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Is Earth the only planet in the universe with intelligent life?
The issue of whether there is other intelligent life in the universe has been discussed many times before. With new planets being discovered almost on a daily basis, is it reasonable to believe that there are other intelligent beings out there? What do you think, and what are your reasons for believing what you do?
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM! He could be very smart. He could be an A-student for all you know, and you know what I think: i think YOU are pretty unintelligent, Abby GAYstor
This has always been interesting to me, because It is cool to think about and imagine that there might be life. However, I would probably say that there is no INTELLIGENT life in the universe besides on planet earth. Humans are the main life forms in the universe.
Why do you think that no other intelligent life has developed elsewhere? There has been enough time for it to develop, there is certainly enough space, and the same materials found on earth are found in plenty across the universe.
The main reason I don't think there is intelligent life any where else is pretty much for religious reasons actually. I think we are the only intelligent life forms because God made us and we are who he cares about. I just wanted to clarify my reasoning for you.
I'm a non-believer and materialist myself, so I don't look to supernatural explanations for life. But even if we grant that there is a God, and he made us, couldn't he also have made some other intelligent species somewhere else, who also have their own concept of him? Was he limited to only creating one intelligent species?
No he was not and is not limited to anything. I believe he just chose us. We are his people and we are what matters. The rest of the Universe was created in a complex way but there is no intelligent life out there. There doesn't need to be.
Well, this is an extremely difficult question, you see. There are billions of stars in the universe with many planets. What are the odds that there exists another planet sustaining the conditions to support life, much like ours. The probability is high! However, this is contradicted with the fact that we have not made any contact with any intelligent life ever. Plus, other planets/stars were created billions of years before ours. This has set up a time period of over a billion years for life to erupt, develop, etc. However, there are many complications with this potential life making contact with us. Look up the Fermi Paradox. It will explain more there.
The gigantic size of the universe and the time scales involved since the beginning of the universe are what make me suspect that we are not the only intelligent life. Maybe the reason we haven't made contact is that other species' technology is as feeble as ours. We haven't even began to explore other stars, leave alone galaxies. So maybe the islands of life are so few and far between that we will never make contact. But that doesn't mean there isn't other life out there.
It is nearly impossible for life to create itself. Let alone make something smart! I am a creationist, I think that Earth is the only planet with intellegent life.
It is very difficult, but it must have happened, because here we are. The only difference between you and me is that you believe life was created and I believe it arose spontaneously. Still, you can't be sure that life was only created once, and I think if life arose once it can probably do so again.
I like your style of droping the other argument and good point! Let's look at it scientificly, shall we? What do scientists say about life apearing on Earth? What where the odds? You tell me.
The odds are very low indeed. But I don't want to get into the specifics because that will derail the debate into another area. We are not debating about the origin of life here, that's a very interesting topic, but for another time. (special creation vs abiogenesis) We are only trying to find out whether it is reasonable to believe that the earth is the only planet with intelligent life.
Now, my question is, even if you believe life on earth was created by some intelligent being, how do you know he didn't create life elsewhere? I am granting you the premise of a creator so that you can explain why he would have only created life on one planet.
Hm, there is nothing in my relgion that says " there is no life on other planets". I don't really know, maybe. I don't know how to answer that. There MIGHT be life on other planets in my opinion, but I do not think it is likely.
The odds are not likely to be that we are the only intelligent life in the universe. Really, Earth is not that old compared to the universe, and humanity isn't even that old compared to Earth.
I don't know that there's life out there obviously, but I'm almost sure.
There are no odds of intelligence life in the universe considering it factors in historical perceptive, human history has no record of extraterrestrial life on Earth.
Now, the chances of intelligence life being in the universe is likely given the number of stars and planets.
There are no odds of intelligence life in the universe considering it factors in historical perceptive, human history has no record of extraterrestrial life on Earth.
Just us not discovering it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We often discover deep in the ocean new species of fish. The odds, out of the entire universe for as long as it's existed, of humans being the only intelligent life form miniscule but existent.
By us not discovering aliens precisely means that there are no odds, odds means probability of future occurrence from previous events, chances are likely that aliens existing.
Just pointing out your wrong use of odds, chances are better way to describe the likelihood of additional intelligent life in the universe.
By us not discovering aliens precisely means that there are no odds, odds means probability of future occurrence from previous events, chances are likely that aliens existing.
That previous event would be us. The fact that intelligent life was created in humanity proves that it's possible to come about, making miniscule but existing odds that intelligent life could exist elsewhere in the entire universe.
Our existence is not a factor in determining whether other life exists in the universe because the question excludes our previous event in the existence of life, it is merely focusing on the rest of the universe, and determining the CHANCES of intelligent life elsewhere.
Our life is the proof that intelligent life can be created. Excluding us would exclude the possibility that any intelligent life can be created.
With our life here in this solitary galaxy, of billions of stars, for us to have become a life, and through time become intelligent is exponentially small in our tine solar system. Multiply that by all of the other solar systems that exist, and the exponentially small number that made us could potentially make other solar systems with inhabitable life that could have already beat us to being intelligent.
I'm not claiming that there is, and I'm not claiming (on this debate) that they've visited, but to say that they don't exist would just be against probability.
First, by some conservative estimates, there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the known universe, each with over 100 billion stars. That gives a total of 10,000 billion billion (or 10^23) stars. Even if we assume that only a small percentage of these stars have orbiting planets, that still gives us hundreds of billions of planets. Surely amongst these billions of planets there must be a few that have the right conditions for life to develop. The Drake equation gives an estimate of the number of intelligent civilizations possibly existing in the universe at a given time:
Another thing that makes me believe that there must be life out there is because of the timeline of the development of life on earth. The earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago. In just 500-800 million years life had already developed. That shows that the origin of life is almost unavoidable, provided you have the right ingredients and environment. The necessary materials for life are found throughout the universe, and as we have seen we have a huge amount of planets, some of which could have a conducive environment for the formation of life.
In conclusion, the large number of planets and the availability of life-forming chemicals throughout the universe lead me to believe that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
Ah, true. Thanks for pointing it out. Sorry about that, was careless on my part. Still getting the hang of this. Is there any way I can switch my argument to the correct side?
I myself have had a run-in with an alien or two. I walked down the street one time and they were near a store front trying to sell their alien placeboes. well on this particular occasion, i certainly did fancy myself one of them placeboes. As i whipped out my wallet and and got closer to them, they started to busy themselves by packing up their merchandise. i noticed their hustle and began to do the same, but the faster i went, the fasterER they went. soon enough, they had packed up, walked into the nearby store and locked the door. I was pretty confuzzled since i didn't get to buy one of them placeboes. so i walked home contemplating the reasons why they would not want to be near me. many things swirled in my mind but nothing seemed to make sense. I was just like them, i may look a little different but we all are one in the same. perhaps this will be one mystery that i will never solve...
No, it is a horrible story and shouldn't be read by any one. No where in your incoherent rambling did you make a point. Anyone who reads this will be dumber as a result. May God have mercy on your soul.
