Do you believe in UFO's?

[Weltschmerz]

Intelligent life doesn't exist in our solar system apart from on Earth (some of the present company excluded).

There may be microbes and the like underground on Mars.

Fuck would you know. Did you finish high school yet?

[ßringer]

Yes, I believe that there are occasional sightings of flying objects in the sky that cannot be properly identified due to varying circumstances.

That said, I don't believe that they're piloted by little gray from other planets or dimensions who are data-gathering on mankind by visiting us to stick things up our ass.

[Ta Khent]

And/or have you ever witnessed any? I believe I saw one the other night, so wanted to hear your stories. I'm still a bit shook up.

It's not a question of whether you believe in aliens, it's whether they (aliens) believe in you.

[Weltschmerz]

It's not a question of whether you believe in aliens, it's whether they (aliens) believe in you.

oh yeah you could claim so.

[BOLLOCKS]

Aye, I believe that some objects fly and sometimes they're unidentified.

[-Kev-]

Fuck would you know. Did you finish high school yet?

He's most likely correct. There are no intelligent life in our Solar System other than Earth. Our Solar System consists of 8 planets and it seems from our short time studying these planets, they are pretty much empty. There's just that possibility of the ice on those planets having marine life.

[paulf]

Of course I do. Lights Out, baby.

[Ta Khent]

Given the size of the universe and the range of habitats in which life has been discovered just on this planet it seems very likely that there is extraterrestrial life. In fact I'm inclined to think it would be abundant.

Intelligent life on the other hand is probably rarer. But still, there are 400 billion stars in our galaxy alone. Even if intelligent life is rare, sheer numbers suggest there is going to be other intelligent life out there.

Perhaps there isn't life outside our solar system and we're just a cosmic fluke.

[DARKSEID]

Perhaps there isn't life outside our solar system and we're just a cosmic fluke.

That's a possibility.

What are the chances that a non organic, non sentient form of matter would somehow develop thought, awareness and conciousness? What would be the reason?

Against all concievable odds, it happened once, on this infinitesimal rock in endless space. What reason do we have to believe it could happen anywhere else?

We spend so much time convincing ourselves we aren't special when maybe the complete opposite is true.

[New England]

Given the size of the universe and the range of habitats in which life has been discovered just on this planet it seems very likely that there is extraterrestrial life. In fact I'm inclined to think it would be abundant.

Intelligent life on the other hand is probably rarer. But still, there are 400 billion stars in our galaxy alone. Even if intelligent life is rare, sheer numbers suggest there is going to be other intelligent life out there.

it's much more unlikely that we're the only planet with intelligent life. that mentality screams monotheistic, western, all that jazz. ugly american sh#t. it's an extremely vain notion.


silly concept, really. 400 billion stars in one galaxy. billions of galaxies. your math is better than mine.

10 to the huge ****ing number of opportunities for life to evolve, with billions of years to get going.


of course there's life out there, and it's likely that some of it has gotten complex and smart over the billions of years it's had to evolve.