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do you believe there's life on other planets?
QuietTruth:
--- Quote from: C-BLUE on October 15, 2010, 01:57:55 AM ---They ain't found life there yet but it's got everything to encourage evolution.
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But remember how old space is? Remember? So are you sayin' evolution still didn't start? Why has evolution failed to begin? It's as if you sayin', just becuz NOW, now, we humans, have discovered lil possibilitys of 'life' on other planets, life is just gonna blossom? Or has the right to now, becuz human beings just discovered it recently..?
Anunikke:
--- Quote from: QuietTruth on October 15, 2010, 07:22:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: C-BLUE on October 15, 2010, 01:57:55 AM ---They ain't found life there yet but it's got everything to encourage evolution.
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But remember how old space is? Remember? So are you sayin' evolution still didn't start? Why has evolution failed to begin? It's as if you sayin', just becuz NOW, now, we humans, have discovered lil possibilitys of 'life' on other planets, life is just gonna blossom? Or has the right to now, becuz human beings just discovered it recently..?
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What C-Blue meant was:
It's a 100% possible that life could start on europe but we don't have the resources to determine whether it actually happened yet.
Anunikke:
--- Quote from: QuietTruth on October 15, 2010, 07:21:14 AM ---What planets have similar conditions as Earth? The one they 'just found' 20 light years away? If you believe in 'aliens' than yes, you are, believing in somethang blindly. There is NO proof at all, at all. There isn't any more PROOF of aliens than there is proof of a 'invisible God'. Just becuz scientists assume space is infinite there's a possibly of other creatures out there? Hmm. Is that the basis of where alien belief comes from? I think sooo.
Earth just 'happens' to have the perfect gravitation, the perfect distance from Sun, the perfect surface, the perfect atmosphere, the perfect temperature, with the perfect rotation around the sun, all which are unique to other planets. How could there be another planet out there EXACTLY like us?
I mean what other planets have similar conditions, becuz I thought that was why science has told us Earth can support life..
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There are billions of stars within our galaxy alone, and there are billions of galaxies.
To say life could only start here is extremely unlikely.
If 1 in a billion stars has a planet like earth, there will still be thousands of planets where life could start.
The difference between alien life and 'god' is: We know life can occur, we're the fucking proof.
Earth is perfect?
The Earth is constantly trying to kill us: Volcano's erupting, earthquakes, hurricanes etcetera.
Let's not forget disease.
C-BLUE:
--- Quote from: QuietTruth on October 15, 2010, 07:22:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: C-BLUE on October 15, 2010, 01:57:55 AM ---They ain't found life there yet but it's got everything to encourage evolution.
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But remember how old space is? Remember? So are you sayin' evolution still didn't start? Why has evolution failed to begin? It's as if you sayin', just becuz NOW, now, we humans, have discovered lil possibilitys of 'life' on other planets, life is just gonna blossom? Or has the right to now, becuz human beings just discovered it recently..?
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I never said it has failed to begin. We are still in the process of finding out and as of yet there have only been fly by missions to Europa, but those missions have provided us with a lot of interesting data which has only lead to more questions. Conjecture on extraterrestrial life has ensured a high profile for the moon and has led to steady lobbying for future missions. They are about to launch a major one in 2016. The chances of life already existing on Europa is very good.
In 1977, during an exploratory dive to the Galapagos Rift in the deep-sea exploration submersible Alvin, scientists discovered colonies of giant tube worms, clams, crustaceans, mussels, and other assorted creatures clustered around undersea volcanic features known as black smokers. These creatures thrive despite having no access to sunlight, and it was soon discovered that they comprise an entirely independent food chain. Instead of plants, the basis for this food chain was a form of bacterium that derived its energy from oxidization of reactive chemicals, such as hydrogen or hydrogen sulfide, that bubbled up from the Earth's interior. This chemosynthesis revolutionized the study of biology by revealing that life need not be sun-dependent; it only requires water and an energy gradient in order to exist. It opened up a new avenue in astrobiology by massively expanding the number of possible extraterrestrial habitats.1 Yes I pasted that, but you can look it up and I don't know how you interpret this, but to me it's pretty clear and if you still think the chances are slim, you may need to do more reading. Sik talked about these conditions, re-read what he said and I'd also be happy to find more articles for you on this subject.
--- Quote from: Anunikke on October 15, 2010, 07:38:57 AM ---The difference between alien life and 'god' is: We know life can occur, we're the fucking proof.
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You could say that a thousand times and he still wouldn't comprehend what you said.
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)Potential_for_extraterrestrial_life
Primo:
To make a long story short I believe that our very existance has an extraterrestrial past. Life can be created to survive the harshest of environments. Science can create life.
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