Do you believe in alien life?

What say you?

it would foolish to believe that in this vast universe, there is no alien life anywhere.

it would foolish to believe that in this vast universe, there is no alien life anywhere.

konvikt_17

It could be an illusion, and it's actually small.

I do.

Yes, I do. I do think some of it is sentient.

Yes, I do. I do think some of it is sentient.

kabphillie

my pastor thinks there might be some intelligent life out there, and that's why it's never communicated with us

Over a sextillion stars in the universe. Chances are pretty high at least one of them has a planet in its solar system that can sustain life.

Over a sextillion stars in the universe. Chances are pretty high at least one of them has a planet in its solar system that can sustain life.

Jimn_tonic

There are trillions of grains of sand on the beach, does that mean one of them is intelligent?

There are trillions of grains of sand on the beach, does that mean one of them is intelligent?0rbs

Every day that passes with no confirmations of alien life, lowers the possibility of there even being alien life.

[QUOTE="0rbs"]There are trillions of grains of sand on the beach, does that mean one of them is intelligent?Zeviander

yeah but my pastor said that's because it's god's will.

[QUOTE="Jimn_tonic"]

Over a sextillion stars in the universe. Chances are pretty high at least one of them has a planet in its solar system that can sustain life.

0rbs

There are trillions of grains of sand on the beach, does that mean one of them is intelligent?

That is a shockingly bad analogy...wow.

yeah but my pastor said that's because it's god's will.0rbs

it would foolish to believe that in this vast universe, there is no alien life anywhere.

konvikt_17

pretty sure there is life on other planets.

Yeah, I'm 100% certain there is alien life out there. Its just a question of how far away they are I guess.

With how vast the universe is, there's definately life somewhere out there.

The possibility of life existing elsewhere in the universe, 100%.

Our galaxy alone have around 300 billion stars If you were hypothetically take 1/100,000 stars with the right spectral types, heavy element compositions and ages, there would be an assuming number of 3 million stars capable of producing enough energy for life on the planets surface. Considering that many of these stars are in the billions of years old, the chances of multi celluar life to exist around other stars system is extraordinary high to a near certainty.

Yeah, I'm 100% certain there is alien life out there. Its just a question of how far away they are I guess.

nooblet69

[QUOTE="0rbs"]yeah but my pastor said that's because it's god's will.Zeviander

Yes, intellilgent, not intelligent, all shapes and colors and whatnot. However, I also believe that space travel will only take us to a relatively small distance. That is, we may send some of us to the very ends of our Solar System and maybe a bit farther than that, but that's it. And those intelligent life forms from other planets, advanced as they may be, will more than likely be more or less just as limited with their own space travels. You need to be several times faster than the speed of light to travel the kinds of distances required for any kind of contact to be even remotely possible. There are talks about wormholes and stuff, but I just don't see it happening for anything or anyone that's composed of matter. 

I believe it's possible, but for there to be life, there have to be specific conditions. For example, if the planet is too small or too big, or is too far away from the sun, for example, it won't happen...If not, no life.hydralisk86

That's actually very hard to say. Given the size of the universe and the possibilities that theoretical infinity brings, there may be some forms of life that endure (and actually require) insanely hot temperatures to live, and breath... I don't know, chlorine or something.

The deeper we dive into the ocean, the more we find weird and borderline disturbing shit that changes everything we know about life and what it requires. And that's just our own ocean.  

it would foolish to believe that in this vast universe, there is no alien life anywhere.

konvikt_17

[QUOTE="Jimn_tonic"]

Over a sextillion stars in the universe. Chances are pretty high at least one of them has a planet in its solar system that can sustain life.

0rbs

There are trillions of grains of sand on the beach, does that mean one of them is intelligent?

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That was fvcking dumb

Every day that passes with no confirmations of alien life, lowers the possibility of there even being alien life.

GOGOGOGURT

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]I believe it's possible, but for there to be life, there have to be specific conditions. For example, if the planet is too small or too big, or is too far away from the sun, for example, it won't happen...If not, no life.LordQuorthon

That's actually very hard to say. Given the size of the universe and the possibilities that theoretical infinity brings, there may be some forms of life that endure (and actually require) insanely hot temperatures to live, and breath... I don't know, chlorine or something.

The deeper we dive into the ocean, the more we find weird and borderline disturbing shit that changes everything we know about life and what it requires. And that's just our own ocean.  

Nope. There hasn't been any credible proof that has persuaded me.Kemonojin

incredibly high plausibility given the scale of existence and the fact that life can come from non life easily and we are made of the most common resources in existence

It's a possibility, but I believe they'd be nothing like us.

Think about it. Think about all the strange things (accidents if you will) that occurred in our evolution to make us what we are now. The fact that we have to inhale constantly to live. The fact that we have to eat other organisms to survive. The fact that every species has two sexes that are required to get together to reproduce.

Extra territorial life will most probably not share all of those charismatics.

it would foolish to believe that in this vast universe, there is no alien life anywhere.

konvikt_17