I honestly believe within the next 10 years we will have solid proof of alien life. What do you guys think?
It's already here. Look to the White House!
An insult to extra terrestrials for sure.
I believe we already have the proof, however the powers that be won't allow it to be shown.
Now if you're talking about a public outing of alien life, that's a different story. That won't come out until the governments feel it is absolutely necessary. Hopefully that will be within 10 years or less.
That's Exactly what I mean. Thanks.
Simple life like bacteria, hopefully within 20 years. Intelligent life that is able to travel through space, who knows.
It is on my dream list to met an alien. Highly unlikely in my lifetime, but what the hell.
I voted never but aliens are the one thing that terrify me. I don’t believe in ghosts or demons or anything like that. But aliens? ??
If we are made up of star stuff, and life was formed out of those ingredients, I don't see why it wouldn't happen elswhere. Probably more often than we think.
I think the same way, our source is fire and we began as stardust
To me a belief or faith that aliens exist is just as delusional as a belief in a God, soul, ghosts, or afterlife.
clearly not one is a man made delusion the other is the extrapolation from data about possibilities and life covers it all from bacteria to who knows what
@weeman
to say there is evidence would be a stretch to say the least. It's theoritichally possible, but anything beyond that is faith or a desire to believe.
Further if alien life developed on other planets, it's highly unlikely that it developed at the same time as life on earth developed. In all the time this planet and galaxy has existed life has only been a blip, and what we choose to call intelligent life has only been a blip within that blip. The idea that somewhere else another planet also developed life or intelligent life in the same tiny time fram our planet did is astronomicly unlikely.
@PolyComrade sigh where did I say there was evidence
@weeman Then isn't that faith? Belief in something there is no evidence for? How does that differ from theists?
@PolyComrade look if you believe the essentials for life have only occured on one planet when science says we are a fairly common planet in a fairly common solar system in pretty small galaxy amongst fck knows how many galaxies in a universe that we have no idea what size it is fair enough however no doubt you are aware of the drake equation therefore the exrtrapolation from a scientiific perspective is it is absurd to assume this is the only planet that ever had life of some sort start theists make shit up then claim it is correct
Isn't it a bit egotistical to assume we are the only ones out there? Here we are on the outskirts of a galaxy that isn't even on the local bus lines, when the universe won't even let local bands tour our planet, it seems ridiculous to assume we are the only life forms out there. I won't bother trying to apply the term intelligent to us.
I think it is possible we will discover evidence of microbial life either extinct on Mars or possibly thriving on Titan, but I doubt it will be within 10 years. That just seems too soon.
I would vote "already" have.....but that's just me....
It would just be so cool, I'm hoping it's today or tomorrow but the more we look I think it's inevitable
I agree. Especially after the many discoveries this year.
I think they have to exist. And whether they can travel here or not, somewhere, somehow, somebody out there knows we are here. I have about a 50% belief in ancient alliens. It's very intriguing to me. There are a lot of things that suggests that they existed to me.
Maybe Aliens watch us like we watch Jerry Springer.
Inthe next decade we will become so Earth focused that the search for life else where will come to a screeching halt.
I am not totally a non-believer anymore, as I think it could happen. But, so far, with the distance in space that has been observed, there has been no life found! But, what lies beyond that?
Maybe extra-dimensional life, maybe us coming back through dimensional links
Interesting
I'm curious why you chose the 10 year time frame?
is that you I heard you saying that in 1975? 1968? 1985? 1994? 1999?