This is actually not that bad of a question. In fact, more than likely, there are aliens somewhere else. Usually, people think of aliens as little green monsters that abduct humans. However, this is not the true definition of an alien, which is another life form outside of earth. Many scientists believe that there is life on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa. And even though we might not find life there, we have 100 billion other stars to look at in our galaxy. And even if we can't find them there (which is basically impossible), we have 100 billion galaxies to look through in our "observable" universe. So my answer is that there are probably aliens "Extra-Terrestrial Life" out there. Now the green aliens that come in and abduct people is more than likely a myth. Humans made that idea up just like they did with Dracula, Big Foot, and the Lochness monster.
*Edit* Also keep in mind, animals here on earth have adapted to extreme conditions. Tube worms down at the bottom of the ocean basically have no sunlight but yet live in craters at the bottom of the ocean which can get to an extremely high temperature.
2007-07-09 16:09:25
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answered by Michael N 2
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If by "here" you mean, visiting the Earth (from other solar systems), then No, I don't believe that they are here.
That is quite different, however, from asking if I believe that they are (or were, or will be) somewhere.
When Carl Sagan tackled the problem, statistically, of the presence of life on other worlds, he left out a very important dimension. He posited the statistically probability (very, very, very small) of any solar systems with planets capable of supporting hydro-carbon oriented life. Then he reduced that further, to those where the right conditions have been met. And so on and so on - the massive amount of galaxies, and resulting more massive amount of solar systems, leads one to state (with some confidence), that unless Life on Earth is a uniquely created thing, then it has a good chance of existing somewhere else.
What Mr. Sagan does not discuss in this conversation is the vast amount of time life must exist before it develops the means to travel among the stars. This is a somewhat prejudicial view, for I am limiting lifeforms for whom interstellar travel could be a rote activity, but so be it. If they require some sort of artificial prop (such as a space ship, or other conveyance, or enabler), then the development of that from initial conditions of life on a planet is a very, very, very long time. Perhaps longer than the potential life span of such a species. The odds (even given the vast statistical body of likely-to-have-life planets from Mr. Sagan's speculations) of two or more such species (one able to travel, and one able to perceive the other) existing simultaneously are ridiculously small. Again, this is prejudice - for I am positing that a species that is able to travel the stars will continue to change, and eventually die out as a species or culture. Perhaps given nearly infinite room for expansion and having risen to such a point that self-sufficiency stands in place of adaptation, such a species will not die.
2007-07-09 16:05:43
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answered by Chuck T 2
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definitely no. permit's think of on the subject of the prospect although: assume lifestyles isn't unique to Earth, and that greater lifestyles prepared and able to shuttle in area exists. And enable us to even enable that this "alien" lifestyles can stay for the vast lengths of time that makes interstellar shuttle available. Even then, they at the instant are not right here. Statsitically speaking our photograph voltaic device does not be exciting, or specific in any thank you to those beings. that could be a conceitedness of the optimum point to think of that those extraterrestrial beings could shuttle massive distances to loiter around around one specific famous guy or woman, that on the entire, isn't something exciting, and has almost not something to set it aside from the hundred of billion stars that are in our very own galaxy.
2016-11-08 21:09:29
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answered by Anonymous
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No I do not. There is a high probability that they exist somewhere in the universe, but if they were here now it would be big news. There is no way they could be here now but known only by a select few and kept secret from everyone else. That it just not plausible.
2007-07-09 16:44:08
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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Im not a christian but read genesis 6 it talks about the nephilim do a lot of research on that word and that will tell u what you need to know
2007-07-09 16:11:09
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answered by and1player2 3
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I believe if aliens are here, then we don't know it. If they were visible to our senses, do you really think that an intelligent race would actually come here to Earth to meet with this pre-caveman race? We havn't even figured out how to stop calling each other names and killing each other yet...
2007-07-09 18:54:44
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answered by Promised Attitude 2
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Maybe a few, but overall, we're far too boring/technologically backwards//barbaric for anyone to want to chat with us.
2007-07-09 15:57:43
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answered by K 5
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Do you believe in fairies?
It's about the same thing.
2007-07-09 15:58:01
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answered by nick s 6
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