Religion & Spirituality3 mins ago
are aliens out there?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Personally I think it's a little naive to think we are the only living things in the universe. The fact is we have only discovered a fraction of what we call the universe, so to think our little planet is the only one that could possibly sustain life, is frankly more far fetched than there actually being another planet somewhere with life on it. Chances are they just haven't evolved at the rate we have. Who says if there is life out there that it has to be intelligent ? What annoys me more than anything is people saying that such and such a planet could not possibly sustain any kind of life forms as there is no water or air or vegetation. These may be things that life forms on our planet need, but who's to say that's what an alien life form would need ?! We just dont know !!
Sorry, for getting a bit carried away, I'm certainly not a trekky or anything, but i find it incredibly hard to believe we are on the only planet with life, although it will probably be another hundred years or so before we have the technology to travel deep enough into space to find another............ And then we'll probably invade it !
Are we alone in the Universe? - Got to be a no
Are we alone in the solar system? I think so
The really interesting question is are we alone in say a 10-20 light year radius? (that's about the nearest 100 stars)
We could just about have a meaningful radio communication with messages being exchanged every 10-20 years or so.
If it's any further away than that the chances are we'll never know.
As for alien spaceships and abductions? - beam me up Scotty!
Given the vastness of the Universe, and the countless millions of stars/planets, it would seem highly likely that intelligent life has evolved elsewhere.
I don't believe they have ever visited here though, nor do I think there are any within communication range.
Thats my point guinnessman considering the enormity of the Universe, and we know for a fact there's no other life in our solar system, then if aliens have been spotted here they would have to be intelligent to have travelled such a distance. Anyhow,I believe our earth is actually the center of the Universe, cos it's soooo beautiful .