Do U Believe in Aliens?

[Jordsindia]

I belive in God and aliens? Is that so hard?

[Legionica]

No. I find in alright, just don't tell that to the Catholics.

[Farnhamia]

Mesopotaiman and Sumerian was assumed very odd, like a fusion of Eastern tongues and Klingon.

Mesopotamian? There's no such thing. Akkadian is a Semitic language, nothing odd about it at all. Sumerian is a linguistic isolate, true, but there's nothing unearthly about it. While we don't know absolutely everything about it, we know quite a bit. http://www.google.com/search?q=sumerian%20grammar&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

[Farnhamia]

I definitely believe there is more life outside of Earth, given the fact that we've observed so many other planets that can sustain life.
Do I think we're slowly being infiltrated by anus-probing lizards? No, but it wouldn't surprise me if they've visited us before.

Which life-sustaining planets have we observed, please?

[Intangelon]

No. Why? Because they don't exist. Next?

[Galla-]

No. Why? Because they don't exist. Next?

Prove that extraterrestrial life doesn't exist.

I'm including single-celled organisms.

[Norstal]

So, i was watching this Phil Sneider guy, maybe you've heard of him, and he talks about how he once worked for the government with top secret programs about aliens.

So i decided to see if you guys believe in aliens.

So, do you?
If so, do you think they are friendly?
If so, do you think they are visiting earth?
Are they hostile?
Are their more than one species?
Just tell us, do you BELIEVE!

Can't believe something I can't see.

[Gordonisia]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296841/More-100-Earth-like-planets-just-past-weeks.html
According to NASA, there's 100 million planets in the Milky Way alone that can sustain life

[Gordonisia]

So, i was watching this Phil Sneider guy, maybe you've heard of him, and he talks about how he once worked for the government with top secret programs about aliens.

So i decided to see if you guys believe in aliens.

So, do you?
If so, do you think they are friendly?
If so, do you think they are visiting earth?
Are they hostile?
Are their more than one species?
Just tell us, do you BELIEVE!

Can't believe something I can't see.

So do you believe in electrons?

[Farnhamia]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296841/More-100-Earth-like-planets-just-past-weeks.html
According to NASA, there's 100 million planets in the Milky Way alone that can sustain life

That's different than having actually observed that they are life-bearing.

[Norstal]

Can't believe something I can't see.

So do you believe in electrons?

I can see that and can conduct experiments with it if I asked the department chair very nicely. Or if I attain a high GPA.

Oh and besides that, I experimented with chemicals involving electron shells. So there. Electrons exist.

[Lucent Dawn]

So do you believe in electrons?

I can see that and can conduct experiments with it if I asked the department chair very nicely. Or if I attain a high GPA.

So you believe in anything you can see. Do you know for sure you can't see an alien?

[Galla-]

So do you believe in electrons?

I can see that and can conduct experiments with it if I asked the department chair very nicely. Or if I attain a high GPA.

Oh and besides that, I experimented with chemicals involving electron shells. So there. Electrons exist.

wat if u were blind?

[Gordonisia]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296841/More-100-Earth-like-planets-just-past-weeks.html
According to NASA, there's 100 million planets in the Milky Way alone that can sustain life

That's different than having actually observed that they are life-bearing.

I didn't say they produce life, I said we observed and estimated that they are capable of it based on their positions, atmosphere, etc.

[Legionica]

NASA found bacterial life on MArs, didn't they?

[Norstal]

I can see that and can conduct experiments with it if I asked the department chair very nicely. Or if I attain a high GPA.

So you believe in anything you can see. Do you know for sure you can't see an alien?

What the hell does that mean. Sure, I see the Mexicans outside. Or do you want me to lie that extraterrestrial aliens exist?

Lack of beliefs != does not exist. I do not believe aliens exist. I do not believe aliens do not exist. I don't know. You don't know. We all don't know.

[Farnhamia]

NASA found bacterial life on MArs, didn't they?

No.

[Norstal]

I can see that and can conduct experiments with it if I asked the department chair very nicely. Or if I attain a high GPA.

Oh and besides that, I experimented with chemicals involving electron shells. So there. Electrons exist.

wat if u were blind?

Then you can do the mathematics to see if it makes sense. Not that hard to do a mole equation, is it.

[Galla-]

wat if u were blind?

Then you can do the mathematics to see if it makes sense. Not that hard to do a mole equation, is it.

but ur blind

how can u be sure if u cant see it?

[Lucent Dawn]

So you believe in anything you can see. Do you know for sure you can't see an alien?

What the hell does that mean. Sure, I see the Mexicans outside. Or do you want me to lie that extraterrestrial aliens exist?

Lack of beliefs != does not exist. I do not believe aliens exist. I do not believe aliens do not exist. I don't know. You don't know. We all don't know.

I accept that answer. I wouldn't want you to lie. I was confused, thinking that you were rejecting the possibilty. But it's true that we don't know whether they do or not.

[Farnhamia]

wat if u were blind?

Then you can do the mathematics to see if it makes sense. Not that hard to do a mole equation, is it.

Blind? Mole equation?

[EnragedMaldivians]

Doubtful. Humanity is the most advanced species in the universe, or at least comparable to others, judging by the lack of radio transmissions we've received, and lack of alien contact. Besides, even if they do visit us, they may not be more advanced than we are.

Also, it isn't their place to conquer the universe, it is mankind's destiny to spread amongst the stars and assimilate lesser cultures into our own.

You're about as silly as Wils. Conquer the universe, right. I do agree, though, that an alien civilization doesn't have to be fabulously more advanced than us.

I think there's probably alien civilizations as advanced as us or perhaps, even more so. Technologically, culturally, whatever. Having said that:

Say we were able to engage in inter-stellar travel, and discover the first planet known to us besides earth that contains "life."

I'd doubt that the life forms we discovered would be anything other than primitive; and almost certainly, I think there would be no visible signs of a "civilization", or even a species that approaches our level of intelligence.

Snarky jokes aside, it's only within the last few 10's of thousands of years, in the 4 billion (IIRC) year history of our planet that life intelligent enough to engage in, and sustain a complex civilization first began to emerge.

Even after it emerged, as of today, no other species on earth can even come close to matching the average level of adult human intelligence.

Perhaps it's not fair to use the earth as a case study, but it seems to me that intelligence on our level is exceptionally rare, even where there is life. So I'd say that human intelligence is as rare and special in contrast to all the other species that have ever existed on the earth, as planets containing intelligent civilizations are in contrast to the rest of the Universe. It would probably be a hell of a lot harder to find a planet with intelligent life, than a planet that simply contains life.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Yes.

[Norstal]

Then you can do the mathematics to see if it makes sense. Not that hard to do a mole equation, is it.

but ur blind

how can u be sure if u cant see it?

In your head?

Then you can do the mathematics to see if it makes sense. Not that hard to do a mole equation, is it.

Blind? Mole equation?

It's been years since I've done chemistry, k?

I forgot which one it was that measures electron configuration shell. Grrr. At any rate, my answer is mathematics.

[Farnhamia]

but ur blind

how can u be sure if u cant see it?

In your head?

Blind? Mole equation?

It's been years since I've done chemistry, k?

I forgot which one it was that measures electron configuration shell. Grrr. At any rate, my answer is mathematics.

No, no, silly ...