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01-13-2004, 04:37 PM | #22 |
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I strongly believe that there is other life. Has anyone heard of the Roswell crash? The US Government said it didn't happen. Yeah, and Jean Chretien didn't pepper spray anyone!
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01-13-2004, 04:40 PM | #23 |
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I did. Something did happen there but the goverment tried to cover it. Heck like the X-Files. I recall a TV show on Disovery that was very interesting. Oh and what about the Area-51?
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01-13-2004, 04:43 PM | #24 | |
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01-13-2004, 05:52 PM | #25 | |
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01-13-2004, 06:11 PM | #26 | |
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Anyway, if we are talking about things outside this universe size - who knows? Since I can't comprehend any way for the universe to end (in space/size) I have to assume it's infinite - although I doubt the spread of physical matter is infinite - there is probably a boundary beyond which you won't find any hydrogen etc. atoms. I'm restricting my arguments to within the physical space that is governed by einstein's and newton's laws otherwise you can blow this game open any way you want and there's no point discussing it
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01-13-2004, 06:14 PM | #27 | |
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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 ]
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01-13-2004, 06:38 PM | #28 |
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I really believe there is. Like Gangrell said, If there isn't the universe would be an incredible waste of space. We know of only 8 planet. There are millions (if not billions) of planets in the universe. At least a few should be able to support life like Earth.
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01-13-2004, 07:02 PM | #29 |
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The question of whether there is or is not intelligent life out there is completely arbitrary, and is as much a matter of faith as any religion is.
If you're asking, does the probability exist, then the answer is most definately yes. The reasons for the probability being so low are the conditions set up for cellular life to exist, as Vaskez posted previously. The essential truth of the matter is, however, no one knows, nor can know for a great many years to come. Just given the time needed for a single radio message to be transmitted (even at light speed, the physical limit in this universe for anything)it could take literally hundrerds, if not thousands of years to reach any kind of civillisation with the technology to recieve, process and send a return signal, and then the same amount of time for the return journey. Ditto with the ideas behind UFO's already having visited us. The amount of time, resources and technology that would permit a vehicle to travel the cast interstellar distances to reach us (and we'll ignore all the socialogical problems which could be attached to any race's society undertaking such endevours) would be phenomenal - especially if their only purpose was the probing of attention-hungry people who seem to be abducted on a regular basis. But perhaps i'm being to pessimistic. Do I believe there's intelligent life out there? I admit the probability exists, but I see no reason to acknowledge any kind of life out there. In any case, to my mind, there's no evidence or circumstancial facts to debate over, and while it's an amusing topic for speculation... in the end, it's down to belief and little more. |
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