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There are around 30 billion planets in our galaxy , and there are...

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  • 16-12-2018 12:54am
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    badabing106
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    ... over 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe

    Do you think it's more likely or less likely that this planet has the most intelligent species in the cosmos


    Does anybody else ever look up at the sky and see that vast dark sky with twinkling stars and think...how unimportant and insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things..

    Are we the most intelligent species in the cosmos? 68 votes

    Probably yes
    0% 0 votes
    Probably not
    100% 68 votes


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    Guy:Incognito
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    There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing


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    ArnoldJRimmer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,493 ✭✭✭ArnoldJRimmer


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing

    Thats a fact

    We are 12 billion light years from the edge

    Thats a guess


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    endacl
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    badabing106 wrote: »
    Do you think it's more likely or less likely that this planet has the most intelligent species in the cosmos

    Yes.


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    milehip
    Registered Users Posts: 733 ✭✭✭milehip


    Maybe at this moment in time we are,more advanced species may have existed million of years ago or in the future after we've expired.


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    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭emo72


    The filter is going to get us. We've only just come out of the swamp, and we've created a **** load of existential traps for ourselves. If we make it through the next 200 years intact we may have a chance. Take your pick, climate catastrophe. Physics experiment at LPC. Biological leak from lab. Plain auld nuclear war. Ecological breakdown. The flu. AI, now that's scary.

    But we deserve a chance. No reason why, but I'm optimistic. I can't believe we've come this far too **** it up.


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    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    badabing106 wrote: »
    ... over 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe

    Do you think it's more likely or less likely that this planet has the most intelligent species in the cosmos


    Before answering - read this....

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox


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    archer22
    Registered Users Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭archer22


    Well if we are the most intelligent...then it must be one dumb Cosmos.


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    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    We simply don't know.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    dxhound2005
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    From the Bet You Didn't Know thread. There are ten times as many trees on earth as there are stars in the Milky Way.


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    NIMAN
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    ..... so let's worry about the lyrics in a song from the 80s.


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    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    We are alone in this alternate universe.


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    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,354 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Sure, look....


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    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭emo72


    NIMAN wrote: »
    ..... so let's worry about the lyrics in a song from the 80s.
    What's the song? "It's the end of the world as we know it" REM?

    9 million bicycles was 90s I guess.


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    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,821 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    We're not even the most intelligent species on the f****** Earth.


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    4068ac1elhodqr
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    milehip wrote: »
    Maybe at this moment in time we are,more advanced species may have existed million of years ago or in the future after we've expired.

    Assuming time is one-directional, linear, and can't be manipulated.

    We've gone from barely flying wooden planes and pigeon-mail just 100yrs ago or so, to landing robots on Mars and quantum processing. So who knows what will be possible in another century (blink of an eye in the scale of the cosmos).


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    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    How about the Definitely not option?


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    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Donovan Rancid Jack wrote: »
    Assuming time is one-directional, linear, and can't be manipulated.

    We've gone from barely flying wooden planes and pigeon-mail just 100yrs ago or so, to landing robots on Mars and quantum processing. So who knows what will be possible in another century (blink of an eye in the scale of the cosmos).


    There is that. But, if Einstein is correct about the speed of light we may be destined to never find intelligent life... in Dublin 😁😁😁😁😁😁


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    archer22
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    Donovan Rancid Jack wrote: »
    Assuming time is one-directional, linear, and can't be manipulated.

    We've gone from barely flying wooden planes and pigeon-mail just 100yrs ago or so, to landing robots on Mars and quantum processing. So who knows what will be possible in another century (blink of an eye in the scale of the cosmos).

    Except in another century humans will be too busy trying to survive in the hellhole that they have created for themselves.


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    Gonad
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    There has to be intelligent life out there. Scale alone suggests this is highly probable.

    However reaching each other is the issue. There is only so fast you can get from A to B.

    Myself I have experienced a few things in my time that makes me think 100% there is something out there. However when I explain my experiences people think I’m nuts .


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    worded
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    Gonad wrote: »
    There has to be intelligent life out there. Scale alone suggests this is highly probable.

    However reaching each other is the issue. There is only so fast you can get from A to B.

    Myself I have experienced a few things in my time that makes me think 100% there is something out there. However when I explain my experiences people think I’m nuts .

    Apt username Gonad


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    Larbre34
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    Scale alone suggests its an absolute certainty.

    There may be a billion civilisations, yet so vast is space that even with great technological advancement they will never know of each other.

    10 billion galaxies recorded visible (or audible) from Earth, adding up to One Billion Trillion stars (21 zeros) in the observable Universe, another ten billion galaxies likely to be recorded when our technology allows. We're talking about such an inestimable amount of planets that even Einstein and Hawking handed it over to a great creator once the maths ran out, so limited are their theories and so huge the gaps in knowledge.


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    Gonad
    Registered Users Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gonad


    worded wrote: »
    Apt username Gonad

    I didn’t see that coming either :)

    No pun intended.


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    PistolsAtDawn
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    Gonad wrote: »
    I didn’t see that coming either :)

    Apt username Stevie Wonder


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    Mongfinder General
    Registered Users Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭Mongfinder General


    Are these my feet?


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    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    I bet they've got better broadband than us...


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    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Lovely clear sky tonight to be looking up at our unknown neighbours


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    topmanamillion
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    It'll be very interesting to find out what the imaginatively named Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which will be the most powerful telescope ever constructed, spots when it's finished.

    I could very well see a scenerio where enough evidence of extraterrestrial life is gathered to make a compelling argument for it, even going as far as where we can observe distant artifical light sources but we will simply never be capable of any meaningful contact with them due to the distances involved. Destined to be a cosmic peeping Tom hoping to just see even a little more each time we look.


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    Gonad
    Registered Users Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gonad


    topmanamillion wrote: »
    It'll be very interesting to find out what the imaginatively named Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which will be the most powerful telescope ever constructed, spots when it's finished.

    I could very well see a scenerio where enough evidence of extraterrestrial life is gathered to make a compelling argument for it, even going as far as where we can observe distant artifical light sources but we will simply never be capable of any meaningful contact with them due to the distances involved. Destined to be a cosmic peeping Tom hoping to just see even a little more each time we look.

    I know when there is a gig on in Marley park I can see all the lights and hear the sounds from miles away .

    Probably same thing for them aliens .


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    eagle eye
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    Where do you think all them flying saucer came from?


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    Birneybau
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    Very interesting podcast from one of the 'Stuff You Should Know' guys about the aforementioned Fermi Paradox.

    https://www.theendwithjosh.com/podcasts/ep01-fermi-paradox.htm


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