Do you expect to see a certain conspiracy theory confirmed? Do you expect to see some technology revealed? Do you expect to see the colonisation of space or something? What do you think will happen after?
Do you expect to see a certain conspiracy theory confirmed? Do you expect to see some technology revealed? Do you expect to see the colonisation of space or something? What do you think will happen after?
The universe is so vast that it is statistically unlikely that this planet is the only inhabited one. But therein lies the problem: The vastness makes it impossible for us to confirm anything or even observe traces of hints.
We are alone in the universe. And the aliens, they are alone too.
It’s weirdly beautiful in a melancholy way. I imagine most intelligent species are at least somewhat social, and they have an intrinsic desire to seek fellowship with others. I also imagine most would possess curiosity in order to seek out something other than themselves. So there’s this chorus of unheard voices calling up into the void “is anyone there? We’re over here. Hello? Anyone?”
And sometimes I look up into the sky and wonder if I’m looking at some distant soul who’s also looking back at me, wondering the same thing
My impression of the internet for the past 20 years.
even if they were here, the ability to communicate would be like us trying to talk to ants.
It is not statistically unlikely that this planet is the only inhabited one. We do not know at all how likely it is for life to develop. Therefore, we cannot make any statistical statements about its occurrence. All we have are estimates based on arbitrary assumptions.
Ultimately, whether one assumes the existence of aliens is a question of faith, not statistics.
The vastness also makes it much harder for aliens to find Earth. The most likely reason for us to find aliens visiting Earth is if Earth was originally seeded life by those aliens.
Even then it would be most likely seeded by a probe from so distant that they’d never be able to travel here. Think Voyager probe, but maybe faster. If we’d sent one with a bio seed package and sent it right at the best life supporting planet we could find it’s still gonna be 10s or 100s of thousands of years before it even arrives, then a couple hundred million years for anything to evolve there.
It would be sorta hilarious if we were a distant science experiment though.
Agreed
Everyday we don’t find them they get further away too fyi
that assumes our current understanding of physiscs is the absolute truth.
nothing to say aliens could not travel here somehow. well, except for our current knowledge.