Are we alone?

[Aceldama]

Today at 02:14 AM webboffin said this in Post #17

If there is alien life then the universe must be buzzing with radio activity for millions of years yet nothing not even a commercial.

an alien lifeform that had intelligence could be 500 million years advanced so that gives a lot of space for signal to reach us (more than enough in our own galaxy) yet we only receive cosmic produced noise. Chances are that we are alone.
Perhaps God made the Earth his unique place.

Unless micro-organisms can use thier own teeny weeny radio devices and engage in teeny weeny radio chat shows, then I don't think anyone is expecting radio signals from that kind of life, I guess you were talking about intelligent life. In that case you must take into consideration many things, such as the amount of time it would take for radio signals to reach us, the chances of intelligent ET life transmitting radio signals that we can detect and many other variables. They could of probably sent us a signal back in the 1800's but we wouldn't of been able to detect it. We have only had radio technology for about 80 years(I think) and compare that to the amount of time humans have been around then you will see that intelligent ET life has only had a small window of opportunity to send us a signal that we would be able to listen to.

What I find strange though, is the fact that if God created this massive universe with billions of galaxies full of billions of solar systems and only used 1 ickle planet to tease his only creations on...then whats the point of creating all those lovely planets orbiting other stars? Isn't that a bit of a waste of space? Or where they created so the hubble telescope can give me even prettier desktop wallpapers? Anyway, if I was God I would consider chaning the size of the universe, who wants a load of spare dark matter and vacuum anyway?

 

[Aceldama]

Annnnnnnnd Arikay beat me to it!

 

[webboffin]

but if there are supposed to be 1000's of M class planets in this galaxy and there are millions of galaxies then there should be at leasts 1000's of intelligent lifeforms. Universe is supposed to be 13-15 billion years old so that is a lot of time for intelligence to be around. Why is Earth so rare?

And so what God made the universe big. Probably to keep it ticking in the universal laws you muster after.

 

[Arikay]

M class?
Isnt "M" based off of a vulcan word?

Anyway. See the problem is that even if there have been intelligent lifeforms, time and distance seperates them.

We have had interstellar radio comunication for less than 100 years (I believe). In that 100 years we have had more than one close call about blowing ourselves up. So we are actually rather lucky. We have been looking for less than 100 years.

This makes the chances of finding alien life through radio transmissions very slim.

Also, the more advanced a civilization gets, the bigger chance they will end up destroying themselves. So the longer they go, the bigger chance they wont last too long.

Today at 06:53 PM webboffin said this in Post #23

but if there are supposed to be 1000's of M class planets in this galaxy and there are millions of galaxies then there should be at leasts 1000's of intelligent lifeforms. Universe is supposed to be 13-15 billion years old so that is a lot of time for intelligence to be around. Why is Earth so rare?

And so what God made the universe big. Probably to keep it ticking in the universal laws you muster after.

 

[webboffin]

Arikay, so is all intelligent life programmed to self destruct?

M class planets was used by mathematicians I think in the 50 or 60's to calculate how many planets could possess life supporting conditions.
Star Trek uses it also.
It is mentioned in Carl Sagan's The Cosmos book too.

 

[Arikay]

Yeah, but i think its funny the star trek universe explains it with a vulcan word (I believe).

Not programed. Just the fact that until we split the atom we really didnt have the ability to completly destroy the world. And with what scientists theorize, it may not even be the most powerfull bang we can make (some sort of anti matter, matter explosion, might be one of the biggest). So the more advanced a society gets, the easier it becomes to completly destroy themselves.

Today at 07:11 PM webboffin said this in Post #25

Arikay, so is all intelligent life programmed to self destruct?

M class planets was used by mathematicians I think in the 50 or 60's to calculate how many planets could possess life supporting conditions.
Star Trek uses it also.
It is mentioned in Carl Sagan's The Cosmos book too.

 

[Follower of Christ]

Today at 02:33 PM Nathan Poe said this in Post #15



I think that if you're going to try to use jokes to avoid the question, you should at least make them funny.

I'm sorry, what was the pointless question again?

 

[Nathan Poe]

Yesterday at 11:36 PM Follower of Christ said this in Post #27


I'm sorry, what was the pointless question again?

That would be the one you can't seem to answer:

Do you agree with AiG's theory that Aliens don't exist because if they did, God would've told us?

 

[webboffin]

Today at 03:27 AM Arikay said this in Post #26

Yeah, but i think its funny the star trek universe explains it with a vulcan word (I believe).

I can't speak for a sci fi programme.

Not programed. Just the fact that until we split the atom we really didnt have the ability to completly destroy the world. And with what scientists theorize, it may not even be the most powerfull bang we can make (some sort of anti matter, matter explosion, might be one of the biggest). So the more advanced a society gets, the easier it becomes to completly destroy themselves.

Why would intelligent life follow the human standard? 

 

[Follower of Christ]

Today at 01:25 AM Nathan Poe said this in Post #28



That would be the one you can't seem to answer:

Do you agree with AiG's theory that Aliens don't exist because if they did, God would've told us?

Hmmmm..

Well, I guess I really havent cared enough to really think about it much.
I suppose I would have to go with a no, I dont believe thier is any ''intelligent'' life out there.

 

[ocean]

There are no ailens. We are alone.