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If people believe that life existed for billions of years, why these people (as a majority) don't believe that some life is observing us, watching us, and maybe even communicating?
Isn't that only logical to assume that someone from somewhere has discovered our planet? If there are billions of planets and life has been going on for billions of years? (I am using small numbers I think)
Or is the Christian idea that God created our planet and we're the only one with life still is permeating people's thinking overall?
Some say: well, I don't see the evidence.... But what about probability? And chances of things happening if long enough time has passed?
If there is "life" on other planets, who created that life? If there's life on other planets, are we humans still special? Do these other lifeforms have their own bible and their own god? Whose image were they created in? Do they die and go to heaven (or hell), too? Do they have 10 commandments? Do they go to church on Sundays? Do they pass around a tithing bowl to collect money?
These are just a few of the questions most people would prefer not to think about too deeply because if they do, they'll slowly but surely start to realize that maybe we really don't know where we came from, why we're here, and what actually happens to us after death.
Why not just accept the fact that we still haven't solved these three mysteries yet? The universe and life itself are so complex that I honestly doubt that we'll ever solve the mysteries of where we came from, why we're here, and what happens to us after death. I have to admit, though, it sure is entertaining reading and listening to some of the "answers" about our existence. Entertaining indeed .
If people believe that life existed for billions of years, why these people (as a majority) don't believe that some life is observing us, watching us, and maybe even communicating?
Isn't that only logical to assume that someone from somewhere has discovered our planet? If there are billions of planets and life has been going on for billions of years? (I am using small numbers I think)
Or is the Christian idea that God created our planet and we're the only one with life still is permeating people's thinking overall?
Some say: well, I don't see the evidence.... But what about probability? And chances of things happening if long enough time has passed?
"Belief" is accepting something as fact when there is no evidence for it. Scientists don't "believe" in anything. They either know something or assign a probability to it being true.
Belief is unnecessary. It is a weakness.
Religious people are often so influenced by their church, parents, and community that facts and evidence are not considered.
If people believe that life existed for billions of years, why these people (as a majority) don't believe that some life is observing us, watching us, and maybe even communicating?
Isn't that only logical to assume that someone from somewhere has discovered our planet? If there are billions of planets and life has been going on for billions of years? (I am using small numbers I think)
Or is the Christian idea that God created our planet and we're the only one with life still is permeating people's thinking overall?
Some say: well, I don't see the evidence.... But what about probability? And chances of things happening if long enough time has passed?
What reason do we have to believe they would be more advanced then us?
But for the moment let us assume there are planets with life advanced far beyond us. What reasons would they have to decide to venture billions of miles to reach an insignificant planet located on a remote fringe of a medium sized Galaxy, when there are probably billions of planets closer and more enticing?
We have only begun sending radio transmissions in 1897. 116 years ago. Meaning our earliest radio transmission has only reach 116 light years distance at most. It has reached about 25 planets, none of which show any indication of being able to support life. We have not yet done anything that would let any extra terrestrial life form know there is life on Earth. Unless out of random exploration somebody sent a space craft here. But that is a 1 out of trillions chance to have happened.
Face it we are a bit insignificant in terms of our Galaxy and if we think in terms of the Universe, infinitesimally insignificant.
It is almost certain life exists on other planets.
It is very unlikely they have even discovered Earth.
Much less likely they would have sent as space craft to explore earth
Even less likely such a craft would have reached us yet, with the incomprehensible distance that would need to be traveled,
Look at how many generations passed on earth before any one discovered the largest continent on Earth--Antarctica. Unseen and unvisited by humans until 1773. And it is on the same planet we inhabit.
What reason do we have to believe they would be more advanced then us?
But for the moment let us assume there are planets with life advanced far beyond us. What reasons would they have to decide to venture billions of miles to reach an insignificant planet located on a remote fringe of a medium sized Galaxy, when there are probably billions of planets closer and more enticing?
We have only begun sending radio transmissions in 1897. 116 years ago. Meaning our earliest radio transmission has only reach 116 light years distance at most. It has reached about 25 planets, none of which show any indication of being able to support life. We have not yet done anything that would let any extra terrestrial life form know there is life on Earth. Unless out of random exploration somebody sent a space craft here. But that is a 1 out of trillions chance to have happened.
Face it we are a bit insignificant in terms of our Galaxy and if we think in terms of the Universe, infinitesimally insignificant.
It is almost certain life exists on other planets.
It is very unlikely they have even discovered Earth.
Much less likely they would have sent as space craft to explore earth
Even less likely such a craft would have reached us yet, with the incomprehensible distance that would need to be traveled,
Look at how many generations passed on earth before any one discovered the largest continent on Earth--Antarctica. Unseen and unvisited by humans until 1773. And it is on the same planet we inhabit.
I think the OP implied (and I think it's a correct assumption) that if they were ever here (again, hypothetically), their technology would have to be light years ahead of ours. No pun intended.
I think the OP implied (and I think it's a correct assumption) that if they were ever here (again, hypothetically), their technology would have to be light years ahead of ours. No pun intended.
I agree with that. They would have to be considerably more advanced than us.
The distances that have to be traveled are unimaginable.
"Belief" is accepting something as fact when there is no evidence for it. Scientists don't "believe" in anything. They either know something or assign a probability to it being true.
Belief is unnecessary. It is a weakness.
I like to describe myself as a nihilist, and in a certain sense of the term it is an accurate description. But in the sense of the term as it is sometimes used, to apply to someone who believes in...nothing, it is meaningless. It is impossible not to have belief. This impossibility applies to all humans. Syllogistically, scientists are humans, therefore _______. I don't really disagree with your point, in spirit, but in practice it's a lot messier. You may or may not be appreciative of this; you may or may not have been overstating your case to make a point.
Someone said, There are more planets in the Astral Plane as there are
bubbles in a bottle of soda....far bigger than your planet Earth.
Some are just for those that learned to overcome death.
In case someone needed to expand their thinking to things beyond our 3D
Physical plane, that is...
It is impossible not to have belief. This impossibility applies to all humans.
Prove it. (While you're at it, prove no two persons' fingerprints are identical.)
I don't believe in anything. I never start a sentence with "I believe..." like politicians, salesman, and religious leaders do. I do use "probably" a lot, and some people might interchange those terms but "probably" doesn't mean it is a fact like a person who uses "believe" will contend.
Either I know something or I don't know something. Anything is possible unless it has been proven impossible. For example, it is possible god exists because nobody has proven god doesn't exist.
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