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are we the only intelagent life forms in this universe ? im sure threre are at least bacteriar maybe without the intelagence of us but thay still have some

aparently there isn't as much INTELLIGENT life here as we thought, much less the universe. lol

Well, I don't know, we should first take a poll of everyone who can spell 'intelligent'

Well, there's me.

I'm not so sure about the rest of you.

how the fuck are we supposed to know?

*closes eyes and waves hands*

I'm sensing some argon based life forms from the third quadrant!

Athene, that was "Stargate," not some dumb book you read. TV and movies are always right.

I've actually put more intelligent thought into this subject than I'm letting up, I just can't be arsed yet to write it.

That original post hurt my brain... I'm not sure if I'm an intelligent life-form now.

The Drake Equation, popularized in part by Carl Sagan, suggests that it's incredibly unlikely, statistically, that we're the only intelligent life in the universe. The Fermi Paradox, on the other hand, suggests that each instance of intelligent life might only last long enough as to make contact with another highly unlikely... So I guess the "best" answer is "...probably not, but if we can't learn to get along, it may not matter."

Personally, logic or no, I tend to think the universe must be teeming with life. It's too depressing to think it's not so.

that one small consolation keeps me warm at night. ;-)

If you can find it, get a copy of "The Day After Roswell". It is a non-fiction book written by a former pentagon worker whose job was to take the tech they got from the crashed alien craft in New Mexico and inject it into both military and private research. This explains how the US was able to lead the world in advanced tech like the laser, integrated circuit, night vision, composite materials, and other things. I know there are so-called "de-bunk" sites that shoot him and his book down, but if you read it yourself, you will understand how why such sites exist (a way for Homeland Security to do damage control on leaked info).

Hello - just took a look at this posting and before comments can be made regarding the initial posting the phrase Socratic irony should be looked up, and yes Wikipedia will do although there is a good site at Stanford that probably has more credence amongst those that post on this illustrious site. Link is below

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/

H. W. Fowler once postulated that irony is a form of utterance that has a double audience, consisting of one party that hearing shall hear and shall not understand, and another party that, when more is meant than meets the ear, is aware, both of that “more” and of the outsider’s incomprehension.

A statement such as "is there other intelagent life in are universe” can be seen as a badly educated person asking a question or a fairly well educated person using irony while asking a question. But I'm sure that you all understood that being keepers of all knowledge.

With regards the actual question of intelligent life books such as Fingerprints of the Gods and The Sirius Mystery have been shown to be highly selective in the evidence that they use and do not stand up to any rigorous examination. It is highly probable that intelligent life exists out there somewhere and the best evidence for this is that none of it has actually visited us.

Well, when I think about the odds I try to keep in mind the unlikely odds by which the creatures of this earth were created. But also, consider the few materials that were essentially necessary. A bit of this, a dash of that, a little bit of lightning, and ka-bang -- life.

Lucky evolution created multiple races of varying degrees of intelligence. For example, today we have the earthworm, the bird and the human being. While the earthworm is not percieved by humans as intelligent, it has the ability to do things that say, bacteria, can't.

All in all, I just think that an earthworm probably exists elsewhere, when keeping in mind the vast expanse of universe that stretches beyond this solar system and galaxy. Do I think it would actually look like an earthworm? No. It would be different, because like life on Earth has, it would evolve to the circumstances of its environment.

Hmmm... that begs an interesting question - I wonder if Carl Sagan could see gendale. Anyone heard anything about it?

Yes we as the only inteleagent lifeform in OUR the galaxy. There are other galaxies out there that have inteleagent lifeform on it. We, though, will never see them. I say that we will never see them because GOD will come before we see them. At that point earth's history will be over and then we will be able to see them. If you aren't a Creationist then I am sorry. You can believe what you want to believe. If you have any further questions email me at antwonw at gmail dot com. Please amke the subject something like LIFE ON EARTH. That will help me setermine whats good and whats bad in my inbox. Thankx.

If you're a Creationist, how do you believe in aliens at all?

I don't believe in aliens. I believe God created other beings in different galaxies. But there is no other human like in our galaxy. Those other human beings, I believe, will not come into our galaxy because we have sin in our lives. They do not. It’s hard to explain online.

But as to you comment about tongue in cheek, no it was seriously written.

Posted By: RedStateRefugee

Oh dear, I seriously hope the above comment was written tongue in cheek.. If not, then the poor fellow is in need of both an English primer and some major deprogramming!

Oh my bad I put the after OUR, a common mistake. And what are you talking about major deprogramming? Is it that you just didn’t like my comment I left, so you had to bash my character?

Posted By: antwonw

Oh my bad I put the after OUR, a common mistake. And what are you talking about major deprogramming? Is it that you just didn’t like my comment I left, so you had to bash my character?

You think that was your only mistake? Allow me to take you to school by providing you with a rewrite of your post:

Yes, we are the only intelligent life forms in OUR galaxy. There are other galaxies that have intelligent life forms; however, we will never encounter them. I say this because GOD will come before we get the chance to encounter them. When that happens Earth's history will be over and then we will be able to meet them. I’m sorry if you aren't a Creationist. You can believe what you want to believe. If you have any further questions email me at antwonw@gmail.com. Please include something along the lines of “LIFE ON EARTH” in the subject line to help me determine what’s good and what’s bad in my inbox. Thanks.

See how I managed to improve upon the spelling, the grammar and the syntax? I make it sound almost enlightened. Almost being the key word here.

Have a nice day

Glad to be of help, zaner123 - glad to see that majoring in English in college wasn't a complete waste of time!

have fun in hell with the other atheists

As is frequently the case, the definitive answer is supplied by Monty Python...

http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/video/galaxy.mp3

Oh, Joshua, I am sorry that I hurt your feelings....................

Here is some Interesting info for your enjoyment

Hell comes from the greek word Gehenna which was a deep gorge on the southside of Jerusalem where trash, garbage and the bodies of dead animals and executed criminals were dumped and burned , and it was always burning!

I guess when I'm about to die, I will have to go to the southside of Jerusalem and just jump into Gehenna.

So maybe your wish will come true and I will burn in hell

Is there any interest in starting a Gullible.info prayer squad?

If you believe in God then go right ahead and think that karma is brought on by your God.

Karma is just being a good human being, not putting yourself in situations of negativity............it's not going to get you in to "Your God's Heaven".

Heaven is a place in one owns mind.

I'm just pointing out that karma is a Hindu belief. If you're atheist or agnostic, you should be holding to an ethical system that has a better explanation of why to perform certain deeds and avoid others.