Are We or Aren't We Alone the Universe?

[Nilla Wayfarers]

Yeah, they're out there.
Does it mean they'll ever get here?
Not necessarily.
So do they really matter?
Not until they find us.

[Dumb Ideologies]

I think we're alone now.

[Finland SSR]

...You know, on second thought, we should probably stop broadcasting and stay as low as possible so they don't find us.

Too late. Any species with the ability to come to us will find us, whether we're deliberately attempting contact or not. All we can do is hope they're friendly.

On this DBZ space villain lottery, I hope we get Beerus.

At least if we get him good enough food, he won't harm us.

[United Marxist Nations]

I think we're alone now.

[Vistulange]

Can we just post an old quote and stare smugly?

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

There. That's my (well, Clarke's) two cents on the issue.

[Napkiraly]

I think we're alone now.

Poor Pepe

[Locoste]

I think there is bacterial life everywhere.animal life very common,intelligent life very rare maybe only two or three in the galaxy.That still means billions of planets with intelligent life.

[Potarius]

Seems highly unlikely that there isn't intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, let alone our own galaxy. Likelihood aside, we're certainly alone right now. The loneliness!

Oh well, at least there's booze. And fire.

[Tafhan]

We probably aren't alone. But there is the possibility that life is relatively scarce and far apart in where it occurs.

[Potarius]

We probably aren't alone. But there is the possibility that life is relatively scarce and far apart in where it occurs.

So, kind of like Idaho. But in space.

[San Lumen]

I heard recently on the show Ancient Aliens that a number of America's founding fathers such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin openly talked about the idea of life on other planets. I still think its beyond arrogant to say this is the only planet in the entire universe with life.

[Alvecia]

I heard recently on the show Ancient Aliens that a number of America's founding fathers such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin openly talked about the idea of life on other planets. I still think its beyond arrogant to say this is the only planet in the entire universe with life.

I think anything said on Ancient Aliens should be taken with a metric ton of salt.

[Nizov]

We can't be. It's so vast that it's impossible that we're the only life there is.

Let's hypothesize that we are the only life in the universe, what now?

[Alvecia]

We can't be. It's so vast that it's impossible that we're the only life there is.

Let's hypothesize that we are the only life in the universe, what now?

We make some more.

[Derelldia]

It's very likely that we aren't alone in the universe. However due to how vast the universe is, I personally believe we might not come into contact with anything within our lifetime.

[Slenderman The CreepyPasta King]

What I think about this is, there most likely isn't any life other than us and Mars (the bacteria) in this solar system. And probably not any life in a few of our neighboring systems, but there is life out there. Hell we haven't even EXPLORED outside of our system. Let alone scanned the entire universe

[Anywhere Else But Here]

We can't be. It's so vast that it's impossible that we're the only life there is.

Let's hypothesize that we are the only life in the universe, what now?

This.

[Alvecia]

Let's hypothesize that we are the only life in the universe, what now?

This.

Sounds like a plan.

[Urran]

Of course not, it's just that the universe is too vast to comprehend and we are likely far beyond the range of being able to connect with whatever else may be out there.

[Ifreann]

I doubt we're alone, but I haven't checked the universe thoroughly yet.

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We can't be. It's so vast that it's impossible that we're the only life there is.

Unlikely and impossible aren't the same thing. It is unlikely in the extreme that Earth is the only place in the universe with life, but unlikely things happen all the time.

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UFO's. Maybe the "gods" the ancients talk about are actually powerful alien visitors.

The show Ancient Aliens has talked about that before. I don';t believe everything on that show but i think its entirely possible extraterrestrials have visited Earth in the past.

There's no reason at all to believe that extraterrestrials visited Earth, and suggestions that they did tend to be founded in the notion that people who lived in the past were morons who flopped about in the dirt until Prometheus stole fire from the gods aliens lifted us up.

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Pretty unlikely. Our ancestors were smarter than you might give them credit for. Smart enough to have probably called that bluff.

They believed in sky gods without question based on faith alone? Wow, they sure do seem smart enough to call an alien's bluff.

Tell us more about how people with a religious faith are stupid, Pandeeria.

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Does it matter if we aren't?

Not right now. It probably will eventually.

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People who say we are alone in the universe or will never meet aliens i direct to to the movie Contact. We may have picked up alien signal in 1979 its called the Wow signal. Whats to say something like the scenario in Contact couldn't happen? Remember we can only scan a small part of the sky at a time so to say: if we haven't heard anything by now there is no one out there is arrogant.

On the other hand, it is silly to think that there must be someone out there just because there could be someone out there.

Secondly Contact's famous closing line is "The Universe is a pretty big place. Its bigger and more beautiful than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before and if its just us seems like an awful waste of space." I think that's true.

It's utterly illogical to assume that the universe must be populated because otherwise it would be displeasing to particular human aesthetics.

[Lady Scylla]

I've thought about this question a lot recently. When scientists or people say we are alone in the universe and come up with crazy theories as to why it bugs me.

Its beyond arrogant to say this is the only planet in the entire universe that has life and in order to have intelligent life you must have conditions exactly like that of Earth and our solar system. We will never find a planet or star or solar system exactly like ours. All planets adapt to their stars.

We have found life in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. What's to say life could not develop on other planets in conditions very different from Earth? I accept that liquid water is likely needed but perhaps it might not be.

Some also say if aliens do exist why haven't we had first contact yet or had definitive proof of their existence? Firstly we can only scan a small part of the sky at one time and secondly maybe extraterrestrials don't want to contact us directly?

I think there is absolutely other intelligent life in the universe and ridiculous to think otherwise. I even think its plausible extraterrestrial beings might have visited us in the distant past but i know i will get flack for saying that.

What do you all think? What is your response to a question that has been asked for decades?

Most likely we're not. Though, I've seen varying theories as to why we've not found another civilization.

• We're the first civilization, or the first space-present civilization (in that we can reach space)
• We're the last civilization, we're all that remains of intelligent life now, because the others most likely destroyed themselves
• We're the only civilization in this region of the Galaxy
• Other civilizations are hard to detect for x-reason

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”-- Arthur C. Clarke

Considering the unfathomable size of the Universe, and even our own Galaxy -- we're most likely not alone. Why we haven't discovered another civilization is a mystery. However, it's also important to note that we're trying to find life, even in the form of microbes on things other than Earth. If we can find microbial life on say a comet, then it'll pretty much be for certain that life does exist elsewhere.

[San Lumen]

I think we're alone now.

Why?

[Ifreann]

I think we're alone now.

Why?

Because there doesn't seem to be anyone around.

[Khadgar]

Why?

Because there doesn't seem to be anyone around.

The beating of our hearts is the only sound.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Let's hypothesize that we are the only life in the universe, what now?

This.

Yay!