Do you think extraterrestrial life exists

[Kearn]

so youre comparing the idea that its only us with some weird impossible conspiracy theory about the entirety of space being a computer screen ok sure (which voyager 1 hasn't crashed into???)

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[TristanLuigi]

so youre comparing the idea that its only us with some weird impossible conspiracy theory about the entirety of space being a computer screen

If by "weird" and "impossible" you mean incredibly likely, then yes. It's not really a conspiracy.

(which voyager 1 hasn't crashed into???)

Because Voyager I hasn't left the Solar System. By the time it leaves the Oort cloud, chances are the human race would be extinct.

[Mr Man]

Probably somewhere but nothing near here except probably bacteria

[Tayasaurus]

no

Ehhh i don't know. I don't know if we have the same views or not but even though i'm generally religious i wouldn't put the possibility of life existing elsewhere out of the picture.

[Markey]

maybe.

[Kearn]

If by "weird" and "impossible" you mean incredibly likely, then yes.

no actually im pretty sure its impossible that the solar system is surrounded by a gigantic monitor

[Steve5451²]

The observable universe is 930,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 m in diameter, and there's 13.7 billion years for such life to have come about. Keep in mind that:
A) That's just the OBSERVABLE universe. The Universe proper could be much, much larger.
B) That's excluding any form of sufficiently advanced aliens that can time travel from the future to the past.

If you think we're so special so as to be the only ones out there out of that HUGE amount of space-time, you're egotistical and insane.

Titan has a rich atmosphere that is capable of supporting non-water-based life. The only issue is the cold, but some bacteria is known for being able to survive in very extreme temperatures, so it is actually pretty likely that organisms could survive there.

[Mister Cheese]

i'm generally religious i wouldn't put the possibility of life existing elsewhere out of the picture.

This is kind of how I am too

[Blockzillahead]

Intelligent, not in our Solar System.

But yeah it's very possible. I mean there is bacteria and other stuff all across planets in our Solar System.

[Filipe]

I only believe it if I see it, so far nothing really showed up to be 100% true so no

[TristanLuigi]

no actually im pretty sure its impossible that the solar system is surrounded by a gigantic monitor

im pretty sure its impossible that one planet is different from the quadrillions out there

Scientists have found at least 43 potentially habitable planets for humans in just one or two decades - and keep in mind they're pretty hard to find. The actual number within reasonable searching range is much higher, along with the fact that there's the other 9.3 * 10^28 meters of the universe to look.

And if you include non-human-like aliens, who knows how many could be out there. I think it's unlikely there's any in our portion of the galaxy, but Earth is not unique and neither are amino acids, the building blocks of life.

Now, do I think we'll ever meet aliens? Probably not, and if/when we do, I'll probably be long dead and so will the Blockland Forums servers, along with my grandchildren and their grandchildren.

[Kearn]

im pretty sure its impossible that one planet is different from the quadrillions out there

actually no it isnt

[TristanLuigi]

actually no it isnt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_potential_habitable_exoplanets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation
^^^ even with very pessimistic numbers, this still produces a hell of a lot of aliens

[Jubel]

if the universe is infinite, there is 100%

if the universe isnt, then I would think aliens do exist, but i'm almost certain we'll never find them. (aside from microorganisims)

im pretty sure its impossible that one planet is different from the quadrillions out there

um im pretty sure every planet is different???

[Blockzillahead]

The universe is potentially infinite. The distance we have given it is the only distance we ourselves could measure. Not to mention it's expanding pretty quickly.