Poll: Are we alone in the Universe?

Tao_Equus · 07-21-2007, 06:01 PM

Given the nature of this site the poll is not simply yes or no but attempts to take religious beliefs into the fold. Before taking this poll I would ask that you watch a short clip just to remind you of scale. You can find it here: YouTube - The Hubble Deep Field Video with narration cleaned up

My own view is that life is abundant throughout the universe but that intelligent life capable of the level of study we are is incredibly rare.

Thank you all for taking part.

Snoopy · 07-21-2007, 06:59 PM

There simply must be life elsewhere and I want to go there, if only to get away from that bloody pan pipe music

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(the Floyd was nice though)

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Snoopy · 07-21-2007, 07:02 PM

I went to the Hubble site after, to have my mind blown...

HubbleSite - Gallery

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dauer · 07-22-2007, 02:23 AM

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I went to the Hubble site after, to have my mind blown...

I smell computer wallpaper.

Snoopy · 07-22-2007, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dauer

I smell computer wallpaper.

I know, I'm sooooo predictable! The glue ain't dry yet

(Mosaic of the Crab Nebula).

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Pathless · 07-22-2007, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

There simply must be life elsewhere and I want to go there, if only to get away from that bloody pan pipe music

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(the Floyd was nice though)

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Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Remember A Day
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Julia Dream

Saucerful of Secrets

Life is everywhere and prolific.

17th Angel · 07-23-2007, 03:35 PM

Yes 99.5% of me says we are alone...

Someone talking of Nebularghs?

Omega Nebula rules all.....

The good ol' M17

Neemai · 07-23-2007, 03:39 PM

There is even life within rocks.

Other Extreme Earth Life

... Neemai

wil · 07-23-2007, 04:04 PM

I love the space pix....and the micro stuff as well....

of course we aren't alone...

the big question are we only (and by we I don't mean humans or life I mean right 'now' you and me) in this universe...or only in this space and time...

ardenz · 07-23-2007, 08:43 PM

We are not the only ones

Quite common: Life is resilliant and finds a ways to persist

I want my own planet....no, galaxy...PLEASE ?!..............I mean......... 17th has a Nebula !

wil · 07-23-2007, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ardenz

I want my own planet....no, galaxy...PLEASE ?!..............I mean......... 17th has a Nebula !

Yes but you have an infinite amount of universes in your control...what is not to like?

I think I'll start selling property on this one...

spiderbaby · 07-25-2007, 04:56 PM

Our solar system is around 5 billion years old. The universe could be as much as 20 billion. Intelligent life, us, has existed on this planet for an upper window of around 100,000 years. If intelligent life is common in the universe it should have popped by to say hello by now. This leaves us with only a few alternatives.

1) Life is not common.

2) Intelligent life is not common.

3) Travel between solar systems is effectively impossible in any humanly achievable time scale.

So I voted for life is rare because it seems like the lesser evil.

Snoopy · 07-25-2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by spiderbaby

1) Life is not common.
2) Intelligent life is not common.
3) Travel between solar systems is effectively impossible in any humanly achievable time scale.

Hi spiderbaby and welcome to CR

I can think of at least one other option: Life elsewhere has taken a look at this place and decided to keep themselves to themselves.

.......I would

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wil · 07-25-2007, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by spiderbaby

it should have popped by to say hello by now. This leaves us with only a few alternatives.

1) Life is not common.

2) Intelligent life is not common.

3) Travel between solar systems is effectively impossible in any humanly achievable time scale.

Namaste spiderbaby (hey i thought our firewall kept the spiders from registering...)

Life being common and life evolving to the point of space travel in terms of light years do not appear to be incongruent. Given the vastness of space it could be that we have not been found. Or that we have been found and they don't wish to be known, or that we are offspring from another system....

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

Life elsewhere has taken a look at this place and decided to keep themselves to themselves.

Or could they be using earth as proof intelligent life does not exist on other planets??

Snoopy · 07-25-2007, 05:25 PM

Maybe we're just a speck of grime in someone's Petri dish. And we're just about to be washed clean...

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