Do you believe???

Question

Do you believe in life on other planets because its pretty hard to believe that in the whole universe we are the only form of life.............n e 1 agree?

Answer 1

Yes I do very strongly. The problem with us humans is that we are looking to see evidence of life according to how we see it. There may be things we will never see. To give you an example, our eyes can only pick up a small ammount of the electromagnetic spectrum, which we call light. What if things existed in other ways, and gave out other forms of radiation? We'd never see them or know of them. That could also mean that things exist in parallel with our universe, but just untraceable to us. Look at small insects - their visual resolution is limited so they will never see what a person looks like (even if the had the ability to understand shapes like that). To them, in a way, people don't exist. They see the world so differently to us, but the fact is, we can see them, and we know they exist. Maybe something else see us, and knows we exist, but we can't see them??

Answer 2

We are a small planet circling an insignificant star perched on the edge of a relatively ordinary galaxy. Multiply that billions of times over billions of years and life on other star systems could have come and gone in that time and other life forms not even ready to form yet as the conditions are not yet right on their planet.

Will we ever meet any of them? Probably not, a few microbes or very basic forms of life at best.

Will we ever travel to the stars? yes undoubtedly, just because the technology is not yet available and we cannot comprehend how we might do it, doesn't mean it will not happen.

We have to escape this planet, it is just a goldfish bowl and the next asteroid or comet could destroy practically all life as it has done at least twice before and probably many more times.

That is why we are explorers we have to know what is over the hill, what is beyond the horizon and we do not know how much time we have to get there.

An individual termite has no ability to build a termite mound, but collectively the job gets done and so it is with humanity as individuals we have no real concepts beyond our own reality so we are incapable of seeing the whole picture, but collectively we are heading inexhorably towards the stars, whether we like it or not!

Answer 3

Here the thing to me....

....When our local universe formed 14 billion years ago, it was too hot early on for life. Now it has cooled, making life possible. We could very well be the first planet on which life formed from chaos to complexity.

What's encouraging is how "fast" (the earth is only 4.5 billion years-old) life formed here with the right conditions. We just have to find another planet with those conditions. It's possible that other planets cooled to the right condtions and life formed temporally (in time) parallel with us, we just don't know it yet because their address is a billion light years away and their signals haven't reached us yet.

Answer 4

Not on other planets known to us.
If we look through the universe which is so vast and varied, the possibility can just not be ruled out. On the contrary, it is hard to assume that life here on earth can ever be a unique phenomenon in this huge universe!!
And, indeed, life could well be in such forms and character as we may not even recognise - for instance it could be without any physical movements!!

Answer 5

There might well be other forms of life. However, if there are, it's very likely that it has not progressed beyond the single-celled stage, or very basic multi-celled creatures. Given the billions of years it took between the development of the first life-forms on earth and the arrival of intelligent creatures (us), it seems pretty unlikely that any other planet would have evolved similar intelligent life-forms in the same 60,000-year period that we have been around.

Even if there are intelligent life forms, and we (or they) discover a way of meeting them, what are the chances that we will be able to communicate with them? Pretty low, in my opinion.

Answer 6

I think you would have been better off asking if there was intelligent life on another planet.

I guess there is a possibility of life on other planets, considering the size of the universe. but what creates life is a question you have to understand first before posing this question.

Regarding intelligent life, that is a totally different question altogether, what is intelligence and how did it evolve in the human species. I am believer in the evolutionary theory which in my mind and all science proofs this, that humans evolved from apes and because of the special way we are were constructed we were able to evolve through being socially interactive and also being able to use tools which helped us shape and manipulate our environment.

It can also be said that we are a very fortunate species, that we have evolved along with other species because of freak accidents, one being the extinction of previous life forms.

To create life there as to be special forces in place, life on earth in its infancy is far different from what it is today. there was the right conditions on earth in its atmosphere and its relationship with the sun for life to evolve and to sustain itself.

So can these conditions be created somewhere else, it is possible but may also be unlikely. basic life may be elsewhere but anywhere near what life is on our planet is very remote.

Answer 7

I believe that the concept of the universe going on and on forever is just too much for our pitiful little minds fo comprehend. I'm not really convinced that there's life on other planets, but I'm not going to sit here and say that there isnt. Who are we to know, anyway? The universe is endless... wouldn't it be strange if we were on the only living planet in it?

Answer 8

If its merely a matter of belief then I cant see much meaning to it.

The fact is as far as we know and we have moved very far in the last 20 yrs or so, life is only here on earth. If this is the case then surely that makes this thing we call life rather special. The fact that we are here at all is a constant celebration of that.

Therefore we have an immense responsibility. More than we realise.

Answer 9

Why other planets? Can be anywhere in the galaxy.

The eastern thoughts cover 7 worlds , clearly named and described. I would believe it.

Those who have NOT yet seen the Google Earth website, should see that. Unbelievable. Turning the globe around I came to my country , then to my state, then on to my city, my residential area and , finally zoomed into the top of my .....MY ... home in the city. Immediately I felt that if Google could do that , the alien landing s should all be true. Pinpointed landing.

Please try Google Globe. Mindboggling.

Answer 10

I think it's very logical to think so. After all we're orbiting around one star and are in the right place (not too hot, not too cold) and there are loads of stars out there so it's perfectly possible that other planets have found the "magic spot" In fact it's more than likely there are other life forms out there, think how big the whole of space is.......