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Originally posted by beautyofperil
reply to post by TrueBrit
If what your implying is hard science, not guesswork and possibilities. By comparing this topic to a murder trial I'd like to see you prove that logical as this is entirely different.
First off my friend, say we are in a courtroom and I present my case about this topic. What verdict say you? (Guilty being I am guilty of being correct, but the question is not rhetorical.)
Secondly, in contrast to your comparison the universe has swung the hammer many times on this planet alone, so just look to your self for the proof.
Originally posted by EL1A5
reply to post by beautyofperil
People will continue to be ignorant; I worry about this race as well. The more books that are published the more blind and oblivious to the possibilities we become.
The only thing we can do is watch as they present nothing to say that other beings do not exist out there, but by my calculations; the idea that other beings do exist out there over power the idea that they don't. Evidence will always surpass false belief.
Ignorance is, indeed, bliss.edit on 6-2-2013 by EL1A5 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by beautyofperil
Greetings, as many of you know life is precious, Earth is unique and we are not alone in this universe. How can the can people look up and think that we are all there is. There is many more like us and vastly different than us, just look in the mirror and ask yourself "What am I?"
The obvious answer is not always the correct answer. If everything was answered by the most obvious, there would be no need to seek answers as the answer is obvious. Additionally we would know more about the depths of our oceans than we do of outer space.
It's easy to say there is nothing else out there like us and there is no proof that we are not alone. But I ask you this, is it really that hard to open your mind to the facts that you cannot see?
Originally posted by beautyofperil
reply to post by InhaleExhale
What did you not understand?
If what your implying is hard science, not guesswork and possibilities. By comparing this topic to a murder trial I'd like to see you prove that logical as this is entirely different. First off my friend, say we are in a courtroom and I present my case about this topic. What verdict say you? (Guilty being I am guilty of being correct, but the question is not rhetorical.) Secondly, in contrast to your comparison the universe has swung the hammer many times on this planet alone, so just look to your self for the proof.
North American= us today, New Worlder=when the white man came a knocking. Guess I actually put that backwards at first. They go to the moon for a few days and play a round of golf.
Hey now, please do not bash him like that as I'm tired of people being bashed for their beliefs.
I wouldn't fuq with human me either.
I look at it this way. Lets say that we are in a courtroom and a man is on trial, lets say for murder. In order to prove his guilt, one would have to prove that the man was at the scene, that he had handled the murder weapon, and likely as not, show physical evidence proving that not only was he in the room, handled the weapon, but show that he was the one that pulled a trigger, or swung the hammer, or what have you. I see this the same way. We can theorise as much as we want, but until we have sifted the galaxy for the physical evidence that proves, beyond any doubt, that alien life exists, we cannot consider the job done, or any conclusion to be comprehensive, or utterly trustworthy. In short my approach is based in hard science, not guesswork and possibilities.
If what your implying is hard science, not guesswork and possibilities. By comparing this topic to a murder trial I'd like to see you prove that logical as this is entirely different. First off my friend, say we are in a courtroom and I present my case about this topic. What verdict say you? (Guilty being I am guilty of being correct, but the question is not rhetorical.) Secondly, in contrast to your comparison the universe has swung the hammer many times on this planet alone, so just look to your self for the proof.
North American= us today, New Worlder=when the white man came a knocking. Guess I actually put that backwards at first. They go to the moon for a few days and play a round of golf.
Hey now, please do not bash him like that as I'm tired of people being bashed for their beliefs.
I wouldn't fuq with human me either.
What the You need to learn to express your thoughts more clearly as this is about the 4th post that just makes no sense, Before you hit post maybe preview your post and make sure its legible for others other than yourself.
AstroChemistry
I saw no "hard science" in his reply just guesswork and possibilities in a poor comparision to the topic at hand, therefore I did not fully understand what he meant first, but I tried my best, but it only created a cluster f**k of misunderstandings, hence having to type this out for you. I felt it was a poor comparison. I asked him not caring what his answer actually was to it if I was guilty of being correct that life on earth is proof of extraterrestrials. Next, I used his poor comparison anyways to show him how he was wrong, that on earth, life has died out (Not completely everytime) and reestablished itself multiple times... Hence: "the universe has swung the hammer many times on this planet alone". Hope that was better for you!
They lived on another world even if only for a few days. So I am saying with an example of history: Europeans came here and became New worlders/North Americans, therefore North Americans went to the moon and became Extraterrestrials as they had lived on an extra world. Better?
What did all these misunderstandings have to do with you? How was that not legible? Too many big words?
Greetings, as many of you know life is precious, Earth is unique and we are not alone in this universe. How can the can people look up and think that we are all there is.
Originally posted by beautyofperil
reply to post by InhaleExhale
Ok well than here is my next answer for your problem.
What you are
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
[...However, I think if they did, we would know about it (I mean really know about it, not just have reports of strange sightings). I don't necessarily count abduction stories as real evidence, either.
Another reason why I think it is possible we have never been visited id the fact that the earth could easily be overlooked in the vastness of space. Aliens may have no idea we even exist. We are basically just a spec of dust at the scale of the galaxy -- and we are even smaller at the scale of the known universe; at the scale of the known universe, Earth is so small that it could be considered virtually non-existent.
You may argue that they could know about us through our radio transmissions, but even our radio transmissions have gone basically nowhere in the past 100 years we have been broadcasting The tiny blue dot in the image bolw is the extent of our radio transmissions over the past 100 years
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
reply to post by ImaFungi
Right. There is a lot of evidence. In fact, I think there is overwhelming evidence to support the idea of ET life.
However, overwhelming evidence itself does not necessarily make something "true". Hard proof is needed for that. In this case, the hard proof would be coming in contact with the ETs (even non-physical contact) and positively identifying them.
"Overwhelmingly probable based on evidence" and "True" are two different things.
Originally posted by ImaFungi
People have the right to be agnostic on the issue, but besides the lack of proof, I would like to hear anyones opinion on why they think there is good evidence there is no other life in the universe.
Originally posted by ImaFungi
If there is no rational reason to assume that there is no life in the universe. isnt that proof that there must be life in the universe?