i am dong an assignment at school based on why people believe in extra terrestrial life and why they dont. this is for my major assignment for my final year in high school and i would really appreciate finding out what different views people have. please help.
2006-10-30 10:30:04 · 15 answers · asked by mel h 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes I do. I think that it would be selfish to think that humans are the only intelligent life form in this "never ending" universe. How could we possibly know that? We havent even began to explore outside of our own galaxy witch could be one of billions like it!
2006-10-30 10:35:06 · answer #1 · answered by june.thirteenth 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Life? Very likely.
Intelligent life? Well, that's a much more complex question. I have to admit, I do believe there is intelligent life out there somewhere, but this comes more from wishful thinking then any rational look at the evidence, of which there is none. At most, we can say that, "If it happened here, it must've happened elsewhere." That, however, is a logical fallacy. There is no guarantee that, because there is intelligent life on this planet it exists elsewhere. If there is intelligent life out there, then it is very unlikely we will ever meet them or even know of them due to the immense distances of space. And there's little guarantee that an intelligent species can sustain itself long enough to gain the kind of technology to cross those gulfs.
On the other hand, our sampling size of intelligent life is pathetically small.
2006-10-30 21:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by abulafia24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So far we've seen no verifiable evidence of other sentient species. That said, I believe with some certainty that somewhere in our galaxy at some past, present, or future time, a sentient species did/does/will exist.
Why haven't we heard from them?
Perhaps they are not technologically advanced to be heard. They may be mastering stone knives right now, or experiencing their own Rennaisance.
Perhaps they are here right now. Any species sufficiently advanced to travel interstellar distances would be able to hide or masquerade with ease. That Boeing 737 that flew by may be a surveillance craft.
Perhaps they are so far away they will never notice us and vice versa.
Perhaps they existed a million years ago and died out.
Perhaps they will exist a million years from now.
It is really impossible to know for sure.
The Drake Equation suggests that there is sentient life out there. The Fermi Paradox casts doubt. Play around with the calculation form at the second link and see what you think.
2006-10-30 19:18:07 · answer #3 · answered by Otis F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the possibilities are too great for there not to be other life. The distances are so big. It takes hundreds of thousands of years just for light to travel across our own galaxy. There are billions of stars, planets, and moons in our galaxy. And there are billions of galaxies. Humans live on an outer band of the milky way galaxy. We live on the 3rd planet from the sun. Why should we think that God is incapable of creating life elsewhere? Why would that be a threat to God? I believe
God created the universe and I just don't think he would have wasted all that empty space. Life on Earth is abundant. There is such a variety. I believe once we find et's it will be good for us. The day will come. I don't think it will be hostile or freaky. I think they will be super intelligent.
2006-10-30 19:11:31 · answer #4 · answered by timespiral 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in extra terrestrial life because there are so many trillions of trillions of galaxies with hundreds of billions of stars.
Based on all the conditions it takes for life to exist and such huge numbers it is certainly possible.If you take a look at the molecules in bacteria and the types they are such as poison and
other gasses.Take look at Europa (Jupitars moon) and see
the moecules and water there are. There is even a planet far away in this galaxy that is right away from its sun and the perfect distance for life to exist.But even if someone may prove other wise this is a point that will hopefully be added on your project:
"o prove that aliens do not exist you must searh the entire Universe and every square nano meter of the Universe which is difficult but to prove that aliens are of existace you just need to find it once and you are successfull"..Many do not believe in extra Terrestrial life because of religion but I believe that religion and
things like this have to be fitted in each other so they lead to a higher understanding. For example in Christianity people believe that Earth is the most important planet and that it was the only one of significance created. Yet in the 1600,s Earth was proved to rotate around the sun and they believed that the Universe rotated around Earth.God may not have only created Earth and it is not wise to say that humans are the only significant beings. Take angels for example they have wings and are not from Earth so they are basically Extra Terrestrial because they are not from Earth. And the bibal does not talk about the entire csmic manifistation but only duty to society and what is sin and what is
not sin nd the kinds of beings found in our human world. They
also say that god created man in his liking. But angels are not exactly looking like man. They are of higher respect but are they man.To say that god has this single human form is foolish. God
is so powerfull that he can be in a billion forms at once. He came to Earth as a human so he changed forms and yet he was still
in heaven.Aliens may see him in a different form but in religion as a whole God is the source of everything and the intelligence beyond the Universe which must not be judged by man.
And that was the awnser from a 13 year old (me) lol ha ha ha!
2006-10-30 19:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course there is life on other planets. They have been there for as long as earth has been around and probably longer. They have been coming here off and on forever but humans are just too egotistical to believe that other beings, besides humans, do exist.
http://www.bright.net/~phobia/main.htm
2006-10-30 18:40:42 · answer #6 · answered by ♥cinnamonmj♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is. Think about all the stars out there with planets around them; there must be a planet similar to this one. But the universe is so immense we will probably never know for sure.
2006-10-30 18:37:44 · answer #7 · answered by Steve-E-Z 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do believe because it has been more or less proven (or at least suggested) that other planets, solar systems and galaxies have the basic ingredients, such as water, necessary for sustaining life.
2006-10-30 18:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The probabilities of ET life is very high, based on Drake's Equation, check it out:
2006-10-30 21:09:00 · answer #9 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there has to be. There are billions and billions of stars in the universe meaning there are billions of other planets. How can we possibly be as arrogant as to think ours is the only one that can sustain life? It just doesn't seem possible that we are the only one.
2006-10-30 18:39:23 · answer #10 · answered by *Cara* 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋