Do u think aliens exist? hmm

ancientdog

what would you do if they did?:rolleyes:

My name is URL

Yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

I'm sh!tting brix right now

WIZE

Probe the Alien wimmins

Max Power1

whos to say we exist? Maybe we are all just a frigment of your imagination. Or maybe theres a civilisation on another planet asking do we exist?

Ouch.. my head

ancientdog

yeah sure we exist. thats how you know aliens exist.

Spastafarian

I'm sure they do but it doesn't really matter cos we'll never meet them.

Riamfada

According to Chris De Burgh Jesus was an Alien. Chris De Burgh is a wise wise man.

sells

ah we may meet them someday, they exist, jesus said they do..lol

sells

grimes, jesus wasnt the alien, a spaceman came travelling to see jebus.

asdasd

The drake equation is pure conjecture, as pointed out in the wiki article.

ParkRunner

There are some people on this planet who don't quite comfortably fit into the category of human beings, but we still manage to co-exist.

dsmythy

I think there is a good chance they do exist. I don't think they've ever been here though.

My name is URL

asdasd wrote: »

The drake equation is pure conjecture, as pointed out in the wiki article.

Well its criticised, in the generic 'Criticism' paragreaph.

No reason to dismiss it tbh. Is there a more acclaimed and backed equation for estimation?
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As for if we will ever make contact with any alien lifeforms, I'd say not_a_chance

RiverWilde

Of course 'aliens' exist. It's just absurd to think that a universe the size of ours would only have us in it.

Riv

abi2007

I don't think we have advanced far enough in science to rule out their existance. it's pretty much personal belief at the mo

Pherekydes

I'm sure four of my children are from another planet...

seanybiker

course they exist. Loads of illegal aliens in ireland sure

Biggins

Yes, to think we are the only ones in the known and unknown universe would be far too presumptuous and big-headed.

IvySlayer

I'd like to think that on another planet there are aliens doing their thing. The Universe is massive. There's gotta be SOMETHING alive out there.

dsmythy

I bet the folks on the planet Zetaqriuy are asking the same question.

stiff kitten

hard ta say...when i think about this...im inclined to think religion or spirituality has something to do with another world


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asdasd

No reason to dismiss it tbh. Is there a more acclaimed and backed equation for estimation?

No. The Drake equation wants to claim that life is plentiful, but also wants to explain why we dont see it ( i.e. get the signals from a technological civilization) be adding in an equation L, for the length of a civilizations ability to broadcast signals - guessed by Drake at 10,000 years. Thats absurd, in fact any civilization that became intersteller would probably produce signals from then on in... in no way could the civilization collapse so that it forgot how to create electromagnetic radiation unless every single constituent parts of the civilization were destroyed simultaneously.

The question, isnt about aliens. There may be bacteria. But intelligent life at a technological level. If its there, where is it?

dsmythy

asdasd wrote: »

The question, isnt about aliens. There may be bacteria. But intelligent life at a technological level. If its there, where is it?

In a galaxy far far away?

asdasd

we'd see some signal. That is the point of the seti project.

dsmythy

asdasd wrote: »

we'd see some signal. That is the point of the seti project.

What was the conclusion to the 'wow signal' investigation in the end?

Pherekydes

asdasd wrote: »

The question, isnt about aliens. There may be bacteria. But intelligent life at a technological level. If its there, where is it?

It was broadly similar to ourselves 10000 years ago. It has evolved, much as we are now, to a lifeform that consists of a large mouth for the injestion of large quantities of alcohol and sugar, a large stomach for the digestion of same, 2 large eyes, to digest the endless re-runs of their Big Brother, and a tiny brain. They're not interested in looking for us, just a cure for Diabetes.

sells

the wow signal was just from a television set in mexico or something.

asdasd

It was broadly similar to ourselves 10000 years ago. It has evolved, much as we are now, to a lifeform that consists of a large mouth for the injestion of large quantities of alcohol and sugar, a large stomach for the digestion of same, 2 large eyes, to digest the endless re-runs of their Big Brother, and a tiny brain. They're not interested in looking for us, just a cure for Diabetes.

I know you are being funny, but nevertheless :-) remember we are a young species. There should be alien lifeforms with technologies far greater than ourselves - millions of years old. It could be that technological societies are rare even with intelligent lifeforms, or that earth planets are rare, or that life isnt certain on earth planets, or that the evolution of life is chaotic and we are a monumental fluke. Most Earth like planets probably have donosaurs, or something like it.

The only reason this planet is dominated by mammals is the sheer ferocity of the collision which wiped out the dinosaurs. That may be a cosmic fluke. In any case the first dominant species on this planet was never going to be intelligent.

RiverWilde

asdasd wrote: »

No. The Drake equation wants to claim that life is plentiful, but also wants to explain why we dont see it ( i.e. get the signals from a technological civilization) be adding in an equation L, for the length of a civilizations ability to broadcast signals - guessed by Drake at 10,000 years. Thats absurd, in fact any civilization that became intersteller would probably produce signals from then on in... in no way could the civilization collapse so that it forgot how to create electromagnetic radiation unless every single constituent parts of the civilization were destroyed simultaneously.

The question, isnt about aliens. There may be bacteria. But intelligent life at a technological level. If its there, where is it?

In terms of space exploration we are at a level equivalent to the 15th century. Just because we do not posess the technology does not mean it isn't there.

Riv

chopperbyrne

RiverWilde wrote: »

Of course 'aliens' exist. It's just absurd to think that a universe the size of ours would only have us in it.

Riv

Just what I was going to say.

sells

asdasds comment is great...if the comment didnt hit, dinosaurs would have 65 million years to evolve and make spaceships...now thats a very long time...so why not on other planets.