I think I can understand now why God has kept such a very low profile for the past 2,000 years, after thousands of years of spectacular public displays violating the laws of physics (parting seas, flooding the Earth, turning people to minerals, raising the dead, spontaneous generation of matter, etc.). God is…

Before I speculate on the political mortality of space aliens, I’d like to confirm the existence of even the simplest form of extraterrestrial life. Like a bacterium. Just one would do.

Well, yes, but conspiracy nuts could never consider that as an option. They thrive on making simple things complex and complex things simple. 

Good analysis. For the past 15 years, at least half the population of Earth has carried in their pockets high-resolution photo and video recording equipment, every waking hour of the day. Almost all of these devices are connected to at least one global social sharing network, allowing one person to instantly share…