Do you believe there's intelligent life outside of Earth?

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Response by CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2017 9:38 AM

2017-08-25T09:38:36-04:00

There's none in Washington D.C.

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Aug 25 at 2017 9:38 AM

2017-08-25T09:38:54-04:00

There are time when I question there is intelligent life on Earth ....

Response by SFC Kelly Fuerhoff made Aug 25 at 2017 9:41 AM

2017-08-25T09:41:39-04:00

Yes. The universe is never ending as far as we know - so there has to be other life forms out there. The level of intelligence...who knows?

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2017 10:01 AM

2017-08-25T10:01:46-04:00

Nope. Nope. And nope.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Aug 25 at 2017 10:04 AM

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They're probably just waiting for the right time to visit us, they're probably just studying us for the time being.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Aug 25 at 2017 10:04 AM

2017-08-25T10:04:11-04:00

I hope so. There's none on this planet

Response by SGT David T. made Aug 25 at 2017 10:26 AM

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I would say the probability is quite high given the vastness of space. Given that there are many stars just like our Sun, I think the chances are good. However, I have no empirical evidence for that other than this planet so I would not make any definitive statements either way about it.

Response by SGT Aaron Atwood made Aug 25 at 2017 10:50 AM

2017-08-25T10:50:30-04:00

I would be sorely disappointed if we were it this entire time.

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2017 11:04 AM

2017-08-25T11:04:11-04:00

It is both the height of hubris and mathematically impossible to think that the Earth has THE ONLY intelligent life in the Universe.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2017 11:10 AM

2017-08-25T11:10:51-04:00

There has to be some more somewhere because we're running out of it here.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2017 11:19 AM

2017-08-25T11:19:28-04:00

I will concede that there is, was, or will be life elsewhere in the universe. I think there is evidence of other life within our own solar system; microbial or bacterial life on Mars or Europa is still life. It’s not a far leap, therefore, that there is intelligent life beyond earth.

But the likelihood of us ever finding it is remote. According to Universe Today, our ancestors have been here for six million years, modern humans only 700,000. The planet is four billion years old, the universe is just under 14 billion. If we are not the only ones here, intelligent lifeforms have risen and fallen multiple times in that span. We are separated by huge gulfs of time and space that we will never overcome.

Response by SGT Lou Meza made Aug 25 at 2017 12:38 PM

2017-08-25T12:38:37-04:00

I believe there are intelligent life forms out there . Some equal to or more intelligent than ours . At this time since we are a type 0 civilization we are not advanced enough to explore beyond our solar system. We need to advance at the least to a type 1 civilization. It could happen but it would not be in our lifetimes. Maybe in 100-200 years we could be a type 1 civilization being able to harness the energy of our entire solar system.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Aug 25 at 2017 3:28 PM

2017-08-25T15:28:24-04:00

It's a statistical impossibility that we are the only life in the universe. With trillions of planets, some few billions will be earth-like, and some of those will have developed life. And that's just carbon-based life. Who knows about other kinds (silicon, etc). That said, they'll never come here, if for no other reason than that there's nothing here that can't be found in any asteroid belt in the universe.