Aliens

Sheer probability indicates that at least some area out in space somewhere should have some form of life. However, that will say nothing about exactly what kind of life it is - including its location, its metabolism, its size, or any number of things. For all we know, any life on other planets could be nothing more than bacteria. (And we can't even really entertain any possibility of inter-stellar travel at this point, due to extreme impracticality.) More likely than not, there is probably some life outside Earth somewhere.



It is impossible to prove that something doesn't exist, though bringing that argument up at all is a refuge in audacity. While there is little evidence to corroborate most life-outside-earth theories, I am inclined to hope or believe that certain forms of life are capable of existing, surviving, or even thriving in other planetary environments. However, as anaerobic bacteria would be my closest frame of reference for such things, due to how they survive in circumstances inhospitable for humans, at this time I cannot commit to any belief or theory that postulates any life outside the Earth is much more than anaerobic, largely microscopic creatures.



Sorry.

 

I agree with this entirely. The universe is a pretty big place, and who's to say that whatever caused life on earth, be it natural or supernatural (we all have our beliefs and convictions, but I'm not going to bother with that here), didn't also start life anywhere else? And if there is life on other planets, we can barely predict anything about it. Its size will depend on its planet's gravity, its communication and senses will depend on the light and fluid of its environment, and its psychology will depend on how other life grew around it. There are so many factors we can only guess at that we can't accurately predict much at all: pretty much we can only try to predict universally beneficial evolutionary traits. Alien animals that are prey will have their primary optical-like sense organs facing in more than one direction and alien predators main sense organs will face forward (gazelles' and rabbits' eyes are on the sides of its head, while lions' and wolves' and humans' eyes both face forward). Beyond vague things like that, we can only guess.

My main hope and prediction is that if there is any interstellar life out there is that it's cooperative and peaceful. If it's just a violent species bent on killing others for fun, they'll probably/hopefully be too busy killing/eating each other to make an interstellar space program. They'll come in peace because they know how to work together enough to cross the cosmos, or they won't come at all because they can't work together long enough to accomplish anything. That's my hope and prediction, at least.

 

I know, which is why I cannot really theorise beyond bacteria, as that's my only frame of reference. Anything beyond that would certainly be possible, but it wouldn't be anywhere near what we're used to. Free oxygen is very scarce, so extraterrestrial creatures, more often than not, would be anaerobic. There's just not a lot of conclusions I could solidly draw; most of our suppositions on this matter decompose to what-ifs, based on our existing understanding of science.

I realise what I said could probably be interpreted as 'only bacteria and nothing else', when I was going more for 'bacteria, plus other exotic forms of life that wouldn't be found on Earth or anything like it'. My phrase choice was unclear, and for that I apologise.

 

Aliens... are they real? I cannot believe that aliens are true unless there is direct, reliable information. Perhaps there is life outside of earth. I personally think that when NASA announces that they receive receptions from another planet or life form, it is partially or all false, because there is no proof to state if their information is correct. The idea of aliens is pretty far-fetched, especially aliens who are more advanced than we are. I simply do not believe any 'UFO' sightings. I once watched a program stating that some people happened to receive radiation sicknesses upon getting into contact with a supposed alien ship at night, but the alien ship turned out to be a factory (or something of that sorts) and the people drove too close. The radiation that was emitted from the building caused these illnesses.

Now, the idea of aliens, as strange as it may seem, is something that some people imagine about. I do, and would certainly be curious if an alien had managed to be within human contact. I loved the movie E.T to be honest.

 

Oh I love to fancy the idea of aliens. I'm a firm believer in them. Now I don't think that they all look like the little green men we're used too, but they're definitely out there. They could even be plants of some sorts, or even microbes. As most people have already said the universe is much too late, and the diversity and tenacity of life is much too great for there not to be life outside of earth. Besides, it's kinda lonely to think there isn't anyone else out there