Do you think there is other life out "there?" Meaning in outer space? Or do you really think we are the only ones here? I think there is ton's of other life out there.... possible even more advanced than us... but I don't think they are little green men who come to visit us. What do you think?
2006-07-20 17:15:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Have you heard of Drake's Equation.....the scientific guess on how many intelligent civilizations there are in the Universe:
2006-07-20 17:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this question depends on the answer to several other questions - and we don't know the answers to those other questions
For one thing, we don't know how rare or common life is. It might be that life is inevitable where the conditions are right, but it might also be that the conditions are very rarely right.
For another, we don't know how common or how rare *intelligent* life is. Life itself might be fairly common, but intelligent life might be an incredible fluke that has only happened on this planet.
For another, you have to keep in mind that the universe is spatially vast, and that it is possible that others exist and we will never be in contact or communication with them because of the vastness of space.
For another, it's easy to forget that the universe is also chronically vast. It might be that other intelligent life-forms have existed before we did, or will exist after we no longer do, but do not and will not exist while we do.
Because of these uncertainties, and despite all our scientific knowledge, any substantive answer to this question remains very largely a guess.
2006-07-21 00:51:26 · answer #2 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I believe God put us here as one of millions or even billions of "test subjects" to see how we'd get along, given that He gave us a wonderful planet on which to live with abundant food, water and good weather. There are so many other planets in so many other solar systems that the odds of us being totally alone are pretty small. But I could be wrong...
2006-07-21 00:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by christopher s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. just for the simple fact that the universe is ever expanding. Even though we cant find evidence of life in our solar system, for all we know there could be 2 or 2,000, 0000 more planets exactly like earth out there. i just wish we already had a way to travel space faster.
2006-07-21 00:32:29 · answer #4 · answered by southca49er 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it would be very naive of us to think that this is the only planet that God put life on. I think that he experimented until He got it the way that He wanted it to be, that doesn't mean that we are the best. We could be an experiment ourselves. Look at the world today, do you think this is what God had in mind?
2006-07-21 00:21:24 · answer #5 · answered by happybidz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. believe (wether its in our glaxy or not) that there are "aliens" out there. Maybe theres another galaxy with a planet much like our earth, maybe even with humans living on it, wondering the same thing. Or maybe theres a planet that has living Dinosaurs, maybe they started life the same way that the Dinosaurs of our world did, only they managed to survive. Or maybe there are creatures that we have never heard of before, wethere they're hostil or not, I would like to see one.
2006-07-21 02:18:41 · answer #6 · answered by Princess Gemini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think were the only ones to I think there are more things in space but I don't think about it 'cause creapese me out.
2006-07-21 00:21:33 · answer #7 · answered by Nikki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i do believe there is , i have taken an astronomy course in college recently and i believe that there is other life, there are millions of other galaxies other than us and just think how big our galaxy is...they keep discovering more all the time... the class really opened my eyes, not saying that it said we had other life, but just opened my eyes to the universe in general
2006-07-21 00:21:59 · answer #8 · answered by broken_jade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a large posibility there are many more planets with life on them like ours.maybe not little green men but like us in many ways.
2006-07-21 00:20:39 · answer #9 · answered by lcayote 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that there is other life, we just have to stop thinking that they all are like us, and consider other possibilities.
2006-07-21 00:19:09 · answer #10 · answered by psycmikev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋