Do Aliens actually exist ?

Chippy_boy said:
No, I am merely wanting to point out that the question as to whether the universe is infinite or not is not agreed amongst scientists. It may very well be infinite, or it may finite, or it may become infinite at time t = infinity.

I can only assume you are ignoring the google search results which say we don't know.
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I think you're confusing "not knowing" for "consensus opinion" - no one is saying we know that the universe is infinite. The consensus opinion is that the universe is infinite.

You, on the other hand, are advancing the idea that there is no consensus and that the "latest thinking" shows quite the opposite - and you appear to be wrong on both counts.
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As a "for example" from a sister field - mathematics.

No one knows whether or not the Riemann Conjecture is true - but the overwhelming consensus opinion among mathematicians, is that it is true.

With regard to the universe being infinite - it's almost certainly a less widely held opinion than the mathematic-view about the RC. But it's still a consensus opinion.

If you dislike the idea of an infinite universe, you'd be on rock solid ground stating that an infinite universe has not been proved.

It still begs the question - why are you so against the idea of an infinite universe?
 
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CityInWashingtonState said:
As we learn more and more about our planet, it's becoming ever more obvious just how special the circumstances that led to our existence are. Incredibly fortunate.

Yet, the observable universe is unimaginably large - however unlikely, is it still possible that intelligent life, capable of interstellar travel, evolved somewhere in our observable universe? I think so. And I think that it's probable that we'll detect signs of them in my lifetime - science is expanding exponentially and so too ability to detect advanced life.
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You may be right.

Something you might like to ponder upon (forgive me if you have already) is this: If we confine the discussion to our own galaxy, there's something like 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. We can assume many of these stars have planets and there's no reason why any intelligent life forms would have considered that our Earth was worth even a 2nd glance. We are just a boring planet, orbiting a boring an uninteresting sun that no-one would pay any attention to. Until recently.

We started our first radio broadcasts about 100 years ago. Those early broadcasts have been radiating out into space ever since, at the speed of light. The sphere in which those radio waves could be detected by aliens is now 100 light years in radius. There's only a few hundred solar systems where someone, or something, could have noticed us and thought "hello, that looks interesting". Anyone 101 light years away, doesn't know there's intelligent life on earth yet, because the radio waves haven't reached them yet.

And moreover, for an aliens to have decided to reply, or even visit, must be less than 50 light years away, since even if they replied the moment they heard us 50 years ago, it would take until now for us to receive a reply.

But the clock is ticking and the chances of aliens spotting us goes up by the day.
 
Chippy_boy said:
You may be right.

Something you might like to ponder upon (forgive me if you have already) is this: If we confine the discussion to our own galaxy, there's something like 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. We can assume many of these stars have planets and there's no reason why any intelligent life forms would have considered that our Earth was worth even a 2nd glance. Until recently.

We started our first radio broadcasts about 100 years ago. Those early broadcasts have been radiating out into space ever since, at the speed of light. The sphere in which those radio waves could be detected by aliens is now 100 light years in radius. There's only a few hundred solar systems where someone, or something, could have noticed us and thought "hello, that looks interesting". Anyone 101 light years away, doesn't know there's intelligent life on earth yet, because the radio waves haven't reached them yet.

And moreover, for an aliens to have decided to reply, or even visit, must be less than 50 light years away, since even if they replied the moment they heard us 50 years ago, it would take until now for us to receive a reply.

But the clock is ticking and the chances of aliens spotting us goes up by the day.
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With this I agree - there's an obvious mystery about why we haven't yet made contact with an advanced extra-terrestrial civilization.
 
CityInWashingtonState said:
Another paper that hasn't been peer reviewed and moreover hasn't been put in simple layman terms.
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Love it. So Stephen Hawking says one thing and a City supporter on Bluemoon says "no, I know more than him, believe me instead". HIlarious.

Here it is in layman's terms:

https://nypost.com/2018/05/02/stephen-hawkings-final-theory-predicts-universe-isnt-infinite/

At least I post some examples, unlike you just repeating your false claim hoping to bash people on the head with it.
 
Chippy_boy said:
I think on balance there probably is life elsewhere in the universe - it's just that I don't rule out there not being any.

It's entirely possible that the combination of circumstances required in order for it to happen are so staggeringly unlikely that we are indeed alone. The "well we exist, so it can't be that unusual" argument, doesn't stand up. It's a bit like someone entering the national lottery for the first time, winning the jackpot, and then concluding that winning the jackpot can't be that unusual.
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But imagine there being 400,000,000,000 lottery games and you buy 300,000,000,000 tickets in each of them. You’d be pretty certain you’d win a few million times.
 
Chippy_boy said:
You may be right.

Something you might like to ponder upon (forgive me if you have already) is this: If we confine the discussion to our own galaxy, there's something like 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. We can assume many of these stars have planets and there's no reason why any intelligent life forms would have considered that our Earth was worth even a 2nd glance. We are just a boring planet, orbiting a boring an uninteresting sun that no-one would pay any attention to. Until recently.

We started our first radio broadcasts about 100 years ago. Those early broadcasts have been radiating out into space ever since, at the speed of light. The sphere in which those radio waves could be detected by aliens is now 100 light years in radius. There's only a few hundred solar systems where someone, or something, could have noticed us and thought "hello, that looks interesting". Anyone 101 light years away, doesn't know there's intelligent life on earth yet, because the radio waves haven't reached them yet.

And moreover, for an aliens to have decided to reply, or even visit, must be less than 50 light years away, since even if they replied the moment they heard us 50 years ago, it would take until now for us to receive a reply.

But the clock is ticking and the chances of aliens spotting us goes up by the day.
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hasn't our planet been habitable for millions of years, so anyone/thing who could see/reach us would know that regardless of us being able to transmit
 
SWP's back said:
But imagine there being 400,000,000,000 lottery games and you buy 300,000,000,000 tickets in each of them. You’d be pretty certain you’d win a few million times.
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Of course. I was merely putting to bed the "well we exist, therefore..." argument.

And we discussed what you suggest, a few pages back.

The problem is you're multiplying an infinitesimally small number by a humongously large number - when in fact neither number is known - and trying to derive a sensible answer.

It may very well be that the numbers of planets in the universe is so great that that side of the equation "wins", but maybe not.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Love it. So Stephen Hawking says one thing and a City supporter on Bluemoon says "no, I know more than him, believe me instead". HIlarious.

Here it is in layman's terms:

https://nypost.com/2018/05/02/stephen-hawkings-final-theory-predicts-universe-isnt-infinite/

At least I post some examples, unlike you just repeating your false claim hoping to bash people on the head with it.
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OK Chippy_boy - you win. You've managed to google a few papers/articles (however misleading - Hawking said nothing whatsoever about the possibility of the universe being non-infinite in a geometric sense).
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Here's an exercise for you - take any wildly unscientific view. For example, the theory of evolution is wrong.

And then try to find articles in support of this hypotheses.

Bingo - you'll succeed.

Moreover, you'll find articles claiming that well-known scientists in the field are arguing that evolution is a false theory.
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As for looking into bias, I'll help you:
https://nypost.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch
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Bias alone is but one factor. You'll need to look at the body of evidence, in totality, for or against a certain opinion. This is a rare talent - one which you do not possess.
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So, post another biased, unknowledgeable article in support of your view - you can find zillions of them.
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For the rest of us - me included - I honestly have an open opinion with no dog in the hunt. Is the universe infinite or not? I simply seek the truth.

You on the other hand are like this:
I prefer that the universe is finite. And by God, I'll find anything that supports my view and advance it to my fullest as the truth.
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Which of us, do you suppose, best embodies the scientific method, and the dispassionate search for truth?
 
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