My Thoughts on "Aliens"

[iiDexter]

If you really think about it, there could be thousands of galaxies that are millions of miles away from our planet. There could be other races that are native to Earth, other species, people with knowlege and technology that surpasses that of Earth,
And the sad thing is, we will never be able to know about it because of how slowly technology is advancing.

 

[Koigokoro Konjou]

Agreed. It is very possible.  

[Zurah]

You're talking to an Astrobiology major, hon.

Not only is it possible, but technology is advancing quickly enough to make awareness, at least, quite feasible.

Communication and other concrete gains from the matter? Now that's another story.

 

[Taigamma]

There is always the chance that our technology is more advanced then theirs.  

[Abbot_Natalis]

I'd say our technology is progressing pretty rapidly. Though not in areas I think deserve more focus, but what can you expect from a consumer-based culture?  

[Violet fira]

There are hundreds of billions of galaxies according to some estimates. I think there are most likely other lifeforms in other parts of the Universe, but I doubt that any of them were originally Earthlings. It's possible, but the Universe is so vast and there's no recording or evidence of it, so I have no reason to think so. I think technology is progressing at a moderate to fast pace. However, that is relative.  

[iiDexter]

Zurah

You're talking to an Astrobiology major, hon.

Not only is it possible, but technology is advancing quickly enough to make awareness, at least, quite feasible.

Communication and other concrete gains from the matter? Now that's another story.

It isn't entirely necessary to communicate with them, just discovering their existance is what I am interested in.
There isn't a whole lot to gain from knowing there is life trillions of miles away from us, I am just stating how I feel about the topic of aliens as a whole.

 

[Zurah]

iiDexter

It isn't entirely necessary to communicate with them, just discovering their existance is what I am interested in.
There isn't a whole lot to gain from knowing there is life trillions of miles away from us, I am just stating how I feel about the topic of aliens as a whole.

How could we 'discover their existence' (which will very likely be thousands of light-years away) without either a) going there ourselves, or b) communicating with them?

Just because we see what look like cities from far off doesn't mean there's actually life there, if you catch my drift.

 

[Zurah]

Abbot_Natalis

I'd say our technology is progressing pretty rapidly. Though not in areas I think deserve more focus, but what can you expect from a consumer-based culture?

Abbot, what are you judging the speed of our progress by? What is your ruler, so to speak?

Also, what sorts of things do you think deserve more focus, and how, do you suggest, a consumer-based culture hinders the progress of said things?

To me, at least, all a consumer-based culture is, is one that is fueled by one of the strongest urges of humans-- to survive. Perhaps we aren't good at deciding what 'survival' is, but it's a very efficient fuel to use.

 

[Oborosen]

I do believe that there are otherworldly beings out there. But if they where watching us, they would have the common sense to stay away from us.  

[Chieftain Twilight]

why would anyone give up so easily on the pursuit of Extraterrestrial Contact? do you realy have that little faith in Human Determination, or Scientific Pioneering?

i do believe that we will be able to make First Contact in the reletively near future. smile maybe only 40-50 years from now. ^_^  

[Sincerely John]

if you take into consideration how vast our universe is, it's easy to come to the conclusion that we simply cannot be the only lifeforms, be it anything from intelligent to microscopic.

 

[Zurah]

Chieftain Twilight

why would anyone give up so easily on the pursuit of Extraterrestrial Contact? do you realy have that little faith in Human Determination, or Scientific Pioneering?

i do believe that we will be able to make First Contact in the reletively near future. smile maybe only 40-50 years from now. ^_^

I could see that. Messages could take quite a long time to travel, what with the distances being so incredibly vast and such, so we might need to wait awhile for them to actually receive what we send.

It's hard to say, though. Maybe they'll have some sort of fancy express delivery mechanism for message retrieval?

 

[Zurah]

Oborosen

I do believe that there are otherworldly beings out there. But if they where watching us, they would have the common sense to stay away from us.

And why would that be, Oborosen?

After all, if we're properly manipulated, I'm sure they'd have something to gain. Besides, it wouldn't be as if we were a threat to them.

 

[Saliman Albus]

Well, I've read somewhere that statistically, it is quite impossible that there aren't other lifeforms around the universe. It said that there are millions of planets that would have similar "configurations" as ours which would be hospitable. On the other hand, I believe communication across galaxies and stars is impossible with our current technology since the nearest star is 50 light years away, meaning it would take 100 years just for an answer if they also had technology of similar or greater level and are not single-cell organisms or just disinterested/ aggressive. If we found a way to communicate or travel at speeds greater than the speed of light, then the whole thing would be feasible. I think we already sent some messages and an inscribed gold disc or something, right? In my opinion our technological advancement is extremely fast in the last century or so (according to earthen standards), we have discovered an amazing amount of information and plausible theories and in return our technology would be described as magic by people from 200 years ago. As someone already said, the advancement of a species is driven by necessity, maybe we just don't feel the need for extra-terrestrial communication that much yet...