09-04-2009, 08:14 AM
There's a high probability that there IS life out there.
Even though I can argue Grim's presented evidence, I also believe that there is life out there. Intelligent? I don't know.
But what I think is that we shouldn't limit what we perceive as other life out there to what we recognize in movies. They can be micro/nanoscopic sized beings that know more about the universe than we do or be a single-celled organism that can be a size of a planet. Or I dunno, maybe giant whales flying through the vastness of space? I know it sounds funny, but the general idea presented to me from documentaries in Discovery is that they have to be somewhat similar to humans, who breathe, communicate, eat and breed. For all I know they view time differently, like how plants do (1 second for us can be a decade for them or vice-versa).
However, if you want to stick to the idea that life out there needs to meet a certain 'checklist.' I'm very doubtful you'll meet any.
Even though I can argue Grim's presented evidence, I also believe that there is life out there. Intelligent? I don't know.
But what I think is that we shouldn't limit what we perceive as other life out there to what we recognize in movies. They can be micro/nanoscopic sized beings that know more about the universe than we do or be a single-celled organism that can be a size of a planet. Or I dunno, maybe giant whales flying through the vastness of space? I know it sounds funny, but the general idea presented to me from documentaries in Discovery is that they have to be somewhat similar to humans, who breathe, communicate, eat and breed. For all I know they view time differently, like how plants do (1 second for us can be a decade for them or vice-versa).
However, if you want to stick to the idea that life out there needs to meet a certain 'checklist.' I'm very doubtful you'll meet any.
