Does extraterrestrial life exist

[Boguran]

Many of you skeptics might look over this topic, but just recently, the CIA has posted something very interesting on their website. "How to investigate a UFO" and "A peek into our X-files." What do you guys think, is their life beyond our own planet earth

[The Brand New Salvatagard Republic]

Yes, there is.

[GraySoap]

Probably but we've no way of knowing yet.

And no, the common "the government is hiding aliens" is juvenile and carried on far too long by a select few. The US would get a +300 prestige boost for discovering aliens and a +1000 prestige boost for establishing first contact.

[Len Hyet]

Many of you skeptics might look over this topic, but just recently, the CIA has posted something very interesting on their website. "How to investigate a UFO" and "A peek into our X-files." What do you guys think, is their life beyond our own planet earth

I think you should check and see if there's already a thread on it. Here you go.

[Boguran]

Probably but we've no way of knowing yet.

And no, the common "the government is hiding aliens" is juvenile and carried on far too long by a select few. The US would get a +300 prestige boost for discovering aliens and a +1000 prestige boost for establishing first contact.

Here is the URL to what I'm talking about. https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-our-x-files.html

[Boguran]

Probably but we've no way of knowing yet.

And no, the common "the government is hiding aliens" is juvenile and carried on far too long by a select few. The US would get a +300 prestige boost for discovering aliens and a +1000 prestige boost for establishing first contact.

Here is the URL to what I'm talking about. https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-our-x-files.html

Is the CIA trying to tell us something? Dozens of declassified UFO documents. I find this quite interesting considering the fact that years ago the CIA or any other government agency wouldn't dars mention UFO or Alien out of their mouths, WHY NOW do they wan't to revile this to us

[GraySoap]

Declassified it because that's how it works. Many things are declassified after so many years. And I don't see one mention of "we found aliens".

[Boguran]

Declassified it because that's how it works. Many things are declassified after so many years. And I don't see one mention of "we found aliens".

I never said there were, but that is interesting right

[Internationalist Bastard]

I mean I exist so that's plenty of proof right there

[Boguran]

I mean I exist so that's plenty of proof right there

That's what I'm saying, if we humans can form,adapt, and evolve here on planet earth, why can't life form,adapt, and evolve somewhere else in the universe

[Al-Portug]

maybe

[Boguran]

What do other people think of this. Imagine waking up one day, and turning on your TV, and the first thing you here is people blasting out loud saying "We have just made first official contact with alien life outside our planet." What would you do? How would this effect the rest of your life? Cause people listen, once extraterrestrial life is discovered and/or disclosed, our lives will never be the same as it is now. It will be the start of a whole new era.

[ISAF-Usea]

Well there are quite a few possibilities
A) There is just life in general beyond our world (not including intelligent species.)
B) There are intelligent species beyond our world
C) There are no space farring species yet, and that's why we haven't seen a sign(though this is doubtful.)
D) All of the intelligent life in the universe but ourselves has destroyed themselves in a large cosmic war. (Also doubtful, but also highly plausable.)
Or
E) There is no intelligent life but us.

[Boguran]

Well there are quite a few possibilities
A) There is just life in general beyond our world (not including intelligent species.)
B) There are intelligent species beyond our world
C) There are no space farring species yet, and that's why we haven't seen a sign(though this is doubtful.)
D) All of the intelligent life in the universe but ourselves has destroyed themselves in a large cosmic war. (Also doubtful, but also highly plausable.)
Or
E) There is no intelligent life but us.

Nice, but I have to say. There is proof all around us if people would just OPEN THIER EYES!! How do you explain all these UFO sightings

[Boguran]

Anything else people want to share on this topic, it's quite interesting when you start thinking about it

[Korhal IVV]

Well there are quite a few possibilities
A) There is just life in general beyond our world (not including intelligent species.)
B) There are intelligent species beyond our world
C) There are no space farring species yet, and that's why we haven't seen a sign(though this is doubtful.)
D) All of the intelligent life in the universe but ourselves has destroyed themselves in a large cosmic war. (Also doubtful, but also highly plausable.)
Or
E) There is no intelligent life but us.

Nice, but I have to say. There is proof all around us if people would just OPEN THIER EYES!! How do you explain all these UFO sightings

The Nazis buildt the UFOS and they have a moon base #CONSIPRACYTHEORIESFTW

Oh wait.

I remember in some Youtube video that shows a swastika engraved on the moon... Does that mean...?

[Quokkastan]

Nice, but I have to say. There is proof all around us if people would just OPEN THIER EYES!! How do you explain all these UFO sightings

This is almost the definition of an argument from ignorance.

The "U" in UFO stands for "unidentified." Meaning, we don't know what they are.

You are, in essence, arguing, "We don't know what they are, therefore we know what they are."

[Korhal IVV]

Well there are quite a few possibilities
A) There is just life in general beyond our world (not including intelligent species.)
B) There are intelligent species beyond our world
C) There are no space farring species yet, and that's why we haven't seen a sign(though this is doubtful.)
D) All of the intelligent life in the universe but ourselves has destroyed themselves in a large cosmic war. (Also doubtful, but also highly plausable.)
Or
E) There is no intelligent life but us.

Nice, but I have to say. There is proof all around us if people would just OPEN THIER EYES!! How do you explain all these UFO sightings

"UFO" means unidentified flying object. There are different types, the most common ones the flying saucers and flowing lights in the sky.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Probably.

[Sagra]

Statistically speaking it is possible, just by the sheer number of planets in the universe. Not to mention that life might be able to flourish in very differnt forms from what we know here on earth. By the same token, so should there be quite a few intelligent life forms, somewhere... until we manage to explore a large enough chunk of the cosmos we won't know for sure anyways.

[Vvarden]

Seeing as the chance of us being alone in this Universe is one in six sextillion, I'd say it might exist.

[Conservative Cloppers]

Many scientists believe that there's life in other planets, at least at "bacterial" or equivalent. I'm not sure how to think about this, but here is a different view, from biologist Jacques Monod: the almost lifeless universe. It's at least depressingly poetic:

"[Jacques Monod] was also a proponent of the view that life on earth arose by freak chemical accident and was unlikely to be duplicated even in the vast universe. His very striking suggestion was that this accident may not have been simply of low probability but of identically zero probability, a unique event that will never be repeated. "Man at last knows he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he has emerged only by chance. His destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty. The kingdom above or the darkness below; it is for him to choose", he wrote in 1971. He used the bleak assessment that forms the earlier part of the quote as a springboard to argue for atheism and the absurdity and pointlessness of existence. Monod stated we are merely chemical extras in a majestic but impersonal cosmic drama—an irrelevant, unintended sideshow"

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Monod

Another article about this "empty universe" perspective:
http://io9.gizmodo.com/is-it-time-to-ac ... 1654960619

Posting it just for the show some info, I don't have a position on this issue

[Reploid Productions]

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