Do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life? (1 Viewer)

[bigb0yjames]

It's a question of probability. It's highly unlikely that we are the ONLY life form in a vast universe (which we know next to nothing of).

This is a fascinating question, and one that will most likely not be resolved in our lifetimes.

Just think, what other life forms might be like...how they live, are they superior, inferior? what values they might have..... its fascinating.

PLEASE LEAVE ALL FORMS OF RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA OUTSIDE THIS THREAD. thankyou

 

[Pacchiru]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Yes.

 

[Omie Jay]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

No, dont believe.

 

[annabackwards]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Definitely a yes.

 

[Jessica14]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Star Wars!!!! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away......


Okay, seriously, it's hard to believe that we are the only life in the entire galaxy. I don't think that we'll ever get a definitive answer to the question of the existence of Extraterrestrial life, though. At least, not in our lifetime.

 

[Trefoil]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

The existence of life somewhere else in the universe is pretty much a given if you have any semblance of an understanding of science.

The Drake equation may not be completely accurate, but it is also modelling a different phenomenon. Namely: what's the likelihood of us encountering intelligent life? That's a possibly an altogether much smaller chance.

 

[Will Shakespear]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

The existence of life somewhere else in the universe is pretty much a given if you have any semblance of an understanding of science.

well, not really

people always say "there's billions of trillions of planets so there must be life somewhere"

but if it turns out that the chance of life arising on even an earth-like planet are something like 1 in 10^400000, which it could well be then those numbers of planets are quite small, in which case u'd expect it would have only happened once

 

[katie tully]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

your fucking mother is evidence, james.

 

[Trefoil]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

well, not really

people always say "there's billions of trillions of planets so there must be life somewhere"

but if it turns out that the chance of life arising on even an earth-like planet are something like 1 in 10^400000, which it could well be then those numbers of planets are quite small, in which case u'd expect it would have only happened once

That's a pretty silly point to bring up, though, since the available evidence suggests that abiogenesis is far, far more common and easier than that, and that's just for earth-like biology.

Perhaps more importantly, though, evidence seems to suggest the observable universe - what most people, including scientists, refer to as 'the universe', even when talking about the chances of life - is but a drop in the ocean of the actual universe, with the density of stars at the edges of the observable universe being exactly the same as the density in the middle.

 

[Will Shakespear]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

That's a pretty silly point to bring up, though, since the available evidence suggests that abiogenesis is far, far more common and easier than that, and that's just for earth-like biology.

Perhaps more importantly, though, evidence seems to suggest the observable universe - what most people, including scientists, refer to as 'the universe', even when talking about the chances of life - is but a drop in the ocean of the actual universe, with the density of stars at the edges of the observable universe being exactly the same as the density in the middle.

What available evidence would that be?

The available evidence suggests that it's easy to make organic compounds like amino acids, that's about it.

We can't even account for how random chemical processes allowed information to be stored in nucleic acids and translated to proteins.

 

[Trefoil]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

I'm actually going out to pre-drinks now, but you're quite behind on current abiogenesis research. You can find a lot of what I refer to by some basics search queries on Google Scholar.

Happy New Year, all!

 

[SmRandmAzn]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

I reckon that thinking we're the only lifeforms in the universe is kind of arrogant. Why would we be so special?

 

[suzlee]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Yes, I do. It's every possibility that whatever caused the start of life (although it was a miracle) on this relatively tiny planet could have occured at least in one other place in the limitlessly vast universe...

Yeah and I agree with the above thought. It's simply arrogance to think that we are the only life in a place that we don't even know the end of.

 

[lyounamu]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Lol, everyone here should have done cosmology as their HSC course.

 

[Dragonmaster262]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Lol, everyone here should have done cosmology as their HSC course.

I would rather do that subject. English is too hard for being a compulsory subject.

 

[badquinton304]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

I would rather do that subject. English is too hard for being a compulsory subject.

Agreed.

 

[Tully B.]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Yeah (to the extraterrestrial question, not the one about alien Jews).
But will the people of Earth ever find that life? Probably not.
Even if it's just an itty bitty amoeba we're talking about here, the chances of their creation are very minute. This improbability is resolved by the vast magnitude of solar systems, of planets, of suns. However, the improbability of the existence of extraterrestrial life within our planet's reach is one that cannot so easily be put aside.

 

[Gerald10]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

earth is the alabama of the universe.

 

[rasengan90]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

Yes, but I think the existence of intelligent life is unlikely.

 

[dp624]

Re: do you believe in the existence of Extraterrestrial life outside planet earth?

For sure.