People say Aliens or other intelligent life is non-existent; a fantasy. Isn't that a bit Elitist and naive? I think so. Just because there has been no provable contact, doesn't mean they're not out there.We're a grain of sand on the shore of space and time.
2007-02-23 14:13:40 · 22 answers · asked by Pontius 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Its unlikely that we live on the only inhabited planet in the universe. With so many different forms of diverse life on our 1 planet, and so many different planets in the universe it would seem improbable that life only exists on 1 of them. There are millions of different forms of life on this one planet, and all were able to evolve in our environment. Its not like our 1 planet yielded a single life form, its that our 1 planet yielded millions of different life forms. Because of that, its far more probable that millions of planets would yield billions of life forms than none at all.
2007-02-23 14:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that it is very likely that there is life in the galaxy other than just us. That it could be far different from what we are seems almost a given and it could be so different that we wouldn't even recognize it. It also seems likely that some of it could be far advanced of us. The galaxy is a very big and complex place with possibilities beyond imagining.
The part that seems almost as elitist as insisting there is no other life is the idea that other life would be visiting here, the far reaches of the galaxy, far away from the denser clusters of stars and potentially life bearing worlds. Why here and why now?
2007-02-23 14:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AS a Christian my belief is that God created Humans the earth the Universe, for a Purpose, this prupose as far as I can tell involves no other planet having lifeforms, So although to Science(Its own Religion), this is a no brainer and there IS other lifeforms, for me as a Christian, there is NONE, only on Earth. Science may debate what it likes about single cell lifeforms it may have found on some martian landscape, until I see the evidence, which I dont believe exists then no
2007-02-24 00:02:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the solar system, yes; in the galaxy, no; so in the universe absolutely NO! calculate the possibilities and you get that there are still life on other places. One solar system has approximately or averagely 6 planets, a galaxy has millions of stars and the universe.....well i cannot think of the number, IT IS TOO VAST!
My point is, life doesn't mean to arise from a condition like Earth. It may be able to live on highly radiated area (like water bears on earth, they can tolerate high radiation area)... so believe that life is somewhere out there, but just don't make them visit you or you visit them, unbalancing the equilibrium of the universe...
2007-02-23 14:34:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has to be other intelligent life out there. I think the government covers up alot of it to keep people from panicking. I was watching some specials on cattle mutilations and governmental action plans for alien attacks on the History channel last weekend - interesting stuff.
2007-02-23 14:19:12 · answer #5 · answered by Your Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God works in mysterious methods, my chum. Jupiter is a stunning sight to be carry. That concern is enormous. Stars, blackholes, and all of the different wonders of the universe are what makes it exciting. i does no longer desire in simple terms the earth, the moon, the sunlight, and blankness all around. Oh definite, and Jupiter additionally rebounds lots of the asteroids which could probably collide with Earth.
2016-10-16 08:56:58 · answer #6 · answered by trinkle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody really knows for sure. In my opinion they do but our technology is not yet advanced enough. NASA has managed to finally take the spectroscopy of 2 exosolar planets but no signs of life yet. You should look up Setti or the drake equation. The could be life on Europa (Jupiter's Moon) which is believed to have a subterranean ocean. It would be hot enough to harbor life due to tidal heating.
2007-02-23 14:28:23 · answer #7 · answered by chase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude in America ... Well, it seems you've answered your own question (nothing wrong with that) and you'd just like to see what others think.
I genuinely agree with all you've said. To elaborate, no ... There is NO evidence of life existing elsewhere. But not having evidence of life elsewhere is entirely different than proclaiming that there is NO life elsewhere in the universe.
I vote with you, of course. The odds simply seem against Earthlings being the only life forms in this massive expanse of other places.
2007-02-23 14:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure somewhere out there in space there's another planet with intelligent life.
2007-02-23 14:22:17 · answer #9 · answered by cartiphilus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had to guess, I would say the chances of life arising,
evolving and prospering are 1 per universe...and we are it.
So live rationally, get a good job and have a good time.
2007-02-23 14:20:04 · answer #10 · answered by Graybeard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋