Do you think there is life on other planets?

[floo]

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[Shaker]

The more complex life is the rarer it's going to be.

Nevertheless, with a big enough stage it's going to happen somewhere - and even that part of the universe of which we can conceive mathematically is vast beyond human comprehension. So I'd put good money on it. The idea that there's no life (intelligent or otherwise) anywhere else but on Earth is really quite laughably parochial, more suited to the tiny hole-and-corner universe of theism than science. An incredibly rare chance event, given a large enough stage and sufficient time, will occur repeatedly, thus making it not that rare over all.

[Brownie]

Possibly.  It would be arrogant of me, or anyone, to say there definitely isn't.

[Brownie]

Yup, they could have had gay rights while we were still emerging from the mud!  On the other hand they might be quite thick, or without any quality resembling compassion.
When I meet one I'll let you know.

[BeRational]

If other intelligent life forms do exist, it is possible they are more advanced than us humans and have it all sussed.

We are 1% different to Chimpanzees. All our intelligence and everything about us is somewhere in that
1%.

The smartest Chimp I think can sign a few words to make a sentence. Our smartest brains have figured out when the universe started, and some of the laws that govern it.

Imagine meeting a species that was 2% different from us in the same direction that we are from Chimps!

[torridon]

I think the clever money says that microbial life will exist wherever there is a warm wet rocky planet with reasonable stability and no adverse issues.  Much rarer than that would be complex multicellular life, and much rarer still intelligence and consciousness; the rarity being the main reason why we haven't found any little green men yet.  I have an awful feeling that highly precocious life forms risk self-annihilation.

[jeremyp]

There's definitely life on whichever planet Vlad is on.

[Shaker]

There's definitely life on whichever planet Vlad is on.

Remember that life need not include intelligent life.

[OH MY WORLD!]

Wonderful, you godless Earthlings can believe in the existence of intelligent life on other planets, without one shred of scientific evidence. Congrats on that, and I know you godless atheists have no choice but to believe, cause it's against your religion to believe Earthlings are special. Best to start taking Klingon language classes!

"Moves Like Jabba"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ftVPk-WZw

[jeremyp]

Wonderful, you godless Earthlings can believe in the existence of intelligent life on other planets

If we're Earthlings and by implication, you are not, doesn't mean there must be life on other planets?

"Moves Like Jabba"

You know Jabba was an enormous obese slug?

[Brownie]

Wonderful, you godless Earthlings can believe in the existence of intelligent life on other planets, without one shred of scientific evidence. Congrats on that, and I know you godless atheists have no choice but to believe, cause it's against your religion to believe Earthlings are special. Best to start taking Klingon language classes!

"Moves Like Jabba"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ftVPk-WZw

I'm not 'Godless', OMW.  I asked you on another thread, is it a requirement of the Christian faith to not believe in the possibility of life on other planets?  If so, no-one has told me.

For the record, it is my view that Earthlings are very special, all of us.  If there is another world out there with inhabitants, they will be special too.

[Shaker]

I'm not 'Godless', OMW.  I asked you on another thread, is it a requirement of the Christian faith to not believe in the possibility of life on other planets?  If so, no-one has told me.

On the other hand I have heard some people state, apparently in all seriousness, that should humanity ever encounter intelligent extraterrestrial life, the first thing that needs to happen is that the aliens are saved by hearing the good news of Jesus

[Bubbles]

On the other hand I have heard some people state, apparently in all seriousness, that should humanity ever encounter intelligent extraterrestrial life, the first thing that needs to happen is that the aliens are saved by hearing the good news of Jesus

 

Be Rational's aliens with the 2% extra intelligence  meets the YEC

No wonder we can never pin down those flying saucers 
 

👽💨

[Brownie]

On the other hand I have heard some people state, apparently in all seriousness, that should humanity ever encounter intelligent extraterrestrial life, the first thing that needs to happen is that the aliens are saved by hearing the good news of Jesus

That reminds me of the book,'The War of the Worlds' by H G Wells.  A group of Christians led by the local vicar approached the crater where the aliens had landed, to welcome them and preach.  That book had such an effect on me!  I was very, very young when I first read it and used to wake in the morning and look out of my window onto the allotments that backed onto our garden, wondering if Martians had landed.
Anyway they never did and I outgrew looking for them.

[Bubbles]

I think life on other planets given the size of everything is virtually inevitable.

Whether it builds and explores like us, is debatable.

I don't know how probable it is that another creature could visit their moon for example.

[Bubbles]

That reminds me of the book,'The War of the Worlds' by H G Wells.  A group of Christians led by the local vicar approached the crater where the aliens had landed, to welcome them and preach.  That book had such an effect on me!  I was very, very young when I first read it and used to wake in the morning and look out of my window onto the allotments that backed onto our garden, wondering if Martians had landed.
Anyway they never did and I outgrew looking for them.

Some how I reckon the thrumming of the Martians and the death ray was more scary in the 1950s version 

[Maeght]

Wonderful, you godless Earthlings can believe in the existence of intelligent life on other planets, without one shred of scientific evidence. Congrats on that, and I know you godless atheists have no choice but to believe, cause it's against your religion to believe Earthlings are special. Best to start taking Klingon language classes!

"Moves Like Jabba"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ftVPk-WZw

Its possible that intelligent life exists elsewhere but it may not. We don't know.

[Brownie]

Some how I reckon the thrumming of the Martians and the death ray was more scary in the 1950s version 

I've not seen the film, except extracts from it, the book was excellent.  I suppose it still is, I might dip into it again.

[jeremyp]

On the other hand I have heard some people state, apparently in all seriousness, that should humanity ever encounter intelligent extraterrestrial life, the first thing that needs to happen is that the aliens are saved by hearing the good news of Jesus

If Christianity is true, probably, they will already have heard the good news about Christ.

[Hope]

If Christianity is true, probably, they will already have heard the good news about Christ.

Rather cryptically, Jesus even states that he has other flocks elsewhere - whether that means here on earth or elsewhere in the universe is simply not explained.

[Shaker]

Rather cryptically, Jesus even states that he has other flocks elsewhere - whether that means here on earth or elsewhere in the universe is simply not explained.

How remiss of him.

[ippy]

Rather cryptically, Jesus even states that he has other flocks elsewhere - whether that means here on earth or elsewhere in the universe is simply not explained.
[/queote]

Rather cryptically you believe Jesus stated etc etc, you nor anyone else knows that.

ippy

[Stranger]

Wonderful, you godless Earthlings can believe in the existence of intelligent life on other planets, without one shred of scientific evidence.

While we have no direct evidence, we do have the evidence of what happened on this planet (life got going pretty much as soon as it could), evidence that planets are plentiful and evidence of just how big the minimum size of the universe is. All of that suggests that either what happened on Earth was extremely unlikely or there is life elsewhere.

I know you godless atheists have no choice but to believe, cause it's against your religion to believe Earthlings are special.

Drivel.

[ippy]

While we have no direct evidence, we do have the evidence of what happened on this planet (life got going pretty much as soon as it could), evidence that planets are plentiful and evidence of just how big the minimum size of the universe is. All of that suggests that either what happened on Earth was extremely unlikely or there is life elsewhere.

Drivel.

Seconded.

ippy

[L.A.]

I think it would be totally incredible if Earth was the only planet to host intelligent life forms.

I think it is very likely microbial life will be found elsewhere in our Solar system, possibly Mars, in the next few decades.

Personally, I feel certain that intelligent life must also exist somewhere 'out there' but could be so far away that we will never have evidence.