Are we alone?

[chs234]

Until some other creatures come to Earth, Im convinced we are alone.

if some other creatures come to earth we are going to be fucked.

 

[BigP50]

if there out there, they are prolly thinking the same thing lol.

 

[DewsSox79]

im sure they know our existence. and im sure they aren't trippin about us.

 

[BigP50]

I just can't buy into it.

 

[DewsSox79]

100 billion galaxies on estimation
300 plus planets in our galaxy

id say we arent alone

 

[BigP50]

I think some things should just be left alone. And this is one of them. All the talk of billions of galaxies, earth is already complicated enough.

 

[derosabomb]

100 billion galaxies on estimation
300 plus planets in our galaxy

id say we arent alone

is that planets we know about or an estimate of how many are actually in the galaxy. cause if its an estimate its low. like very very very very fucking low.

 

[DewsSox79]

is that planets we know about or an estimate of how many are actually in the galaxy. cause if its an estimate its low. like very very very very fucking low.

one site says 330, another says 440.

 

[DewsSox79]

I think some things should just be left alone. And this is one of them. All the talk of billions of galaxies, earth is already complicated enough.

in a physical sense or a social sense?

 

[BigP50]

both. lol.

I just think of people do exist other places, and we come in contact we could be in for a whole lot of trouble and that is not something we should get into. But im not holding my breath.

 

[Lefty]

if some other creatures come to earth we are going to be fucked.

I don't think so, and I really think authors, Hollywood directors and people in general are really missing the point when they talk/think/write about hostile aliens visiting Earth.

I mean, think about it: we (humans) are a very primitive, war-like species, and where has that gotten us in the space exploration game? Sure, we've sent some of our people to the moon (363K kilometers at its closest point), but that's merely six one-thousandths of the distance to Mars (at its closest point), and at that distance we've only been able to send a few bolt-buckets. Fantastic. So, with our war-like tendencies (even though we are still very early on in the evolutionary game), we barely have the technology to walk to the end of one block and back in our own solar system after, what, a couple thousand years of existence?

What's more, the technology needed to make inter-stellar travel even thinkable is so far away from us it's humorous. Some kind of space-warping propulsion system would be necessary (even traveling at light-speed would take way too long outside of the nearest star systems), and we can't even agree on the math that postulates its feasibility. Then we need to discover how to power such a propulsion system (nuclear energy isn't going to cut it, and we are just starting to figure out matter-antimatter collisions), figure out how to counteract the tissue degeneration humans go through in a zero-g environment (can we harness gravitons to create an Earth gravity analogue, or can we make centripetal exercise equipment work for the long-haul?), design and build the ships (who's paying for that? Certainly such an endeavor would wreck the world economy in its current configuration) and on and on and on with the things we can barely comprehend at our stage.

So, to do all of that and actually somewhat-master inter-stellar or inter-galactic travel, I'm positive that any species actually doing that stuff would have abandoned most (if not all) forms of armed conflict long before they were even capable of beginning the long road to that end. And murder, genocide, slavery and war would all be extremely primitive practices to them, and viewing us as a species would inspire "you guys still do that stuff?" kind of reactions.

Obviously I could go on and on about this subject (if anyone is intrigued, though I doubt it, I'd be happy to), but this post hits the high notes pretty well.

 

[derosabomb]

one site says 330, another says 440.

you didnt answer my question dumbass motherfucker

 

[Lefty]

you didnt answer my question dumbass motherfucker

I would have to guess that the numbers dew gave were of the "visible planets" variety, otherwise, there would be absolutely no way to back up those kinds of estimations concerning stuff we can't even see. Think, Schrodinger's Cat.

 

[Rush]

If you think that we are the only existing planet, you are an idiot.

We are the size of a dick-bump (if that) in comparison to the shit we're floating around in.

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

I sincerely doubt we are alone in the universe. The origins of life itself are not certain, but the fact that there are about 2 trillion stars in our Milky Way galaxy (alone) pretty much says a lot in itself...

As big of a believer as I am in life outside the planet Earth, I'm not convinced that extraterrestrial life has come to Earth. And, if there is life out there, I do find it interesting that we have not heard a large number of 'other worldly' radio frequencies from space.

 

[Lefty]

And, if there is life out there, I do find it interesting that we have not heard a large number of 'other worldly' radio frequencies from space.

Considering how big our own galaxy is (100,000 light years in diameter), it would probably take thousands, if not tens of thousands, of years for light-speed communications (like radio waves traveling in space) to reach us, and even then, with our current technology, we'd have to know exactly where to look (i.e. directly at the source), what to look for, and be able to discern it from other "background noise" in the area.

 

[Rush]

Too bad manute bol died, with those arms he could have transported w/e messages we wanted to the farthest depths of the universe.

 

[nickofypres]

I think in an ever expanding universe, it would be foolish to say nothing else is out there. Even something as harmless as a planet of plants.

 

[Got teeth? Keith doesn't.]

Until some other creatures come to Earth, Im convinced we are alone.

Yea, screw all the evidence of UFO's over the last few centuries :lmao:

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

so if we are alone...then what's the point of space exploration?


exactly

The universe is just way too big for there not to be other life forms far far away we havent discovered...there are places in our own backyard that have had life(Mars) then it's definitely not crazy to think that life could develop in many places scattered all around the universe...and as lefty said...we have come a long way but when you look at the potential and the abilities we still dont have....we are in actuality a primitive species....and as someone else said...our contact with aliens will be a result of them visiting us not vice versa imo...although most UFOs are indeed fake...i wouldnt doubt that aliens havent gotten close to Earth or even have visited Earth...I also think that if these aliens are so advanced....they wouldn't be a very aggressive take over the world type...i think we only make it like that because we ourselves are very war like and we havent figured out how to fix that....