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Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.
Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.
In this case, I would rather it have been any of those things instead of industrial waste.
I agree industrial waste is not an elegant refutation of Aliens did it but it does fit nicely with Occam’s razor:
The explanation that requires the fewest assumptions is usually correct
Aliens did it: Assumptions
Intelligent alien life exists.
Interstellar Travel exists.
Out of billions of start systems, the aliens visited earth.
Yet they were dumb enough to crash on arrival.
Industrial Waste: Assumptions
Stuff we have been pumping into the atmosphere for centuries has made it to the ocean floor.