[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: quote: Originally posted by Gangrell: And like I said, I doubt there isn't life on other planets, ignorant or intelligent, otherwise the universe would be an incredible waste of space.

That's of course assuming that the universe is there for a reason. Something can only be a waste if something 'better' should be there. If we're all just here by pure luck that all the right things happened to occur for us to be possible, then there's no reason there should be life anywhere else. It's like if you look at the desert and say, well that's a waste of space, it could be a lovely rainforest or something that would be worthwhile - only to the eyes of someone who happens to value rainforests. If the universe just is, then there's no waste of space, just space [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Haha! good point it does sound like some people are saying that there has to be life in all that space simply because otherwise it hurts their sense of efficiency

If you take the view of some modern religions, we are special and unique and were created that way - this is supported by the pessimistic application of the Drake equation (the part about being unique) as well as much other logic.

[ 01-13-2004, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]