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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I don't doubt, given the size of the universe, that life exists elsewhere--somewhere. It seems virtually a mathematical certainty that given the vastness of the universe, the infinitesimally rare conditions that support life must exist in a few other places; it seems far less likely that Earth is somehow unique.
But that same math dictates that we are very unlikely to ever see a UFO or meet an extra-terrestrial. Aliens would face the same logistical challenges to coming here as we would to going there--that the distances to be traveled are so amazingly vast that they constitute a virtually unbreakable barrier to long-distance space travel.
So--I can imagine extraterrestrial life somewhere else in the Universe. Intelligent extraterrestrial life I'm less sure of, but I could at least imagine it. Intelligent extraterrestrials coming here and taking mini-tours of earth and posing for grainy photographs? Highly unlikely.
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I fully agree with that.
I have little doubt we have life on other planets, but for me its always been the distance issue. IF they have found other ways to travel, wormholes, etc.. sure.. But if they come all this way it makes no sense they wouldn't communicate, because if they are advanced they must share the same feature that made us advance, curiosity.