“Life” could very easily be out there. Like a planet full of squirrels and stuff. But I think that intelligent life is very rare.
(Look at Earth. Prime habitat for life and how many species have gone to the moon? One. Once.)
Intelligent life that can survive and advance long enough to achieve intergalactic travel? Probably largely unheard of in the history of the universe.
Alien advocates argue that there may be multiple species of super-advanced aliens out there tooling around in space crafts that are thousands of years ahead of us, technologically-wise.
That always assumes that a civilization - especially a really advanced one - can survive that long before imploding.
“Aliens almost definitely exist.”
I agree, even if the conclusion is unwarranted. There is no proof. None whatsoever.
I find it hard to believe that life did not arise elsewhere in the universe. However, finding it will be a real challenge.
“the possibility of extraterrestrial microbial life is “close to 100 percent.”
Based on what?
The d’RAT’s are plotting how they can get more votes.
I find it difficult to think of a microbe as an alien............
Unicorns are out there too..
What a freakin’ charade! These guys are merely trying to continue their gravy train while ignoring the evidence already found on Earth’s Moon, Mars, a Moon of Mars, the Moons of Saturn, etc. NASA has controlled the data allowed out to the public and these mooches know they can count on the great lie to continue so they should get funding for their aiding and abetting the lie. Sickening crap ...
I've seen similiar arguments somewhere before. Now I remember ...
Aliens AreGlobal Warming Is Almost Definitely Out There,SETI AstronomersEarmark-Seeking Global Warming Alarmists Tell Congress
Does this mean that if you’re a SETI scientist, it’s just fine to believe in invisible sky fairies you’ve never found evidence of? Just asking.
Mathematically it’s gotta happen. The only real question is how FAR out there? Could be a very very long way.
It made more sense the first time I read the title. I changed the “Out There” to an “In Here:”
“Aliens Are Almost Definitely In Here, SETI Astronomers Tell Congress”
First of all, is this guy saying they can find extraterrestrial microbial life in 20 years if they have enough money?
The best way to describe obama and moochelle. We’ve got illegal aien microbes living in the white house.
There is a double problem, not only of distance, but of time.
The distances are ridiculously large, and even if someone is trying to communicate by any normal means, their communication obeys the inverse square law, which basically means that even if it is incredibly powerful at its point of origin, it will dissipate before it reaches us.
Likewise, the universe is about 15 billion years old. If some civilization had a normal evolution and achieved intelligence and eventually died out a billion years ago, we would have missed it entirely. And who knows how many civilizations could have risen and fallen in that time? The Earth is only about 4 billion years old, so might not have even existed back then.
And remember that Earth’s evolutionary clock was reset several times because of disasters.
It’s not just us, either. Every now and then there are events in the galaxy that sterilize entire sectors of space, so even if there were many advanced civilizations there, they would all be extinct. Nothing but artifacts, if that.
According to ABC News, Dan Werthimer, director of the SETI [search for extraterrestrial intelligence] Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, told the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Wednesday that the possibility of extraterrestrial microbial life is “close to 100 percent.”
Anyone see a little deception in this story?
AND THEY ARE COMING BACK TO CHECK THIS BIG PETRI DISH.
Don’t care. Keep our eyes on the 2014 prize!
Must be budget time again.
The question of why the universe is as it is has always been of great interest to me. So much so, that I wrote a Science Fiction series on this subject. In my book, an average guy is given a revelation by an alien entity. It explains literally everything in a way that could actually be true - how life started on Earth and why, the purpose of evolution and how it really works, and the real reason why humans live in a universe that seems so hostile to life.
The Revelation is not anti-religious, though some religious characters struggle with it in the story. It does take quite a number of shots at ‘settled’ science, however.
I apologize if this post is in poor form, but I think the book fits perfectly in with this discussion. I have not named the book, nor will I offer it for sale here. But I will send it to anyone in .mobi (kindle) format for free if you want it. Just send me a private reply with your email.
Does SETI still offer that alien signal finding software that I run on my screensaver?