I'm for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis, so I think aliens probably exist somewhere in the universe, but probably very far away from Solar system, and visits are unlikely (but not impossible).
Me too. Do you know what the Drake equation is? It's a formula for estimating the frequency of alien life. It's just a multiplicative formula. I think the standard terms are a little generous. You can add more terms to address more factors if you want to be more pessimistic. I did it once and got back about 1 instance of intelligent life per galaxy. But it could easily be off by a factor of 1000 in either direction, or more.
We only have a sample population 1 for genesis events. And because it's a given that we would only be aware of life where life is, the fact that we are aware of life on Earth is a biased sample. So really we have a sample population of 0 to go off of.
Are there flying objects that observers are unable to identify? Absolutely. And many remain unidentified. The nature of what they are is wide open for debate, though most are probably nothing exciting if you knew what they were.
Is there extraterrestrial life? I think it would be impossible for there not to be.
Is there extraterrestrial complex (multi-cellular) life? Given the size of the universe, again, it is all but impossible for there not to be.
Is there extraterrestrial intelligent life? This is the real question. Implicit in it, for most people, is the addendum "at the same time as us?" And that is complicated by "what does 'at the same time' mean in a universe where enough distance essentially makes two locations islands of time, unable to communicate in an immediate, meaningful way?"
So to answer each part of the implicit actual question:
Has there been intelligent life prior to us? Maybe.
Is there intelligent life at the same time as us, whatever that timeframe might mean? A very weak maybe, if we include the notion that such contemporaneous existence was both knowable to us and might have some effect on us. (The two maybes leave open the possibility that we are the First Ones in the universe.)
Will there be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe between now and the end of existence? Once again I invoke the sheer magnitude of the universe. There almost must be. Whether we ever know it, or they ever know about us, is another thing entirely. But simple existence? All but impossible for there not to be.
Yes. UFOS do exist but they are a psyop from the government to convince people of the Alien Hoax. Time and time again Alien events were exposed as government psyops, this is because they are going to set up a massive Alien hoax to fool people into following their ideas.
Log in
I think the ancient gods and goddesses were space aliens who helped shape Earth civilizations and brought them their code of laws as a religion.
I'm for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis, so I think aliens probably exist somewhere in the universe, but probably very far away from Solar system, and visits are unlikely (but not impossible).
(voted for "I'm alien agnostic")
Me too. Do you know what the Drake equation is? It's a formula for estimating the frequency of alien life. It's just a multiplicative formula. I think the standard terms are a little generous. You can add more terms to address more factors if you want to be more pessimistic. I did it once and got back about 1 instance of intelligent life per galaxy. But it could easily be off by a factor of 1000 in either direction, or more.
We only have a sample population 1 for genesis events. And because it's a given that we would only be aware of life where life is, the fact that we are aware of life on Earth is a biased sample. So really we have a sample population of 0 to go off of.
Yeah, in fact there's a similar formula further in the Wiki article I linked:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis#Rare_Earth_equation
Are there flying objects that observers are unable to identify? Absolutely. And many remain unidentified. The nature of what they are is wide open for debate, though most are probably nothing exciting if you knew what they were.
Is there extraterrestrial life? I think it would be impossible for there not to be.
Is there extraterrestrial complex (multi-cellular) life? Given the size of the universe, again, it is all but impossible for there not to be.
Is there extraterrestrial intelligent life? This is the real question. Implicit in it, for most people, is the addendum "at the same time as us?" And that is complicated by "what does 'at the same time' mean in a universe where enough distance essentially makes two locations islands of time, unable to communicate in an immediate, meaningful way?"
So to answer each part of the implicit actual question:
Has there been intelligent life prior to us? Maybe.
Is there intelligent life at the same time as us, whatever that timeframe might mean? A very weak maybe, if we include the notion that such contemporaneous existence was both knowable to us and might have some effect on us. (The two maybes leave open the possibility that we are the First Ones in the universe.)
Will there be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe between now and the end of existence? Once again I invoke the sheer magnitude of the universe. There almost must be. Whether we ever know it, or they ever know about us, is another thing entirely. But simple existence? All but impossible for there not to be.
UFO's and aliens are just a psyop to distract from the corruption in the gov
Watch mirage men
The situation is stranger than human brains can consider. They're more akin to an electromagnetic wave.
Yes. UFOS do exist but they are a psyop from the government to convince people of the Alien Hoax. Time and time again Alien events were exposed as government psyops, this is because they are going to set up a massive Alien hoax to fool people into following their ideas.
The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology.