Are aliens real?

Question

I know, I know, another one of these dumb questions.

But seriously, not like a small little living bacteria or anything. Is there anything out there like on mars or any other planet that has a living life form as intellegent or even more that us? That would be pretty cool.

Answer 1

nobody knows...but if you take into account the number of galaxies and solar systems, it seems ignorant to say that there can't be life out there

Answer 2

Question: Can life exist anywhere else in the universe?

Answer: Very probably.... almost a certainty The universe is a pretty large place. It's almost mathematically impossible that life only developed here on Earth. It seems to exist here on Earth in places that would have been thought impossible of supporting life.

Question; Can intelligent life exist anywhere but on Earth. I think one has to be pretty careful how one defines "intelligence." If one listens to politicians, or advertisements, or some of the stuff that passes for "reality shows," one might question the existence of intelligence here.

We used to judge intelligence by human standards. If you ask a monkey where to go if there's a rain storm, the monkey will tell you that one should go under a tree. Well, everybody knows that when it rains, one goes into a house. But not if you're a monkey. Four walls mean shelter to human. To a monkey it may mean capture.

We used to think that man was the only critter here who had a language... then we discovered whales and dolphins seemed to be able to communicate.

But, in answer to your question, why not?

Question: DOES life exist anywhere else in the universe?

Humans have only been around for a little while. And at the rate we're going, we probably won't be around much longer. We'll probably either blow ourselves up, or we'll pollute and over-populate ourselves out of existence. But, the point is, that life, once started, doesn't last forever. Planets that might harbor life get hit by other space flotsam, or their stars die. If the inhabitants colonized other planets, part of the species might survive, but, a least at present for us here on earth, space travel is a rather expensive and time-consuming endeavor.

Let's say that life night exist on planet A. It's orbiting a dual sun some 1 million light years from Earth. The light... any radiant energy... originating from that system that finally reaches Earth, started over a million years ago. In that amount of time, a civilization could have been born, lived and died. There's not even any assurance that planet A even exists anymore.

At best, all we'll be able to do without quantum leaps in technology, is detect planets. Life thereon will be conjecture.

Question: Would an alien race contact us?

Answer: Whatever for? We're unstable, We're dangerous. We're destructive. We've left trash on every planet or satellite we've visited. Not the kind of neighbors one might gladly welcome into the neighborhood.

We currently don't pose a threat to any planet other than those we've used as garbage dumps. So far, we're pretty much quarantined by our own ignorance.

What about UFO sightings, abductions, crop-circles? I don't know. If extraterrestrial in origin, and if they are real, then they smack of some childish prank... maybe some 3rd-grader on a planet in some distant galaxy wanted something for "show and tell." But then, our "pseudo-scientists" (sociologists, psychologists, and psychiatrists) put rats in mazes, subject them to torture, drive them nuts, and medicate them to death... and they call that science. They're the ones who are trying to define intelligence.

If I were extraterrestrial, I'd give Earth a wide berth.

Answer 3

Considering the number of stars in our Galaxy and the number of galaxies in the universe, I would have to say almost certainly there is.....
However, chances are they are so far away from us that the light from their star probably hasn't reached us since life evolved there.
The nearest galaxy to ours is approx 2million light years away, that means for us to detect radio signals from a civilization there, they would have needed to have begun transmitting such signals over 2 million years ago..
Our civilization has only been using radio technology for about 100 years or so - not going to have got very far yet is it.
Space is very big, beyond our comprehension.
I think there must be other intelligent life contact would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.
One things for sure, it won't be found on Mars (at best, extinct microscopic life might be found on Mars one day, but I wouldn't hold my breath).

Answer 4

We know of no other life (whatever form, whatever level of intelligence) that exists anywhere else but here on Earth.

That does not mean it does not exist. It just means that we have found no evidence of life elsewhere.

Is it possible that there is life elsewhere? The universe is so large (and life-as-we-know-it appears to survive harsh conditions on Earth) that it would be surprising to discover that life elsewhere does not exist.

But, still, we have no evidence that there is.

Just as we have no proof that it does not exist.


Would it be pretty cool?
Depends what they intend to do about us.

Answer 5

Probably not in our solar system, but we can't be the only planet out of thousands if not millions with life on it.

Answer 6

I think that's why we're sending probes and telescopes out there in space just to precisely answer that question

Answer 7

we would have to be pretty self righteous to believe we are the only intelligent beings in the universe.

Answer 8

Yes, aliens are real. They look like potatoes.

Answer 9

Yeah, go to the hospital emergency room it's full of them.

Answer 10

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