If there are intelligent lifeforms, then where and how would they exist??
2007-02-09 21:53:54 · 3 answers · asked by Geinius 3 in Environment
This is a question that no one on this planet can answer with any appropriate level of certainty.
Current theories concerning the nature of the universe are that the universe is literally infinite and that there are an infinite number of stars. (However, there are competing theories.) Since some percentage of those stars have planets, there is also an incomprehensively huge number of planets. It seems unlikely that there would be such a large number of planets orbiting an infinite number of stars without favorable conditions for life being present anywhere else in the universe.
However, no one can really say how often various materials have formed into life. Scientifically, we cannot really say whether this formation of life happened only one time or if there is some level of probability that this can happen anywhere within the universe. If it's a probabilistic mechanism, then it would be very likely that intelligent life exists somewhere else in an infinite universe. Some have ascribed a specific numerical probability to the act of life being formed, but in my opinion this is really guesswork at its worst, as no one can really know what that probability would be.
In my opinion, though, given an absolutely infinite universe with an infinite number of possibilities for life to form, it seems more likely than not that this would happen more than once.
2007-02-09 22:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by DavidGC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hard enough to find intelligent life forms HERE!!
2007-02-10 08:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There must be - they've given us a hell of a wide berth. That's intelligent, if anything is!
2007-02-10 07:01:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋