Is there intelligen life elsewhere in the universe?

Answer 1

The fact is that it's simply not known. The belief that, just because we are intelligent and there's a lot of space out there, there "must" be intelligence elsewhere, is a sentimental non sequitur. The simple fact that we are intelligent implies only that the odds of intelligent life elsewhere is not identically zero. To estimate a finite probability *empirically*, one would need to sample a independent set of planets and find at least one with intelligent life that developed independent of ours. Statistically speaking, we cannot include ourselves as a sample because counting earth would fatally bias the set. This is because earth having intelligent life is a prior condition required to perform the statistical exercise. That is, statistical analysis requires intelligence. The Drake Equation (google that) represented a *theoretical* estimate of the odds of intelligent life, but many of the terms in it are just WAGs with no reliable way of determining whether or not the final result is larger than any arbitrarily small finite number. Consider your bubble popped.

Answer 2

Statistically, it seems likely that there is at least one other race as smart or smarter than us somewhere in the universe -- or even on this planet, as we are not certain just how smart some animals, like cetaceans or elephants are yet. But intelligent life on another planet may only be far far away from Earth, in another galaxy, so we would probably never meet. We don't know enough about the environments of other planets yet to make an accurate guess about the odds of planets outside the solar system being able to support life.

Answer 3

The chance on intelligent life is extremely small. Divide one (human race) by the number of species on this planet and you'll know why.

The chance on life is also quite small, as there have to be a number of conditions:

- Amino acids must be merged with H20 molecules in order to form organic cells. This chance is extremely small, as scientists believe that the amino acids on our planet came from an asteroid that crashed into our oceans. This way organic cells came into existance.
- There has to be a moderate temperature, as species must be able to survive.
- There has to be an atmosphere with oxygen.
- Life forms must be able to adapt themselves to several hazardous conditions (note that the dinosaurs were entirely extinguished by a crashing meteor).

Again, count the number of planets, then the ones that contain life on it. Divide the ones that contain life on it by the number of planets discovered and you have the chance of life occuring.

Now multiply both chances (the chance of intelligent life and the chance of life) and you have the approximate chance of intelligent life.

This would be less than 1/ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 or something like that. Scientists are still fishing in the dark as there is no direct evidence of the macro evolution from primate to man.
However, the universe is very large.

To answer your question: "seeing is believing".

Answer 4

I think so, the universe is too big for only planet earth to have inhabitants alone. I can across a quote one day that said 'the surest sign that there is intelligent life in the universe is that they've never tried to contact us!' LOL I think its funny but seriously I don't think we humans are alone. I guess in time we'll see if this is true

Answer 5

some people say there is but we may never know we may b the only life in the universe there has 2 b some planet out there that can suport life but 4 right now we might b the only 1s

Answer 6

It would be a terrible waste of space and matter if we were totally alone in the universe.

Answer 7

Yes. They are not as dumb as we are asking the same questions million times

Answer 8

No one can prove anything, but there is a lot of space out there, who knows...

Answer 9

The implicit assumption in you question may be debatable.

Answer 10

yes you just got an answer from one