If so i think that they are not coming to se us earthlings because they are laughing at the mess that we are making of our own planet. after all with global warming & the like surely the sensible thing is to learn from our mistakes & not make the same mistakes on their own planet!
2007-06-09 01:08:16 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I believe that there is intelligent life in the greater part of the universe. Why ever the hugeness of the universe. It would really make no sense to me. Considering the vastness to even consider that we are the only living being would be rather silly. The government may wish to cover up a great deal however we humans have an ability to form our own conclusions.
I do honestly believe the beings that are out there are much more intelligent than us. I have a feeling they started some of the processes that we are already doing .
Yes I strongly believe that there are other beings out there and by the movies that have been produced I think many others think the same way however don't voice it.
Smiles Alot
2007-06-09 01:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by Spirit_Rain_3-SunShineAries 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Given the supposed age of the universe, from 15 billion years to eternity, and the supposed age of intelligent life on our planet being a few million, or less, years, plus the absolutely unfathomable number of planets in the universe, It is very feasible that there, not only could be, an enormous amount of intelligent life out there, but unimaginable advanced life, millions, even billions of years older than us. It could be that the controversy surrounding the theory of evolution, with it's lack of factual fossil evidence of mediation (missing links) has foundation, and that very, very advanced ET's actually placed us on this planet and are involved in our progress. It would, at least, help explain the sudden appearances and extinctions of the various unconnected, unrelated species, wouldn't it? It's a thought isn't it?
2007-06-09 02:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty much on the fence with this one.
The way I see it there are 2 strong arguments that contradict each other.
Firstly:
The thousands (maybe millions) of conditions and variables that had to be perfectly in synchronisity with each other in order for life to develop on our planet surely cannot occur twice.
It is purely a matter of coincidence that we exist at all.
We are talking about anything from the extreme accuracy of the distance our planet is from our sun to 2 tiny cells millions of years ago bumping into each other and thinking "what will happen if I stick my thingy in her thingy...."
The amount of coincidences that all happened at once are surely not repeatable.
However...
If indeed the universe is eternal then that means that absolutely anything and everything is possible.
I mean think about it, you are talking about infinite space and infinite time.
And who is to say that other forms of life would need the same conditions to exist as us.
For example, our bodies have evolved and adapted to the conditions on our planet. So why on some other planet can life not evolve to live in different conditions. They may have bodies that have evolved to survive in extremely high temperatures or their bodies may use different fuels to us (their bodies may convert different gases into the fuel their bodies need). They may be 50 feet tall (we are only our size because the gravity on our planet prevents us from growing any bigger, if they have less gravity then surely they will be taller).
So the conditions and variables that they required to be perfect in order for them to exist may have been different to our planet.
Actually I think I have just convinced myself.
Yes, there must be intelligent life somewhere (and sometime) in the universe
Damn, that was heavy for a Saturday night.
2007-06-09 08:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by chrfrost 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any civilisation has gone through exactly the same thing as we are going through. Every civilisation has teething problems be it here on earth or on another planet. we just have to continue to hope that one day the right people will run this world.
Of course there is life out there, it is very big headed of us to think that we are the only life in this galaxy, let alone in the whole universe.
2007-06-09 01:16:53 · answer #4 · answered by ... 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there probably is, for there are many planets in the vast universe. I do not think they have visited Earth, because distances are too great. The nearest star to our Sun or Sol is Proxima Centauri. 7 miles-per-second is the escape velocity of our planet. A rocket travelling at this speed would take 106,448 years to travel from Proxima Centauri to Earth. No material object can travel at the speed of light.
2007-06-09 03:54:46 · answer #5 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who knows... It’s a mystery to me, as we humans still do have any concrete evidence to support it.
The answer also depends from which angle we look at it. According to the scientific point of view, if all the conditions that can support and nature life exists on any other planet then it is possible that other life forms exist. But no evidence. Our knowledge of the vast Cosmos is still very limited.
From the point of view of some religions, like Christianity, life on earth is unique…
2007-06-09 02:43:57 · answer #6 · answered by Leo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Considering the amount of stars and planets in the universe I think it's quite possible that there is other planets which have the right conditions for life. I don't think they're coming over to see us though.
2007-06-09 05:45:05 · answer #7 · answered by starelda 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Statistically there should be life out there.Even if it's a one in a million shot that's a lot of life in the known universe.There are three possibilities for such life: It is at the level of worms and bugs in which case it is of no interest to us except maybe biologists, It is highly advanced in which case we are not of much interest to them or maybe it's their policy to let developing civilisations evolve naturally or lastly, they're just at our stage of development and technology in which case we could make contact shortly,maybe this century.The last possibility is the most unlikely and there's also a chance that we're alone but that we will in the future be the ones to bring life to the rest of the galaxy and beyond - maybe.
2007-06-09 03:14:45 · answer #8 · answered by Maxim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally think that there probably is, although they might not know that we exist, just as we do not know that they exist. It's always been an interesting topic of discussion though, other intelligent life forms in the universe. After all, there are so many different solar systems in our galaxy alone that we don't know about, let alone other galaxies in this universe. Who knows, there may even be other universes out there!
2007-06-09 01:21:03 · answer #9 · answered by - 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's this strange philosophy (or was it a theory) called Anthropic Principle.
One of the version (Strong Anthropic Principle if I'm not mistaken) says that the universe was made in such a way that intelligent life form must exist in the universe.
It goes something like intelligent life form must exist to observe the universe, in order for the universe to exist.
2007-06-09 03:01:19 · answer #10 · answered by Hornet One 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋