Monday, October 13, 2008

aliens

why do we think life exists outside our earth?

because it would seem fantastic to suppose that such a lucky chance happened only once. statistically, even if an event is extremely unlikely to happen, it almost becomes a certainty if you ran an infinity of trials. so it is more likely to have happened elsewhere than not.

why do we think it is intelligent life?

well, same as above, we are intelligent so ...

why do we think they are more advanced? most sci fi books/ movies would like us to believe that.

not that they would be, but they could be, if they have been around longer or something, and have yet not destroyed themselves, seems to be a side effect of intelligence - self destruction :)

why do we want to meet them?

hey! i am stumped at that one. we don't seem to be doing too well differences on earth, i have no idea how we are going to assimilate a completely different life form - whether it is hostile or benign is immaterial. so why are we so in to this search for life in the universe stuff?

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