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The discussion centers on the implications of discovering advanced structures and machines on an alien planet without any visible life forms. Participants explore the notion that such findings could indicate the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence, despite the absence of direct evidence of living beings. The conversation highlights the challenges faced by scientists in interpreting these phenomena and the philosophical questions that arise regarding the nature of intelligence and creation.

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ensan
Hello

I was thinking about how could we think if we arrived to a new planet and found a strange buildings and a complicated machines but we haven't found any living creatures or aliens , just a srange buildings and macheins , could that be an evidence for the existence of aliens ?? we haven't seen any living creature that could be responsible for making that machines and buildings , then what would we say in that case ?

what could scientists say in that case ??
 
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