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

badabing106

... 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..

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Guy:Incognito

There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing

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

endacl

badabing106 wrote: »

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

Yes.

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.

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.

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

archer22

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

Wibbs

We simply don't know.

dxhound2005

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.

NIMAN

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

mad muffin

We are alone in this alternate universe.

Arghus

Sure, look....

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.

Larbre34

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

4068ac1elhodqr

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).

Avatar MIA

How about the Definitely not option?

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 😁😁😁😁😁😁

archer22

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.

Gonad

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 .

worded

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

Larbre34

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.

Gonad

worded wrote: »

Apt username Gonad

I didn’t see that coming either

No pun intended.

PistolsAtDawn

Gonad wrote: »

I didn’t see that coming either

Apt username Stevie Wonder

Mongfinder General

Are these my feet?

An Ri rua

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

tabby aspreme

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

topmanamillion

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.

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 .

eagle eye

Where do you think all them flying saucer came from?

Birneybau

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