On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:37:54 GMT, "Amanda Angelika"
<manic_mandy@hotmail.com> wrote:

The point
is no weirdo from outer space is going to have any better handle on the
ultimate reality than the average weirdo on Earth 

You underestimate the alien technology.  In fact you underestimate the
technology of several countries on Earth, excluding the USA/UK/Israel.

Technology can change your pre-conceived notions of reality to the extent
you'd actually believe that reality itself changed.