Discussion: Do you believe in aliens? - Page 2

Gazing Ball

We could be the only ones right now? Read up on the Fermi paradox hunTies.

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The Fermi paradox (or Fermi's paradox) is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilization and humanity's lack of contact with, or evidence for, such civilizations. The basic points of the argument, made by physicists Enrico Fermi and Michael H. Hart, are:

• The Sun is a typical star, and relatively young. There are billions of stars in the galaxy that are billions of years older.

• Almost surely, some of these stars will have Earth-like planets. Assuming the Earth is typical, some of these planets may develop intelligent life.

• Some of these civilizations may develop interstellar travel, a technology Earth is investigating even now (such as the 100 Year Starship).

• Even at the slow pace of currently envisioned interstellar travel, the galaxy can be completely colonized in a few tens of millions of years.

Kavish

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Originally posted by Mzd

I'll just leave it at that.

omg I JUST watched a doc on that.

Bey_Rihstan

Definitely

Lukey

Yes and I hope somehow we manage to make contact with some form before I pass away. :/

Pecinta Mariah

not really we didn't know whats out there
but what if one of your fellow human is a alien

that G.U.Y.

I just finished watching Signs. I am not prepared for the invasion.

fabbriche

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Originally posted by KingSebert

Whoever doesn't is stupid

There is not one scientific theory about aliens. Aliens are just mere assertions in science, conspiracy theories in popular media, not even hypothesis. So whoever doesn't believe in the existence of something with no scientific evidence is stupid now?

Phoenetic

yes. there's billions of galaxies containing billions of stars like the sun. we statistically almost can't be the only ones out there.

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Originally posted by Gazing Ball

We could be the only ones right now? Read up on the Fermi paradox hunTies.

that is not a paradox. it doesn't contradict each other at all, and it is completely based on asdumptions. fir example, it is very possible that interstellar travel like that is in fact impossible. we don't know yet, we only have theories.

Gazing Ball

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Originally posted by Phoenetic

that is not a paradox. it doesn't contradict each other at all, and it is completely based on asdumptions. fir example, it is very possible that interstellar travel like that is in fact impossible. we don't know yet, we only have theories.

Okay so my quote wasn't so hot, but did you check out the page?

The paradox is that the potential for alien life is so extremely high and we generally believe in its existence, yet we've never had a single viable sign of its existence.

TheRoofInhabitant

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Originally posted by Gazing Ball

Okay so my quote wasn't so hot, but did you check out the page?

The paradox is that the potential for alien life is so extremely high and we generally believe in its existence, yet we've never had a single viable sign of its existence.

That's only because travelling at a speed higher than the speed of light is physically impossible, and travelling at a speed that would allow creatures from the nearest populated planet to come to earth in a reasonable time is technically impossible. There's no way to overcome that.