Poll: Do you believe in aliens?
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Yes, Aliens exist, and although id like to meet some, i dont thinkwe will meet any in my life time 
Other - Do I believe there is life on other planets? Yes (They've already discovered bacteria on other worlds, haven't they?). However I do not believe we have enough hard evidence to support the existence of other "intelligent" life but I'll fully admit it's possible.
I'm going with the fact that... yes... I'm going with good ol' Drake's Equation
N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L
http://www.setileague.org/general/drake.htm
N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L
http://www.setileague.org/general/drake.htm
No. I don't "believe" in them. I don't accept that they exist. I just accept that they likely do/have/will exist at some point given the magnitude of the universe and possibility of multiverse. For all we know multiple galaxy-spanning civilisations could have existed already billions of years ago, before dieing out completely. Alternativley, we could just be the only ones here. So I don't accept the existence of them, and I don't believe that they exist either. But if there is any objective evidence given for it at any point, I will chance my mind.
The universe is infinite in every sense of the word. It has an infinite amount of space, it has an infinite amount of time, and an infinite number of possibilities for what can occur in it. If we can occur in it, then there's no reason organic life can't occur somewhere else. I just hope that when we make contact it's more along the lines of Mass Effect or Hitchhiker's Guide than finding some bacteria. Though bacteria would be cool too.
I'm absolutely sure there is life on other worlds, given that the universe is infinite, law of probabilities states statistically SOMEWHERE out there there has to be a world whose conditions favor a system of living organisms.
I don't believe we've ever made contact though, no.
The way I see it, there are two possibilities:
A, we eventually come across a planet with microscopic or extremely simple macroscopic life.
B, an intelligent species finds us.
When we do come across them, I doubt they'll be anything like any beings we've encountered on earth. Maybe they'll be remotely similar, but nothing like the menagerie of creatures we've seen in sci-fi movies/books/games/tv shows.
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Because if it is computable, then no, it does not dwarf the number of planets in the universe, not by a long shot. That is, there is an infinite number of planets.
I don't believe we've ever made contact though, no.
The way I see it, there are two possibilities:
A, we eventually come across a planet with microscopic or extremely simple macroscopic life.
B, an intelligent species finds us.
When we do come across them, I doubt they'll be anything like any beings we've encountered on earth. Maybe they'll be remotely similar, but nothing like the menagerie of creatures we've seen in sci-fi movies/books/games/tv shows.
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Nope, only signs of it on mars. No living beings yet.Ensiferum said:
Is the improbability of earth's environment computable? I'm pretty sure we've found at least one or two earth-like planets with our telescopes. We know mars once had water.mikespoff said:
Because if it is computable, then no, it does not dwarf the number of planets in the universe, not by a long shot. That is, there is an infinite number of planets.
Small nitpick as I mostly agree with you:cornmancer said:
While the current cosmological model of the universe seems to support an infinite amount of space, it doesn't support an infinite amount of time available, especially time for life to form. What with entropy and the heat death and the steadily increasing expansion of the universe that would eventually rip everything apart blah blah.
If you were just being hyperbolic it's fair. We certainly do have quite a bit of time for other life to form in the universe (and probably an infinite amount of space which would make it a virtual certainty), even if it's probably not an infinite amount of time.
If we do find aliens that are intelligent, I believe they will look and act like nothing we have ever imagined.
Like, something really weird. Something very hard for us to comprehend. As much as I love the Mass Effect universe, I don't think aliens will all be like that - bi-pedal, think in terms of a united government and such.
Like, something really weird. Something very hard for us to comprehend. As much as I love the Mass Effect universe, I don't think aliens will all be like that - bi-pedal, think in terms of a united government and such.
Have you read Solaris by Stanislaw Lem? I highly recommend it (neither movie does it justice), it's really all about the idea that aliens we might meet would probably be a lot more well... alien than most people realize. To the point where communication might be hopelessly hampered.Greatjusticeman said:
No, I havent. I have read that Old Man's War series by John Scalzi, though. They aren't the best written books, but they are entertaining. And provides interesting sight on how relations might end up being between aliens and humans.AgentNein said:
Though he didn't give much description into their appearances, they usually had pretty different cultures compared to everyone else.
I think yes, the universe is way too big for us to be the only life forms ever...quite impossible to be the only ones here.
Of course. If the Universe is infinite, then there are definitely intelligent aliens out there somewhere.
I'd even be willing to bet a significant amount of money that there's sentient alien life in our galaxy. Besides us humans, of course. However, we'll never encounter them unless we develop faster than light travel.
I'd even be willing to bet a significant amount of money that there's sentient alien life in our galaxy. Besides us humans, of course. However, we'll never encounter them unless we develop faster than light travel.