Extraterrestrials

[MG1962]

Or the War of the Worlds incident? .

Ummm eeer that was on the radio

 

[23_Tauri]

Dinwar....put the pretty fossils down and calm come to the light. In the same issue the magazine pronounces "we peer review Playboy" And you didn't even notice

and published by Fishytales Media Unlimited BS....

something fishy squiddy there.

 

[Stray Cat]

What video upload site is the best to view other people's/companies'/schools vids then?

Yeah it does have a lot of BS but that is any media source since the beginning of radio; Hulu and all the others suck in my book because of all the commercials and ads. Me personally does not want to watch stupid commercials.

Remember some of the old cig ads!?

Doctor cig ad
Flintstone cig ad

Yes, I love the cig ads... a shame they made them illegal... but if you watch church TV, i can understand that you would object to such cigarette brands as:

Or the War of the Worlds incident?

That some people are credulous is not the fault of the media, though admittedly, the media do not always act responsibly to educate.
However, the 'War Of The Worlds' incident was quite an exaggerated story reaching mythical status over the years.

Sorry, I stopped reading your post at this point for no other reason than I got bored.

 

[John Jones]

[...]As for the OP.

I believe that some form of ETs has to exist. Once we have discovered every animal on Earth and have explored the very bottoms of the deepest part of the oceans and drilled all the way to the core in multiple areas (which the release of pressure would probably not be good for earth) then I may think otherwise.

Huh? I've read this 3 times and I still don't understand what you're trying to say.

 

[MG1962]

and published by Fishytales Media Unlimited BS....

something fishy squiddy there.

Yeah I did the research lol

 

[MG1962]

However, the 'War Of The Worlds' incident was quite an exaggerated story reaching mythical status over the years..

Well it was big enough for Princton University to do a study of the event and publish the results

 

[bobc]

• I believe that extraterrestrials exist
• I believe that extraterrestrials exist, but only as non-sentient life forms (ie. cells)
• I believe that extraterrestrials exist and visit earth
  
• I do not believe extraterrestrials exist

Which category do you fit in?

I'll take 4 please. If they did exist, they should have colonised the galaxy by now. Where are they?

1. The path from primitive life to complex, intelligent life is highly improbable
2. The lifetime of advanced civilisations is too short to be noticed (humans take note)
3. We are the first, yay!
4. Space travel is just too expensive and boring

 

[Fnord]

I never used to believe in them extraterrestricals until my cousin's wife had twins after my cousin got one of them fast tectomies.

 

[Dinwar]

Once we have discovered every animal on Earth and have explored the very bottoms of the deepest part of the oceans and drilled all the way to the core in multiple areas (which the release of pressure would probably not be good for earth) then I may think otherwise.

Gee, you THINK? Ever hear of "pressure release melting"? You're basically talking about creating multiple hot-spot volcanoes (and this'd happen LONG before you get to the core--basically you can't get below the Moho).

Oh, and this has absolutely nothing to do with extraterrestrials. The prefix "extra" means "outside of". Extramarital affairs, for example--being involved with someone outside of your marriage. Extravehicular activities is another--these are activities that happen outside of space vehicles (spacewalks, in other words). Extraterrestrials would be things not of this earth.

Dinwar....put the pretty fossils down and calm come to the light. In the same issue the magazine pronounces "we peer review Playboy" And you didn't even notice

You know, I really wish I could say that this was the first time this has happened.....

 

[MG1962]

Gee, you THINK? Ever hear of "pressure release melting"? You're basically talking about creating multiple hot-spot volcanoes (and this'd happen LONG before you get to the core--basically you can't get below the Moho).

Oooohhh ooohhh pick me I saw that movie "Crack In The World"

 

[Stray Cat]

Well it was big enough for Princton University to do a study of the event and publish the results

I'm not saying that nothing happened, only not as much as was claimed.

Anyway Princeton was in on it, it was their observatory that first noticed the Martians coming wasn't it?

 

[MG1962]

I'm not saying that nothing happened, only not as much as was claimed.

Anyway Princeton was in on it, it was their observatory that first noticed the Martians coming wasn't it?

Ohhh ummm err. How bout them Packers

 

[bruto]

I believe that some form of ETs has to exist. Once we have discovered every animal on Earth and have explored the very bottoms of the deepest part of the oceans and drilled all the way to the core in multiple areas (which the release of pressure would probably not be good for earth) then I may think otherwise.

I take it that in eagleworld "extra-terrestrial" means "more terrestrial than anything else?"

 

[John Jones]

I take it that in eagleworld "extra-terrestrial" means "more terrestrial than anything else?"

That would make more sense than anything else I can think of, given the context.

 

[welshdean]

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[Dani]

You may want to read about the Drake equation that covers the probabilities in the Milky Way galaxy, which however is highly conjectural because the estimations of the parameters are little less than raw guesses. The resulting number of the Drake equation depends on the value placed on these parameters, so it's somewhat futile, but that's all we can do with our limited evidence on the subject.

Carl Sagan explaining the Drake equation:



ETA: Oh, I see. Welshdean beat me to it. That's the Drake equation.

 

[Dinwar]

The Drake Equation is a good way to frame our thoughts on the topic; however, because every variable is almost pure conjecture. I never liked the equation.

 

[SusanB-M1]

Now, ask me what I believe about legislation on women's property rights in the 1850s, the character of Henry Wirz or the use of sugar as a topical medicine in 1860s military hospitals, and I'll give you a detailed answer, and could easily find someone to argue the opposite belief.

But I expect that most people don't have a belief or opinion on those topics, because none of their friends are talking about it, it's not in the news, and they haven't researched it, so they don't care.

I've just finished 'Wedlock' by Wendy Moore, about Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, late 18th century. Very good book and of course includes info about the laws you mention.

 

[Akhenaten]

G'day Reivax, welcome to the zoo.

I believe there either were or will be ETs, but for them to exist contemporaneously with us and be close enough to make the trip . . . really, really unlikely.

Also, I can't believe nobody else has posted the Galaxy Song yet.

Kewlies! I can fix that up, right now.

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[Correa Neto]

My take on the issue-

I think simple life is quite likely to exist somewhere else; multicellular life, well, things more complex than jellyfishes probably are harder to find.

Consider this- how many planets and moons we know in the solar system which could harbor life? Earth, Titan, Europa, Mars and Ganimedes, IIRC. One could also build a case to include Venus based on more unlikely "what ifs" (smaller, with less atmosphere, less greenhouse efect). That´s what? 5 or 6 out of how many planets and moons? And how many of these developed complex sentient life? One.

Sentient life seems to be very rare and quite possibly inexistent, especially if we restrict ourselves to a time frame coincident with ours and relatively nearby star systems.

Sentient aliens visiting us? I think its even more unlikely.