this monetary entity you call the dollar. You obsess over it. Kill for it. Do anything imaginable up to and including selling your offspring to gain even more.

          We will leave to yourselves. Here there is nothing for us. I will not allow my people to be exposed to this barbarism. Perhaps there will come a day when you mature enough to realize the mistakes you are making. But somehow I doubt it considering your track record to date. Your history is repeating itself it seems endlessly. War follows war. Conflict follows conflict. Death follows death. If you survive we may be back but don't hold your breath.

Ummm! Doc!  According to what I'm seeing, that thar's twins.... so I've Identified FOUR.

Now there's a couple more reason for ET to visit.... and with Dolly Parton, he'd bring friends from neighbouring planets as well.

(Hey, that's not my fault... there's just so much of her to go 'round)

Hopefully Tom Cruise isn't there-abouts... otherwise we're likely to get nuked from space.

Personally, I think that episode when he danced on Oprah's sofa like a pubescent caterpillar on speed completely ruined our inter-planetary reputation and we're not never likely to live it down.

And as if Bill Clinton's White House indiscretions weeren't enough.... giving that poor girl carpet burns on her knees n' all. GWB had to go and say: "You're either with us or agin us!"  Well that did it!  ET, thinking along the lines of old Bill's antics, thought to himself; "F**k that, I'm not getting myself into any compronising situations with that effwit." and simply stayed away.

So there you have it!  Had it not been for Tom Cruise, Bush and Clinton (could probably add in ex-Oz PM John Howard as well) ET may have landed and become our friend.  Oh Well, now we won't ever get that perpetual enegy source that'll get us off this rock once mankind has totally depleted its environment, destroyed its usefulness and liveability.

Others whose shoulders we can squarely rest the blame on are Brad Pitt for dumping Jen to snap up Angelina, the producers of lifestyle and reality TV shows... yeah, those programs designed to promote half-assed talent, fictitious vote-em off shows to profit from phone-ins, and home renovation/weight loss efforts to entice people into buying crap they neither want or need.  ET wants to be entertained.... and he's got a spaceship for fuck sake, one he's been in for months/years living on paste instead of real food.... so the last thing he wan't to see are home renovation/weight loss show that wanna sell him crap he has no use of.

As for the so-called talent show where wannabes get voted off (Idol, Dancing with the Stars and all that crap) he can see better from busker on crack down at the mall.... and he doesn't have to spend his money (the exchange rate is abysmal) on phoning up to vote 'em off.  If he doesn't wanna attract attention with his ray gun (yeah, some acts deserve it) he can just walk on and it costs him nothing.

Oh, and another person who has a lot to answer for, why ET hasn't come here, is Pee Wee Herman.  If ET's on his way here and tunes his TV into that clutz, he's just gonna throw a U-Turn and go right back to whence he came.

Yep...and any ET who is stupid enough to come here is bound to be killed anyway...look, every human who advised us about our odious shortcomings has met an ugly and premature end....and from simply observing how xenophobic we are, the bugger won't stand a chance.

And, starkers, you only wish there were 4 orbs per.