Do you think there are other live beings in the universe?

Question

And I don't want any of that "if not, it'll be a huge waste of space" tralala either.

Answer 1

There are _trillions_ of stars in the Universe. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is composed of 300 - 400 billion stars. There are _billions_ of galaxies in the Universe, many dwarfing the size of ours.

The chance of other life _not_ being out there is so close to zero that it can't even be calculated. There are infinite possibilities in this Universe, and we haven't begun to study more than a tiny bit of them.

To anybody that has the audacity to say "no" there isn't, then get an ego check. We aren't the only intelligent life in a Universe of infinite possibilities.

Answer 2

Yep, almost certainly. Even if life developing is a one in a trillion combination of factors -- which it very well might be -- the universe is so large that there are bound to be millions of places where those trillion factors all exist.

If you mean are there other "intelligent" beings in the universe, that's probably a big "yep," too, but for every, say, million places where life has developed only one might go on to develop intelligence.

Of course, what intelligence is is an open question. Are human beings that intelligent in the big picture? Pick up a newspaper these days or turn on CSPAN and you'll wonder!

Answer 3

definitely. it is naive to think we are the only living beings in the universe. That's what religious thinking has done to our planet. the laws of probability also would say that there are millions of other planets with living life on it because the universe is so big(even though u didn't want to hear that, its true)and if it could happen once it will happen again over and over. now would we be able to ever reach one of these planets is a different story. currently we don't have a good enough understanding of space to travel through it effectively but if you look at the advances we have made in the last 100 years alone it seems we may be able to in a few hundred years (as long as we don't kill ourselves or our planet first).

Answer 4

I dont think that intelegent life exists, but life does exist. I know that. Imagine this: A gas Giant. Nothing but clouds oif gas. Inside jupitur. How can life survive? They can float! Blimp-like creatures could fly and be hunted by gliding creatures called "sword tails", or perhaps an organism that has no mouth or nose for breathing, since it abosbs the ice on europa, and gets food by photosynthesis, on the moon of Europa. Or EVEN IN VENUS!!! There could be fat creacures that are resistant to the intence heat, and can last heavy pressure. They eat rocks and metal, and since the surface is boiling hot, they keep standing on one foot, alternating every once in a while. Great thinking, no?

Intelegent life doesn't exist as far as I know, but other forms of life, like the ones I listed, or single celled organisms, could.

My answer: Yes! Definatly. There are kinds of life that can adapt to nearly anything. Bacteria for instance. Its a huge, wide space, and Earth isnt the only planet with life. Definatly not. Earthlings adapted to life on this planet. If we were somewhere like Europa or Titan, we might not have to breate, or be resistant to very cold temperatures. Imagine that!

Answer 5

I think that there are others in the universe and that they are intelligent perhaps more advanced than we are technically. They might have even visited our planet to see if we were in the same ball park as they are in intelligence and technology.

If they have made attempts to contact us, there might be a language barrier that they have not overcame as of yet, I know we would have a problem with language.

Our solution to a foreign language is to slow down and still talk in English, while moving out fingers, and hands as if this will change things.

If given the opportunity to travel into outer space on a mission to seek out existing life I would jump at the chance, I would not even have to have a guarantee of getting back.

I hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.

"FIGHT ON"

Answer 6

Wow, lots of answers. Must be a hot topic.

I think it is reasonable to assume there is life in many places in the universe, not just on Earth. Now that we know Earth is not the one special center of the universe it just follows that we are probably not the only life in the universe either. But of course we don't know for sure there is other life out there. Not yet anyway.

Answer 7

I do...how can we think we are the only existing beings? The main reason I do believe is because Mercury at one time had the same make up Earth does. Mercury would have been inhabitable and very well may have been but it burnt up from the sun so we don't know. I choose to believe but only because I have an open mind-and because I watch to much unsolved mysteries as a teen :)

Answer 8

Well, I was just about to say "it would be a huge waste of space if there wasn't" but...in theory, it's the truth. As far as beings, it depends on what you classify that as. There could be animals, or microbes, but not technically beings in the respect of us as human beings. In our universe...I doubt there are living "beings"...microbes possibly, animals or the like...possibly, but we are the only planet precisely located whereas we are not too far, and not too close, to the sun, and as the sun is what keeps us and our planet alive, it just makes sense that no other beings could inhabit any other planet. Other universes?...absolutely, depending on their position to their sun.

Answer 9

to think that we are the only intellengent lifeform in the entire universe is a bit arrogant . in a universal timeline earth has only been around a millisecond compared to what is out there far beyond the reach of our most powerful telescopes. if this planet could evolve into a place where life can exisist so can others

Answer 10

I would look at it from the perspective that if we developed life in our little backwater corner of the universe then it must be pretty easy for "life" to define itself and exist. I would also submit that the odds of there being life elsewhere, even if you want to say are 1 in a million you have basically infinity with the universe...so there must be at least 1 or more...elsewhere...