2007-03-13 10:03:23 · 6 answers · asked by Panda 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The probability that the only forms of life in the universe are on our planet, given the size of our universe, and especially if the HYPOTHESIS that other universes exist proves true (the multiverse/meta-universe hypothesis is just that, hypothetical, an educated guess without any current way of verifying it), is so infinitesimally small that it's not really worth mention.
Despite that, however, there is currently no scientific evidence actually supporting the idea that life exists elsewhere, just speculation.
Whether or not intelligent life has developed independently is another question entirely - currently it's estimated that it took something on the order of several hundred million to over a billion years to make the leap from single-celled to multicellular organisms. It's certainly possible, perhaps even likely, but we really have no way of knowing for sure, so again, it's all just speculation.
@AZ - As a mental exercise, supposing intelligent life out there eventually receive our signals, what's to say that they'd assume that some have poor grammar and others do not? I posit that it is just as likely they would assume those with poor grammar are merely speaking a different dialect. Just my two cents there. :P
2007-03-13 10:27:32 · answer #1 · answered by SayDoYouWantToGoSeeAMovie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder if their grammar is as atrocious as that of so many Earthlings? I can imagine that when all these messages filter out to beings across the ether, they will conclude that this planet has no intelligent life.
2007-03-13 10:10:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does seem unlikely, doesn't it? But we still have no evidence of any other life in the universe. At least not yet.
2007-03-13 10:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course we are not alone. there are more universes too. more galaxy, and billions of planets. each star has a planet , each galaxy has millions of stars. we are never alone :D
2007-03-13 10:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by ohshizclarissa 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one with the common sense that god gave walnuts believes that we're alone in universe.
2007-03-13 10:07:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No ho ho!
WE ARE NOT ALONE....
There will be thousands of creautres we will discover later after I die...but for now plz people stop asking this question..lol
2007-03-13 10:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by AD 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋