Do you think there's a good chance life on two other planets somewhere in our galaxy have made first contact?

Question

I mean with millions of stars with a possible million more planets, combined with carbon based life, combined with space age techonlogy minus the Bush administration. Could it have happened already? Are they looking for us?

Answer 1

Could it have happened? Sure. Are they looking for us? Well, are we looking for them? We are, so it stands to reason that other forms of life that have reached simliar levels of consciousness and technology would do the same thing. But at the same time, think of how many countries on Earth are not even attempting any kind of space exploration. So just because you have the means, doesn't mean you will do it.

Also, I read a good analogy once of how the occurence of life in just our galaxy might work. Think of a Christmas tree that is as tall as the Empire State Building (or something equally as big). Then string the whole thing with those blinking lights. Set them so each light only blinks once an hour, but at a random time and for less than 5 seconds. Now you are only looking for the green lights. And whenever you happen to get 2 green lights blinking within an inch of each other at the same time, that would represent contact between 2 life forms. The green light itself represents the entire lifespan (centuries, millenia, whatever) of a species that has built a civilization capable of contacting other forms of life. So is there a good chance that there are other forms of life out there? I'd say yes. Will we see them in our lifetime, or even the lifetime of the human species? Probably not.

Hope that helps some...

Answer 2

in the scheme of thing life on earth is very young. imagine life in other galaxies as bieng ancient compared to us. Look at the amount of technology we have created in the last hundred years now imagine what we could have in another 1000 years.

There is no doubt there are others out there and who is to say planets in another galaxy are not treated like next door neigbors.

Who is to say we are not the result of an experiment by another race of beings. Maybe there is a reason we can only use 10% of our brain and maybe theres a reason we cant explain the universe.

Answer 3

We have visited Earth for a long time. Over the centuries, your planet was a curious place to visit once or twice and was not considered very interesting . Sure, your wars showed us how undeveloped you are as a species. Your infantile,(in cosmic terms) dependence on god concepts does not bode well for you and neither does your penchant to breed beyond your planet's ability to sustain you. We are now showing an interest in you because it is not often that we get to observe a species commit suicide. You are so close to maturing as a sentient species and it will be a shame to see you kill yourselves. There are just not enough of you becoming rational enough to force the issue. You let the least among you determine your fate, so be it.

Answer 4

The funny part is... they say that Alpha Centauri is a habitable planet. It's 6 million light years away or something. That means that we're seeing that planet 6 million years ago. Who knows what has happened since then. I think that's a long amount of time, personally. I mean that's longer than a calculus class seems to take... barely.

Answer 5

hmmm... do u believe in a god like Jesus in Christians?
I'v read that if there's no god who made/created life on Earth, how then these creatures (i mean living things) are formed from all the necessary non-living things needed to form life at the right amount, right "ingredients" to create life, at the right combination, right pressure and temperature? @@

Answer 6

it could and they might, on the other hand maybe it did not and they are not.