Aliens

[Root Moose]

Who said that? The writers of Stargate SG-1?

I think "they" means "the Van Patten Family".

 

[WVXJ]

Sorry to offend, but it's always brought a smile to my face to think of Jesus, Mohammed, and Sidartha all dancing arm in arm doing the rockette leg kick whilst passing the jug o' wine and singing, "fortunate son".

 

[WVXJ]

Oh, and ufo's are providing the disco lights from up in the background. Almost forgot that small piece of the puzzle................

 

[Root Moose]

Sorry to offend, but it's always brought a smile to my face to think of Jesus, Mohammed, and Sidartha all dancing arm in arm doing the rockette leg kick whilst passing the jug o' wine and singing, "fortunate son".

See, this is the problem. Mohammed would have none of that. Or at least, wouldn't "allow" his followers.

 

[radardog]

Spoken like someone who has not yet fathomed the infinite vastness of space (no insult intended!).

The reason it intuitively 'feels' to be improbable, is because humans are not naturally inclined or socially conditioned to think in terms of the interminable vastness - both physically and mathematically - that 'space' holds. (We could get into how space shoud really be considered to be spacetime and that there can be no real separation between the two, but that's for another time...). Our tiny minds are constrained when we try to imagine things on the terms of 'infinity'.

Mathematically, we can be almost certain that there is life on other planets; within visible space alone its been calculated that there are probably 10^18 habitable planets actually hosting some form of life, and in our galaxy alone, its probable that there are about 10 million habitable planets hosting life. And this is only on the assumption that life needs the conditions that we have on Earth in order to spark, exist and thrive; it says nothing of the interminable vastness of forms that life may actually take, outside of our current understanding of life.

Do I believe that 'aliens' are currently visiting our planet or are studying us right now? No. Do I believe its possible that they are out there? Absolutely, its almost a mathematical certainty...

Just a couple of cents...

....Golf clap.....that deservers a golf clap. i am with you 100% on this topic.
is there life? totaly. are they zipping around the universe probing rednecks, and mutilating cows?... not so much

 

[klonestar]

Does this mean I should remove two of my bumper stickers?

1)- Beam me up Scotty theres no intelligent life forms down here

2)- Beam me up Scotty this planet sux

So why does ET keep getting a busy signal when he phones home?

Is the sky really blue, or is it just that we perceive it to be blue because thats what our teachers told us? Are our perceptions real or imagined? Did I write this or just think it? Are you seeing it because its really here or because I told you it was here? Are you sure?