Earth may not be alone

[Editor]

Astronomers have discoved a new class of planets which seem to have much in common with our own earth. Now the research will commence whether there is any possibility of life out there.

There was also a news today that some unexpected signals were intercepted between the constellation of Aries and Pisces, which might be coming from some aliens out there...

These two separate instances make me feel that there is a posibility of ET and life out there beyond our earth.

What is your gutfeel on the issue?

[dinesh1947]

That life on other planets exists is a tempting idea! But how would extraterrestrial life look like? And to what extent does it resemble terrestrial life It is conceivable that extraterrestrial life exists, but at a bacterial stage. Or, on the contrary, it may well be far more advanced than terrestrial life. In both cases, a 'meeting' or even communication between human beings and Aliens is hardly possible. To get to know the structure of an extraterrestrial society would surely be very interesting. Perhaps they live in a free society, like us.Perhaps they live in a totally different kind of socie ty, completely alien to us.

There are many speculations concerning life in the universe. As a matter of fact, there have to be lots of coincidences and the presence of many elements necessary to evolution to create a life-form similar to the terrestrial one. Supposing there were other beings in the universe and that they would meet humans, communication is almost certainly impossible, because of enormous differences between our respective anatomies and thoughts. No one knows what extraterrestrial organisms look like. But one can make assumptions, even if every supposition may be entirely contradicted once. Finally it will remain a surprise until the actual discovery of extraterrestrial life.

[RebelliousOne]

[Editor]

Yes RO, indeed you can be wrong to think that we are the sole hiers to the galaxy..and if this is the case, we are even more responsible and should act like future guardians,.

But the promise of discovering ET is far greater now. The earth like planet has given a ray of hope that an atmosphere might exist there. Just imagine aliens coming to visit us and what might they probably ask us..."Greetings carbon-based bipeds" famous lines by Arthur C. Clarke.

I don't think that the ETs will be like us in any way...but this does not dampen the dramatic possibility of their existence.

[Ankur]

I would be very eager to know whether any ETs exist out there....though it is a far-fetched possibility. But the signals received do tell something.

As a kid, i used to love watching Star Trek, and the long ears of Captian Kirk fascinated me. Though the ETs might not be like us, but they are there for sure...that is my gutfeel.

[RebelliousOne]

[quote="Editor"]Yes RO, indeed you can be wrong to think that we are the sole hiers to the galaxy..and if this is the case, we are even more responsible and should act like future guardians,.

But the promise of discovering ET is far greater now. The earth like planet has given a ray of hope that an atmosphere might exist there. Just imagine aliens coming to visit us and what might they probably ask us..."Greetings carbon-based bipeds" famous lines by Arthur C. Clarke.

I don't think that the ETs will be like us in any way...but this does not dampen the dramatic possibility of their existence. :)[/quote]

Editor:

Yes, I could be wrong in my thinking that we are alone in the galaxy --> or the universe; but I don't believe I am. But let's say that we are the sole heirs to the galaxy, how does that make us the "future guardians" of this, or any other galaxy (which number in the billions)? Since when is it our job to "police" the galaxy?

There is no promise of disciovering ETs. Zip, nada, none, zero. For five years I was a member of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), which investigates UFO sightings; indeed, I was a State Section Director for Arkansas, and I have personally investigated hundreds of sightings --> and none of them ever proved out to be little green men from the Pleiades <lol>.

The "earth-like planet" that you refer to hasn't been discovered. All that has been found is a sun -- a star -- that has a wobble in its orbit, which ONLY indicates that a planet may be in orbit around it; and even if it were an earth-like planet, it is hundreds of light years away from us (one light years equals the distance that light travels in one year, with is 5.88 trillion miles). The chances of us meeting aliens from that planet, if they exist, are trillions to one.

All things may be possible, but not all things are probable. It is highly unlikely that we shall host visitors from other worlds any time soon. But even if we did, what makes you belive that those aliens would be peaceful? If they have advanced technology, they are probably quite war-like; indeed, our own history shows us that it is war that advances technology and, quite frankly, I don't see Earth as being a major military presence in the galaxy for at least a few centuries -- if ever.

Bottom line: We are alone not just in the galaxy, but in the universe, as well.

But then, I could be wrong <lol>.

RO

[Editor]

Hi altern8,

Welcome to Gutfeel.com!

When we took up this discussion long time back, i was of the opinion that life does exist out there...and as you could have seen the above posts, even when RO was vehemently against it. And i feel the same even now.

In fact, your point has added to my already existing repertoire. In fact, our Earth is indeed not alone and we would find life elsewhere, but it is just a matter of time.

And, as you are saying that SETI has predicted the probability of 33,000 water planets, the possibility of life existing somewhere out there increases manifolds, even if water exist on one-fouth of these.

And as the technology is shaping up, we might as well hear about other planets which have the atmosphere like earth in near future.

[Editor]

altern8, hope u discuss more subjects that intrigue you here on Gutfeel.com without feeling a nerd at all

With regards to finding life elsewhere, i was just wondering that it is almost certain... but will we witness it during our lifetime...that seems to be the question now on my mind...