Do you believe in other life forces out there? If yes, then what and why? I believe there are I'm not sure exactly what though, I just know that it's selfish of us to assume that were the "only ones" out here!
2007-06-13 06:00:08 · 13 answers · asked by rachel t 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
"The Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for or contact with such civilizations.
According to some observers, the extreme age of the universe and its vast number of stars suggest that extraterrestrial life should be common. Discussing this proposition with colleagues over lunch in 1950, the physicist Enrico Fermi is said to have asked: "Where are they?" Fermi questioned why, if a multitude of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations exist in the Milky Way galaxy, evidence such as probes, spacecraft, or radio transmissions has not been found. The simple question "Where are they?" (alternatively, "Where is everybody?") is possibly apocryphal, but Fermi is widely credited with simplifying the problem of the probability of extraterrestrial life. Wider examination of the implications of the topic began with Michael Hart in 1975, and it is sometimes referred to as the Fermi-Hart paradox.
There have been attempts to resolve the Fermi Paradox by locating evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations, along with proposals that such life could exist without human knowledge. Counterarguments suggest that intelligent extraterrestrial life does not exist or occurs so rarely that humans will never make contact with it.
A great deal of effort has gone into developing scientific theories and possible models of extraterrestrial life and the Fermi paradox has become a theoretical reference point in much of this work. The problem has spawned numerous scholarly works addressing it directly, while various questions that relate to it have been addressed in fields as diverse as astronomy, biology, ecology and philosophy. The emerging field of astrobiology has brought an interdisciplinary approach to the Fermi paradox and the question of extraterrestrial life."--wikipedia
To the objective (or open minded ) person there are several possibliities:
1. Earth is unique-- Earth is the only planet capable of supporting life as we know it.
2. Earth is not unique in that there is life elsewhere but there are no other advanced civilizations in the universe.
3. Earthlike planets are extremely rare therefore any advanced civilizations are to far away for us to contact.
3. Earthlike planets are not rare, there are many civilizations out there but they are so far ahead of us technologically that they do not wish to be contacted.
4. Earthlike planets are not rare, there are many civilizations out there but their form of life may be so different than ours that communication may be impossible.
5. The Zoo hypothesis--we are being deliberately isolated by some advanced race wishing to protect us or cultivate us technologically.
6. We have been contacted but our governments feel that the general public is not "ready" for such a discovery and the aliens have respected that viewpoint.
7. They are already amoung us but we cannot see them (deliberate hiding or so differnet that our eyes can't see them)and our government doesn't know.
you can probably add to this list.
2007-06-13 07:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by Deslok of Gammalon 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes it was a war crime. some may think not but the whole idea of using nukes as weapons was wrong. it was not dropped to end the war and save lives. it was dropped to kill . it was too show the rest of the world the power of the USA and to instill fear and horror in the world population of the Almighty america. if as some put it "it was their own fault." what crime against the US did the people of bikini atoll commit against the US . they were removed from their home so the Us could test other bombs. it destroyed the islands. then they were left to starve and die of radiation poisoning till some charitable organization rescued them. this piss the Us government off beaus they were counting on them all perishing so they could gather info on the effects. what crime did the nearby native american indians commit to deserve to be irritate by the trinity test. many died from cancer. the Us a irritate every single person alive in the 40s and 50s on this planet with their test. why do you dumbbells think there is more cancer killing people since the 1940s than before wwi that question was a good one. it proved by some of the answers just how some lack a shred of common sense or compassion or that they posses a conscious. "well every body else was doing it so it was okay and not a crime." right?
2016-05-19 02:05:09 · answer #2 · answered by tosha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do I believe there are other forces/life "out there"? Yes.
What? I don't know
Why? Because, like you, I think it's odd to assume that we're the "only ones" out there. Quite arrogant, actually.
Now. I don't believe that freaky little green aliens with 53 eyes and a love of reading "How to Serve Man" are floating around, gnashing their teeth at the thought of coming to earth.
But the universe is impossibly huge, and it's unlikely that we are the only life force/beings in this entire infinity of space.
2007-06-13 06:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well Rachael. Yes and No. You see...though my work in quantum mechanics and theory I have discovered that there is a 93.2222 repeating percent chance of life in another area of this universe. They won't be green because of the the lack of chlorphyll to make them green. They may have big eyes because of the lack of light or they may have small eyes due to an increase in intensity of light. If you ever study qunatum theory you will find out that it is nearly impossible to say "we're the only ones" There is also a 62.45 percent chance that life will be more evolved and technologically advanced than ours.
2007-06-13 06:08:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I definately belive there is life out there...and not just mini micro organisims or small bugs like some scientists say. We'd be pretty dumb to believe in our existence and not anything else. We haven't explored the universe enough to know even half of what's out there but yet we're so bloody stubborn and think we know so much. I hope I'm fortunate enough to see something from another planet in my lifetime :)
2007-06-13 06:39:45 · answer #5 · answered by Sandi G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The existence of "other things" (say, alien intelligence, not intelligence from Earth) is mathematically proved. Unfortunately, because our instruments of navegation and investigation, used in the research of this kind of intelligence, are very primitive compared with the infinite universe, it will take us a lot of time to prove this mathematically equation. In other hand, it's very difficult to these intelligence to visit us, because there are obstacles, (in this age, they are infranqueable barriers) like to travel across the space-time. But some day, these obstacles, like many that we've left down, will disappeared.
2007-06-13 06:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by timmysanz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are at least 52 other species of beings living on other worlds outside of this planet.
There are also beings here from our future - approximate 50,000 years FT
Two time lines - same beings but adapted from extreme change in solar output and biologic changes
2007-06-13 06:57:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
With all the planets out there, there has to be life. There is no evidence to support that fact so far as yet though
2007-06-13 06:03:55 · answer #8 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is very selfish to think we are the only ones! I just don't know how to explain it--or I would be a jagillionaire!!
2007-06-13 06:03:23 · answer #9 · answered by irishjenn79 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but if so don't you think they would have come to our planet to invade or greet us like the aliens in movies?
2007-06-13 06:03:49 · answer #10 · answered by munkeys_happy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋