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3/26/2011 9:57:45 PM EDT
Does Any body believe that we are the only intelligent beings in the universe. Given that the universe is so big that we are the only living and intelligent beings in the universe is a ludicrous  statement.
3/26/2011 10:08:21 PM EDT
[#1]
Im not the "believe in aliens" type of guy....but if the universe is as big as they say, theres got to be something else out there. Right?? Come to think of it, it would actually suck if we were alone in the universe.
3/26/2011 10:10:25 PM EDT
[#2]
I know that I am drunk, But I can't be the only one that believes in this. Given that the universe is so big. And,m I did not say anything about UFO's.
3/26/2011 10:11:32 PM EDT
[#3]
Sorry, was slow on that.
3/26/2011 10:11:58 PM EDT
[#4]
There could be dozens of other intelligent species out there. The universe is just so damn big its impossible to know.
3/26/2011 10:16:02 PM EDT
[#5]
The reason that I say this, is that watching, NOVA ,on the universe and seeing the scale of the maps of the universe and also understanding that we still do not know the vastness of the universe [s mind blowing in the scale.
3/26/2011 10:18:46 PM EDT
[#6]
The distances are so great to even the closest potential habitable zone/planet of another host star that it probably doesn't matter if we are or not. Unless we can even remotely gain the technology to explore the nearest star to our own sun, which is 4.395 light years away....who knows?

1 light-year=9.458 trillion km=5.878 trillion miles...........................sooooo, we aint getting there to find out any time soon, bruh!
3/26/2011 10:23:06 PM EDT
[#7]
Neither did our forefathers know when they came from the old world at the beginner of the migration to the new world in the 1600's.
3/26/2011 10:33:26 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
The distances are so great to even the closest potential habitable zone/planet of another host star that it probably doesn't matter if we are or not. Unless we can even remotely gain the technology to explore the nearest star to our own sun, which is 4.395 light years away....who knows?

1 light-year=9.458 trillion km=5.878 trillion miles...........................sooooo, we aint getting there to find out any time soon, bruh!


Meaning, That, Hopefully that we will get there eventually.
3/26/2011 10:39:28 PM EDT
[#9]
Or...it could be that we have never been alone at any time in our existence, just lack the capabilities to even comprehend what we as humans perceive as "intelligent" and "beings". Maybe we are unique and a complete accident. Maybe civilizations mirroring ours have existed in the distant past, but have long become extinct due to various events in their history. I love thinking about this stuff...i mean what if not enough time has passed yet for another civilization to evolve?  It would just plain suck to be alone, and that's my only reason for believing in pluralism. What a bummer it would be!
3/26/2011 10:40:50 PM EDT
[#10]
Also, sometimes I wonder if there's intelligent life on Earth.
3/26/2011 10:46:18 PM EDT
[#11]
There are so may thing's in this universe. That to believe that we are the only living and intelligent beings would be a waste for a better word.
 God, or what ever you want to believe, put so may beautiful things and mysteries in the universe to keep us mystified for the rest of our existence.
3/26/2011 10:50:13 PM EDT
[#12]
I seriously doubt there is anything else out there. And if there is, I don't care. They're either too dumb to come here, or smart enough to stay away.
3/26/2011 10:52:08 PM EDT
[#13]
I'm sure there's life out there somewhere.  I'd love it if they manage to get a probe through Europa's ice sheet whithin my lifetime.  Wouldn't be intelligent life there, but maybe something small.
3/26/2011 10:55:40 PM EDT
[#14]
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or smart enough to stay away.[/quote
That right there is reason unto itself.

3/26/2011 11:00:41 PM EDT
[#15]
I believe there is lots of life out there in various stages of developement.
3/26/2011 11:02:45 PM EDT
[#16]
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I seriously doubt there is anything else out there. And if there is, I don't care. They're either too dumb to come here, or smart enough to stay away.


Really? That goes against all odds, as there are nearly an infinite # of stars and planets out there, thus there is a near infinite # of chances for life. Pretty shallow to think that earth has the only life, but then again it wasn't that many years ago they thought the earth was flat.
3/26/2011 11:05:15 PM EDT
[#17]
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I believe there is lots of life out there in various stages of development.


I do believe that there is life out there in various stages of development/ It is just mathematically impossibly for there not to be intelligent life out there,
3/26/2011 11:14:26 PM EDT
[#18]
I heard something about the Hubble telescope was pointed at a seemingly empty spot in space for 11 days....and it found a few billion more stars or something to that effect....mind blowing. If even half of those newly discovered stars have extrasolar planets orbiting them at just the right distance...i say it's pretty good odds that SOMETHING is out there...then again, maybe we don't want to know what that is...lol. I mean, whatever you do don't signal friggin WAR OF THE WORLD type shit to our mudball, please...heh. We do enough damage to ourselves without the help of RAY GUNZ! ......
3/26/2011 11:20:22 PM EDT
[#19]
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...then again, maybe we don't want to know what that is...lol. I mean, whatever you do don't signal friggin WAR OF THE WORLD type shit to our mudball, please...heh. We do enough damage to ourselves without the help of RAY GUNZ! ......



I'm of the mind that any life form with the technology to get here and the technology to destroy us, wouldn't bother. I think we would be about as interesting to them as ants are to us. We certainly would pose no threat to them.
3/26/2011 11:20:27 PM EDT
[#20]
With as little as we know, and as often as what we do "know" is proven wrong, I can honestly say I don't know and can't begin to form an opinion.
3/26/2011 11:27:22 PM EDT
[#21]
I'm certain there is.  However, I'll bet that intelligent life on the scale of humanity is rare.  With all the myriad multicellular species that have inhabited this planet for a billion or so years, nothing even comes close to humans in terms of intelligence.  



Also, I believe there is very little chance of contact, especially in my lifetime.  This is disappointing to me.
3/26/2011 11:29:07 PM EDT
[#22]
I can not believe that we are the only once around. It would be just incredible if that would be the case.

May be one day we will be able to proof that there are other creatures out there.



3/26/2011 11:31:52 PM EDT
[#23]
I don't sign off on the "War of the worlds" type stuff, but, just looking at the math ,alone, it is impossible to say that we are alone.
3/26/2011 11:36:52 PM EDT
[#24]
Everyday, we learn something new about the universe.  Just 5 years ago, we were just beginning to find new worlds orbiting suns in the closest systems within 30 light years from here.
3/26/2011 11:38:15 PM EDT
[#25]
Mathmatically impossible that we are the only ones in the universe. YMMV
3/26/2011 11:48:58 PM EDT
[#26]
Anybody out there
3/27/2011 12:10:30 AM EDT
[#27]
Ow come on! I can't be the only one this deep in drunk!