Stephen Hawking aids hunt for new life.

[Foxscotch]

there's a lot more to it than just "there's a whole lotta planets so there's gotta be something!"


the numbers on the left are the years, in millions, that have passed since then

we're just at the very tip top
even mammals in general are seriously close to the top
even dinosaurs are only at the 250 million years ago mark

but all that really matters is us
any non-sapient life on other planets is irrelevant
we're only like 200,000 years old, and recorded history is only around 5,000 years so we are BABIES, and we've already come alarmingly close to destruction like three times

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[Harm94]

I'd say the fact that dead microbes on mars is good enough for me.

[Ragequit]

If alien life finds us, would it be like columbus finding the native americans?

yeah but they'd find us with big richards and run away

[Nonnel]

it's better that we find them than them finding us, assuming they have starfish ideologies like us.

[Ragequit]

honestly if they're like us they'd probably be nice enough not to shoot up the forgetin earth on the spot

[Frequency]

you know, I read this really hot story about this chick that got abducted by big aliens with big richards and they were trying to figure out how to reproduce with her so they kept trying with different orifices but just wound up loving everything on her all the time every time so they could continue their species as a human-alien hybrid and she became their forget-queen slave.

[Lego lad]

No one has posted this yet

Step up your game BLF

[IkeTheGeneric]

but all that really matters is us
any non-sapient life on other planets is irrelevant

Sure, it would be neat to see space cows on mars, but in the long scheme it isn't that important beyond the confirmation that multi-cellular life exists outside of earth. If it isn't sentient, then it's pretty much non-noteworthy.

But if we were to find a sentient species outside of earth, it would be a game changer.

[Frequency]

No one has posted this yet

Step up your game BLF

posting MORE memes would be a step down

[Swat 3]

Some movies: Aliens come to earth to take our water or materials.

Looking past the fact the probability that other atmospheric bodies (moons, particularly) have ice water or fluid water (ice would be easier to transport, imo), of course. All of which probably have much more fresh water than what Earth has.
like, literally no reason for anyone to visit us and kill us. unless they like doing that.

[kanew2000]

Sure, it would be neat to see space cows on mars, but in the long scheme it isn't that important beyond the confirmation that multi-cellular life exists outside of earth. If it isn't sentient, then it's pretty much non-noteworthy.

But if we were to find a sentient species outside of earth, it would be a game changer.

if we do find like a space rat or something floating around it'd be at least confirmation that life is around and that one could have achieved sentience

[Zharthon]

ayy lmao, sectoids reporting in.

[Bears]

FUTURAMA

[Afraidanna]

If we do meet aliens, trading would be a possibility
But aliens may want to make us extinct
"If the cosmic phone rings, we shouldn't pick it up"

[-Setro-]

why do we use light years to tell distance now
it's a unit of time, not distance