Do you believe in Aliens ?

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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,641 Member
    edited February 2016
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    mulligan...nothing to see here.
  • blakeym
    blakeym Posts: 97 Member
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    AmandaOmega wrote: »
    blakeym wrote: »
    OldManOne wrote: »
    Earth is in an exact position from the Sun, Moon and other planets - If Earth was a millimeter off from our current position, we as humans or life as we know it would not be able to exist here. So, from the science aspect - Probably not, but anything is possible?

    I would have to agree with this 100%

    Except that we have found species of plants 5 miles beneath the ocean's surface, where there is no light, that exist entirely off sulfur. This flies in the face of what we're normally taught, which is that life cannot survive without sun, without oxygen, etc.

    The only thing is that people normally think of "aliens" as intelligent life forms such as ourselves. The chances of that are minuscule at best; it is even more unlikely that they have developed a means of travel that can quickly and effectively move them through the universe at or above the speed of light (which is the kind of travel needed to get from the systems we've so far identified as being hospitable to the development of life). Most aliens are probably in the form of bacteria or other simple life forms.

    The original quote makes no mention of light or oxygen, merely that if the circumstances were slightly different we may not be able to exist here on this planet (which does appear for now to be the only one that sustains life "as we know it".
  • vintagebloom2009
    vintagebloom2009 Posts: 13 Member
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    I hear they work at the post office
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
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    charlottemmarks wrote: »
    I believe that if aliens exist, they haven't shown their faces 'round these parts due to fear because Jeff Goldblum is still alive. Will report back on the validity of this theory after his inevitable, gut-wrenching passing.

    This is the only reasonable explanation for why we haven't made contact yet. 10/10.
  • TheCrawlingChaos
    TheCrawlingChaos Posts: 462 Member
    edited February 2016
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    OldManOne wrote: »
    TheCrawlingChaos wrote: »
    OldManOne wrote: »
    Earth is in an exact position from the Sun, Moon and other planets - If Earth was a millimeter off from our current position, we as humans or life as we know it would not be able to exist here. So, from the science aspect - Probably not, but anything is possible?

    The moon is drifting farther and farther away from earth each year at a rate of roughly 3.8 centimeters per year. Same for the earth and the sun, but at a slower rate. We can, and have survived millimeters off of our current position.

    And even if HUMANS could not survive such a difference, that does preclude life as we DON'T know it, or even some life that we do know. Bacteria has been found to live in some of the wildest places on earth: near thermal vents in the deepest part of the ocean where no sunlight reaches, in hot springs and volcanoes, etc. He'll even some bacteria have been known to survive in space, some able to incredibly resist harsh radiation and repair DNA.

    Actually not true - the moon orbits the earth in an elliptical pattern , at it's closest (Perigee) and at it's furthest distance away (Apogee). It's exactly where it has to be. Don't get your facts from Wiki - look to NASA. The moon controls tides of the ocean, if this were off, we would be in big trouble.........

    http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/moon/faq

    Is nasa.gov good enough a source?

    The distance of drift is insignificant in terms of tidal effects, but is definitely there.
  • KitchyWitchy
    KitchyWitchy Posts: 57 Member
    edited February 2016
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    Yes, I believe there are other planets that hold life in our universe. I believe this because of the sheer number of planets that exists and really doubt the probability that the earth is unique in its ability to harbor life. These "aliens" might only be simple life forms or might not even be carbon based lifeforms, but I think they are there.
    I think I also believe this a little bit because it kinda terrifies me to think we are all alone.
    I believe they are out there and I would love to know the truth.
  • Dez11B
    Dez11B Posts: 1,542 Member
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    I hope there are aliens out there and intelligent ones too. Take me out of here.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
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    sith78 wrote: »
    I hope there are aliens out there and intelligent ones too. Take me out of here.

    I'm with you.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
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    It's possible, but unlikely, that there are life forms out there that are similar to ours. But, I firmly believe there is other life in the Universe. Space is so vast that finding it is not likely. Imagine one grain of sand in all the sands on earth. That doesn't even compare to the number of Planets, Galaxies and Stars in the Universe. There IS NO boundary to the Universe. If man lived forever and could travel at the speed of light in one direction, he would never come to an end.

    We're just a indiscernable speck of dust in the Universe. We are pretty cocky to think we hold any significance in the vast order of the Universe.
  • cjferguson40
    cjferguson40 Posts: 93 Member
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    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    It's possible, but unlikely, that there are life forms out there that are similar to ours. But, I firmly believe there is other life in the Universe. Space is so vast that finding it is not likely. Imagine one grain of sand in all the sands on earth. That doesn't even compare to the number of Planets, Galaxies and Stars in the Universe. There IS NO boundary to the Universe. If man lived forever and could travel at the speed of light in one direction, he would never come to an end.

    We're just a indiscernable speck of dust in the Universe. We are pretty cocky to think we hold any significance in the vast order of the Universe.

    Party pooper!

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