Extraterrestial Life: anybody really believe that exists???
By Eiloin
@Eiloin (327)
February 27, 2007 1:01pm CST
I was talking with a colleague today and he was insisting that it is very shortminded to believe that, between the millions of planets and start that exist in the Universe there is only life in our earth. In fact, that is exactly what I believe: that there is no kind of life in any other celestial body but Earth.
Actually I have no arguments for that, but I kind of believe that the whole conception of life would loose its meaning if there was life to other planets. This would made life in earth to seem like a mere coincidence.
4 responses
@tatzkie (644)
• Philippines
28 Feb 07
I think there are life outside this planet. It may not be convenient for all of us to believe it and that it destroys our illusions and narrow concepts of life.
There were already a lot of sightings and experiences all over the world that points to the direction of the ET. A lot of white wash and cover up were done so not to scare the earthlings.
But despite this no one can deny the human imagination and much more no one can deny human curiousity. There's no secret that can forever be hidden. The truth of all these will reveal itself in due time.
@Eiloin (327)
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28 Feb 07
I agree with you that human imagination and curiosity motivate people to explore and discover. But I think this same imagination and curiosity sometimes can mislead people. I tend to believe that the evidences and sightings you mentioned are not reliable. Because, if indeed exist other forms of life, they should come from solar systems very far from ours, so they would never have the possibility to travel here.
Thanks for answering me :)
@nairdaleo (104)
• Mexico
29 Mar 07
Well actually interstellar traveling (from one star's system to another's) is possible throughout the concepts of general relativity, the problem is that they require machines we're not able to build so far. That doesn't mean someone with different resources cannot build them, or better methods, our engineering is still too poor for many of the experiments we wish we could do in science, like the proof that something can move faster than the speed of light.
@marmalaide (470)
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28 Feb 07
I think life on earth is a 'coincidence', as you put it, but doesn't that make it more miraculous? It's like a flower as opposed to a painting. A painting is thought through and planned beforehand, it might go through many drafts, and it will never be perfect. A flower just springs up spontaneously without any planning involved and is all the more beautiful for it.
I think life is probably pretty rare, but I agree with your colleague. Given the infinite size of the universe it is incredibly unlikely that it is unique to Earth. Don't worry though, seeing as how the universe is infinitely big we are unlikely ever to run into any aliens!
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@Eiloin (327)
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28 Feb 07
Thank you for answering in my discussion.
I see your point of view about the flower and the painting but I do not agree with you. The painting is just a human effort, it can be very nice and impressing but is not deeply complicated. A flower on the other hand does not just springs up spontaneously, in my opinion, but is the result of a very complex planning, with the DNA chains to control each colour and shape it would have, with complicated molecular processes to control every minute of its life circle.
As for the second part of your post, I partially agree, that if aliens did exist, we would be very unlikely to run into them. But, still, I cannot accept that they could exist
@Eiloin (327)
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28 Feb 07
Yes, if there exists extraterestial life they would probably have adapted to the conditions of a different planet.
Actually, there could even exist similar forms of life with ours. Scientists know already that life is based in only four elements, the H, O, N and C, which can probably exist in other planets too.
What I cannot accept is that these molecules, or whichever other combinations of molecules formed life, just by luck, just by a kind of coincidence. And, if indeed life exist in other planets, I would have to accept that the fact we live is product of a mere coincidence
