What would you think if definitive proof of alien life emerged? Would it consign all religious thought to, as Mark Twain once predicted, the fate of a stuffed ornament in museums? How would suggestive confirmation of the principles of uniformity and plenitude - that if life can form on Earth it can form anywhere and thus will for everywhere - mix with confirmation of the principle of mediocrity (nothing special about humans)? Would mediocrity impact humans relation with technology and would plenitude turn science skyward?
Disclosure Day (2026), Spielberg: https://youtu.be/icDuEHSxE-w?si=jKBowVzx1K6IggNh
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The point here SE and I admire your oversight, but there is every chance they do exist, they just don't want to exist with us....pretty understandable really!
If you think about the vastness of the known universe, and the physical constraints of moving living beings over near infinite distances, it's highly probably that any other existing life forms may never ever come into contact with us.
Melek, well said.
I too wouldn’t be too confident I had the answers.
Given the vast gaps in our knowledge, the vastness of the universe, and its countless possibilities, it’s plausible other life forms could exist.
Add that, along with questions about God, consciousness, and the nature of reality, dark matter, dark energy, and black holes, to the long list of things we don’t really have all the answers to. We don't really know all that much in the grand scheme of things.
The moral of the story, for me: keep an open mind.
Hold your beliefs with conviction, sure, aliens or no aliens, religious or anti-religious alike, God(s) or no God(s), but I’d also acknowledge that I could be wrong and let others be. There is already too much conflict and destruction in the world over power struggles . I used to be quite anti religious, but I can't be that way anymore.
Certainty is easy. Humility is harder, but far easier to live with.
P.S. I haven't seen the film yet, but probably will.
Strange Eel, the Drake equation for calculating probability of finding life includes chance of life evolving, chance of them sending signals, and chance they will be around long enough to find us or us them. But there is no variable for whether they would bother trying! I guess that's a key assumption, of whether advancement preserves curiosity?
When you consider that there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth and most of those stars have planets orbiting them (just like our sun), then the chance of life somewhere else is very very high in my opinion.
As long as they are Eels Supporters that will be okay I suppose 🙄🙄
Great point.
No such thing as Aliens or life on other planets in my personal opinion.
You are not qualified to have opinions other than the marbles you take to school everyday.
PS I forgot, you lost your marbles didn't you!
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