Do Aliens actually exist ?

[CityInWashingtonState]

I do understand the difference between proof, and consensus.

Yet your arguments indicate otherwise.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Yet your arguments indicate otherwise.

Go away.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

Go away.

/sigh

Here's a thought - take a deep breath - and come back to this thread in a month's time, devoid of emotion. I'll be happy to continue our debate at that time once your thinking is unclouded.

 

[Chippy_boy]

/sigh

Here's a thought - take a deep breath - and come back to this thread in a month's time, devoid of emotion. I'll be happy to continue our debate at that time once you're thinking is unclouded.

You are trolling.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

You are a trolling.

"Go away."

"You are trolling."

Etc.

Clearly, you're making emotional appeals.

Again - you've an emotional attachment to your position - back away and come at it in a month's time.
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Rather than continue this pointless rant, I'm not going to post further here - as it's derailed the topic quite badly. Start up a new thread a month from now with the title "The Universe is Not Infinite" or some such - if you still hold that opinion. I'll be happy to debate you there.

 

[Indaparkside]

Ian dowie is an alien, or as close to one as you’ll see

 

[Chippy_boy]

Go away.

You are trolling.

Etc.

Clearly, you're making rational appeals.

Again - you've an emotional attachment to your position - back away and come at it in a month's time.

Trolling again.

You've repeatedly asserted that the "vast majority" of scientists believe the Universe is infinite. I've demonstrated to you that opinions are divided and that no such consensus exist. I've also demonstrated that people as eminent as Stephen Hawking don't agree.

And yet you still persist.

The logical conclusion is that you are indeed simply a troll. For the 2nd and final time, I'm out. Debate it on your own.

 

[tonea2003]

Yes indeed. My point is simply that we're a very boring and uninteresting planet that in all probability, aliens would have never bothered looking at, let alone investing the effort to actually visit... until we started broadcasting 'We're over here!!!!" about 100 years ago.

i'd like to know what a interesting and non boring planet is like if we're not,

and as for the debate infinite/finite, does it matter at this point which it is as we are still at observable universe, too dam big anyway

 

[roj]

For those that may be interested in a more in-depth dive in to (intelligent) alien life probability theory, including Fermi’s Paradox and The Great Filter, among other interesting concepts...

In-depth, plain language, somewhat humourous write-up on the subject:

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html


Estimating the probability of finding alien life:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.space.com/25219-drake-equation.html


Hawking’s thoughts on the matter:

http://www.hawking.org.uk/life-in-the-universe.html


Interesting, animated primers:

Fermí Paradox I



Fermí Paradox II



The Great Filter



Emergence

Those videos are really good.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Those videos are really good.

Kurzesegat is one of the best content creators on the internet (much less YouTube) in my mind. They have primers on all sorts of subjects and they spend exceptional amounts of time on research for even the shortest segments of the videos.

Their content is meant to be stepping stones to more in-depth learning (and I think they do that job very well, as they’ve certainly sent me down the rabbit hole on many occasions) but, even if you only watch the videos and go no further, you are still more well-informed/educated then a great many on that particular subject (even if you may not agree with everything they assert, as they do political and economic content, as well).

Suffice it to say, I financially support their work.