Aliens (the kind from outer space)

[Redz]

For those who were hoping for something different from the "We Are Not Alone" thread.

I like to think there are other forms of life out there, and that they are in fact exactly like Alf. This thought gets me through most days.  

(and no, this is not me!)

[Fan from VT]

I think there has been life of some type (on a cellular level) on mars. I bet there's even some other complex/intelligent life in the universe, but quite far away; I see no reason to assume that earth has been the only planet to foster complex life. However, I see no reason to think any intelligent life from other planets has ever contacted or landed on earth. If such a thing did happen, I think the evidence would be overwhelmingly obvious.

[Rondo9dunx]

Some people would argue that there is already plenty of overwhelming evidence.

In an infinite universe that is ever-expanding faster than the speed of light, the odds of another planet harboring intelligent life become very, very high. The problem is that chances are we are billions of light years away from eachother. Which means unless one of us figures out how to travel a billion times faster than the speed of light we will never come face to face

[Surferdad]

I think there has been life of some type (on a cellular level) on mars. I bet there's even some other complex/intelligent life in the universe, but quite far away; I see no reason to assume that earth has been the only planet to foster complex life. However, I see no reason to think any intelligent life from other planets has ever contacted or landed on earth. If such a thing did happen, I think the evidence would be overwhelmingly obvious.

Agree completely, except the thing about cellular life discovered on Mars.  No extraterrestrial life has been discovered (yet).  Believe me when it does, it will be heralded as one of the most important scientific discoveries EVER.  I am looking forward to that humbling experience when we find out we are not alone.

[Roy H.]

I basically agree with what seems to be the consensus:  there is almost definitely other intelligent life in the universe, but I don't think that life has visited Earth.

[Rondo9dunx]

The Drake equation states that:


N = R* x Fp x ne x Fl x Fi x Fc x L

N = Number of planets in our solar system that harbor intelligent life

R* = The number of new stars born in this galaxy per year

Fp = The fractions of those stars that have planets

ne = The average number of planets, per star, that could potentially support life.

Fl = The fraction of the above planets that actually develop some form of life

Fi = The fraction of the above planets that develop intelligent life

Fc = The fraction of the above planets that develop some form of satellite communication or radio wave technology.

L = the average lifetime of an intelligent civilization



Now i'll let you google the numbers that have been throwin into the equation because they're not 100% accurate so different people come up with different numbers to put in place for the variables. But the man who came up with the formula came up with the conclusion that there should be 10 intelligent life forms on 10 different planets inside of the milky way galaxy.

interesting stuff!

[Rondo9dunx]

oh, and Alf pwns btw... had the talking stuffed animal and the shirt as a kid!

[Fan from VT]

The Drake equation states that:


N = R* x Fp x ne x Fl x Fi x Fc x L

N = Number of planets in our solar system that harbor intelligent life

R* = The number of new stars born in this galaxy per year

Fp = The fractions of those stars that have planets

ne = The average number of planets, per star, that could potentially support life.

Fl = The fraction of the above planets that actually develop some form of life

Fi = The fraction of the above planets that develop intelligent life

Fc = The fraction of the above planets that develop some form of satellite communication or radio wave technology.

L = the average lifetime of an intelligent civilization



Now i'll let you google the numbers that have been throwin into the equation because they're not 100% accurate so different people come up with different numbers to put in place for the variables. But the man who came up with the formula came up with the conclusion that there should be 10 intelligent life forms on 10 different planets inside of the milky way galaxy.

interesting stuff!

I've seen this before. I agree it's interesting, but I think it's fairly useless because the equation is based on certain assumptions and the numbers one could plug into the equation are completely arbitrary, so even if the equation was perfect, there's no way to get a real answer because no one knows what to put into it.

[Kwhit10]

I definitely believe that there is intelligent life out there.  I believe Mars was once inhabited by an intelligent species.  I also believe there was another planet in our solar system between Mars and Jupiter that may have had life (the same as on Mars) and it's destruction (current asteroid belt) resulted in the inhabitation of Mars.

I also believe we've been visited by extraterrestrial life albeit thousands of years ago.

[dpaps]

I definitely believe that there is intelligent life out there.

I also believe we've been visited by extraterrestrial life albeit thousands of years ago.

The sheer number of other planets in the universe makes extra-terrestrial life almost a mathematical certainty. It's not certain, but the probability is close to it.

Not only that, but if you think about how old the universe is, and the fact that humans have only been around for thousands of years, and how much we have evolved and how much technology we have developed in such a short period of time, there must be life forms that are faaaaar more advanced than us. The universe is billions of years old, imagine what our technology will look like 20 years from now. Imagine 100 years from now. Imagine 1,000,000 years from now.

If you look through history, there are plenty of things that suggest that E.T's have in fact landed on Earth before. I'm by no means saying that it is definitive, but I think it's happened. I really like documentaries about this sort of topic. Some favorites are the series "The Universe" on the history channel or "Ancient Aliens". One episode of Ancient Aliens is all about old structures and I highly recommend it to any one who likes this sort of thing.

[incoherent]

The absolute closest star from our solar system would just now be getting our broadcasts from the early 1900s.

If they are out there they don't know we exists, yet.

And yeah I love Ancient Aliens... Not sure if I believe or anything but it's very interesting.

[Master Po]

I think the evidence is overwhelming that extraterrestrial life has been here, it may still be here, and may have possibly planted the seeds of life on this planet. It is hard to decipher the truth because of time, ridicule, nutballs, and in some cases disinformation by our own government.

None of it could be true or all of it could be true, but having so many pieces of evidence and testimony by credible people far outweighs the crazy people who see something in every night sky they look at or the hoaxers.

It is a great subject. I love investigating it and trying to separate fact from fiction. Anyone interested in my top unexplained pieces of UFO mystery let me know.

[boom]

I 100% believe that there's other life out there in the universe. There has to be, just by the fact that the universe (which may or may not be infinite) is just so big, that earth is the only planet that was hit by an ice-comet is just too bizarre. I mean, there's incalculable number of solar systems in the universe.

Do I think they've contacted earth? Maybe, I wouldn't doubt it. If we launch stuff into space, why can't someone/something else? Maybe they've figured out how to use black holes as time-warps in regards to the "String Theory" or something.

Either way, the stuff is fascinating.

[boom]

I think the evidence is overwhelming that extraterrestrial life has been here, it may still be here, and may have possibly planted the seeds of life on this planet. It is hard to decipher the truth because of time, ridicule, nutballs, and in some cases disinformation by our own government.

None of it could be true or all of it could be true, but having so many pieces of evidence and testimony by credible people far outweighs the crazy people who see something in every night sky they look at or the hoaxers.

It is a great subject. I love investigating it and trying to separate fact from fiction. Anyone interested in my top unexplained pieces of UFO mystery let me know.

ME ME ME!

I can't get enough of this stuff. Granted, I've read a lot and try to understand stand most, but I'm not Stephen Hawking :p

[Edgar]

I am pretty sure a couple of knows are somehow aliens.

p.s. with so much theories

% OF possible intelligent forms
Arsenic based life
Nasca an the pyramids
I only think theres a great chance theyre already here
but we will never know.