Why would extraterrestrial beings look humanoid?

Question

See of all the elements and space in the universe the idea that alien life forms would resemble anything like humans seems pretty small minded.For that to happen the planet in which they live would have to resemble earth in many ways which would be virtually impossible.

That is why I came to four conclusions.

A.Humanoid aleins are actually humans in the next stage of evolution.However that claim seems pretty far fetched since time travel has not yet been discovered by humans for such thing to happen.

B.Aliens are actually the servents of god.They were called angels in the bible and watch over us.This seems to make more sense to me since claims of alein visitors were mention in the book of ezekiel.


C.They do exist but they have never visited earth and never abducted any humans.Such claims were hoaxes.


D.Alien life does not exist.However The size of the universe and all the possibilities of life makes this claim seem unlikely.


What do you think?

Actually there are more people everyday believing that there was a supreme being that created the universe so the god conclusion isnt as unvalid as you guys think.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=33940

Answer 1

I think that our ideas that some other aliens may be humanoid comes from two different areas:

1. Science Fiction. Until recently, there was no way to create an alien on a TV show or movie without using a human actor dressed in a suit. Obviously, the actor would need to move around, so the alien would have to be humanoid to accommodate the actor. But now we have computers, and make aliens that aren't six feet tall and built exactly like humans.

2. You could assume that since NASA has found some other planets with some similar building blocks to Earth's (very far away), and the tremendous size of the galaxy, there's most likely SOME sort of alien species out there with humanoid features. The odds are with us. I'm also holding out for a species similar to Klingons, as well.

Answer 2

Many portrayals of aliens in "artist's renderings" are based on what the artist believes aliens look like. You are right that the likelihood of another race of "humans" existing in the universe is slim to none. If scientists eventually do find bacteria on Mars or another planet/galaxy/wherever else, it would be considered an "alien race," as it is an organism originating outside of Earth.

Options A and C are the most blatantly false (or hard to believe) of the options you proposed (imo). B is a possibility, depending upon if you want to take a religious stand point on this, but strictly speaking science D is the most correct (or probable). There are more galaxies in the universe than there are stars in the Milky Way. This breaks down as such: Our galaxy contains billions and billions of stars, only a few of which are sun-like. Around 200 extra solar planets have been found orbiting other sun-like stars. If there are more galaxies in the universe than stars in the milky way, then there is are innumerable numbers of stars, and most likely millions of sun-like stars with their own planets. And these are just what we have SEEN. Who knows what else exists? Either humans (or life in general) and Earth or "nature's mistake," or aliens (of some form) do exist.

Answer 3

Because sci-fi illustrators are deficient in imagination.

A. Ezekiel saw a vision of wheels withing wheels etc. Or so he wrote. The description is rather confused. Old Germanic and Celtic lore told of "The Wild Hunt", which is probably about as reliable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt

C is almost certainly correct. Tales of abduction by extraterrestrials emanate almost exclusively from the USA but it's difficult to understand how such visitors know the difference between Canada and the USA, specially in the border regions.

D is probably correct. But alien life may be only bacteria or trees or something as smart as a cow.

Answer 4

I think that your four conclusions are flawed.

A. Humanoid aliens are a product of science fiction and have not been seen, observed, studied, or recorded in science as yet. There is nothing to suggest that aliens have humanoid form at all. They could for example look like fish, or something as bizare as that.

B. You have confused the study of space and the Universe with the teachings of religion which will net you zero in advancement of your understanding of space, the stars, and the universe. In order to reach any possible level of advanced intelligence in the study of Astronomy you must place all religious training on the back burner - some far corner of your mind. Religion is okay, but don't let it interfere with a real education about the things around you.

The universe is vast and contains many wonders. Real things that can be studied and observed clearly and simply. you just need a few tools like binoculars, a telescope, star charts, and books on Astronomy written by very well educated men and women. Before you pop off with these remarkable conclusions of yours, wouldn't it be nice to read up on a few things and get a good background in the subject first. Most people take 4 years or 8 years to accomplish that. you have done it in what? 3 months?

C. Visits by aliens and abductions are most likely false. I agree. No proofs of these claims exist. Science Fiction runs rampant on the subject, however.

D. Flawed thinking will get you no where. What do you suggest is the size of the Universe? Ian Ridpath, author of ASTRONOMY, DK Publishing, NY, NY., for example, suggests that the observable universe extends out 40 Billion Light Years in every direction. That is only the "observable universe". This means that the limitations of our best equipment prevent us being able to get any useable information from distances out there any farther than that. In no way does it mean that that is the end of the Universe. We just cannot see beyond that because of the limitations of our equipment.

The Milky Way Galaxy contains at least 200 Billion Stars. Each one of them has the possibility of having from 1 to 10 (or more) planets (with all their moons) circling around it just like our Sun.

Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy there are simply thousands of other galaxies with each one of them containing billions more stars. Each of those may have from 1 to 10 (or more) planets (with their associated moons) circling about them.

With all those possibilities for the existance of a planet with conditions similar to those on Earth there must certainly be one or more that meet this criteria. Will we find it? I don't know. Will we find it in our life time? I don't know. But, the possiblilty is quite real, and only a fool can ignore it.

Answer 5

Aliens do exist in all corners of the universe.
They would likely be based on some sort of DNA,probably very similar to ours.
Depending on the specific characteristics of their environment they could have almost any physical characteristic.
If you consider the life on earth [DNA] based you could never imagine all the varieties on earth.
Your imagination may never come up with what they possibly could look like.

Answer 6

your first theory --if it was us that evolved, wouldn't that take thousands of years ,or at least hundreds if we start messing with our DNA to change us. maybe by that time well have figured out how to time travel,and its just us visiting the past on a vacation. 1000 years ago we thought we were the center of the universe, even 600 yrs ago we thought we could sail off the edge of the earth, so i think people that say definitely no to the idea of aliens sound as "out-there" as old farmers that have been butt probed by little green men.

Answer 7

A) I think this itself is pretty far-fetched, as pretty much all alien encounters can be discounted as fiction or hallucinations. No reason to try to justify something that didn't occur.

B) Sorry, aliens are much more likely to exist than god.

C) Yeah, pretty much.

D) Not too likely. Just not visiting.

Answer 8

The reason that most people report that the Extraterrestrial creatures were humanoid are a reflection of our prejudices. We have a hard time envisioning life that is vastly different than our own.

Answer 9

Chance of existence of Aliens is one in a trillion and if exists, the chance of they be in human form is one in a trillion.