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Talitha

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42. I imagine so - Life always seems to take hold wherever it gets a chance.

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:16 AM

Jan 2019

Maybe life on earth developed from microbes that hitchhiked here in/on asteroids. Earth is in the 'goldilocks zone' of our solar system. Not to hot, not too cold. Not too dry, not too wet. Nicely habitable.

If we got our start via asteroids, who's to say it's not happening all over the universe? Distance and bad timing are probably the reason we've never found anyone else yet. We're still infants, though. Maybe some day our descendants will meet their cosmic neighbors. That is, if we don't kill ourselves first - or puke this beautiful planet we were given.

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Is there intelligent life on other planets? [View all] mysteryowl Jan 2019 OP

Space is big qazplm135 Jan 2019 #1

Okay, yet wouldn't other life be looking too? mysteryowl Jan 2019 #2

What makes you think they are not looking? Ptah Jan 2019 #3

It's really big for them too NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #5

Ah yes, the Fermi Paradox Clash City Rocker Jan 2019 #4

That link has a lot of information. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #18

One might wonder if other life forms on other planets would really consider Earth to be hlthe2b Jan 2019 #6

Yep. We have some messed up things going on. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #16

I certainly hope. Snackshack Jan 2019 #7

I think it is all multi-dimensional mysteryowl Jan 2019 #15

Yes, in the form of cats. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #43

not 100% sure it is here ... dweller Jan 2019 #8

Yes, here and elsewhere mysteryowl Jan 2019 #20

I hope there is. Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #9

i'm with you. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #14

Is there any intelligent life on THIS planet? nt Atticus Jan 2019 #10

I would say about 60% mysteryowl Jan 2019 #11

Space is big but the age of the universe also makes it hard. Eko Jan 2019 #12

Impressive calculations! mysteryowl Jan 2019 #13

I think they are wrong looking at it. Eko Jan 2019 #17

Well, who the hell would know the difference? mysteryowl Jan 2019 #19

Yeah its .002% of the time, not 2%. Eko Jan 2019 #21

Also, we have only recently been capable of searching..... irresistable Jan 2019 #31

I hope so, because there's very little of it on this one! nt akraven Jan 2019 #22

Of course. There are billions and billions of stars... brush Jan 2019 #23

I hope something turns up in my lifetime. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #24

They may have found us, and decided we are trash. not Hoyt Jan 2019 #25

What is intelligence? Generic Brad Jan 2019 #26

Exactly, we can't even see them. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #28

I knew my Philosophy minor would come into play one day Generic Brad Jan 2019 #35

At this Point in Time, it May be More Important to Ask is There Intelligent Life on This Planet? dlk Jan 2019 #27

Who the fuck knows...? First Speaker Jan 2019 #29

But ain't imagination fun? as long as no one takes it seriously. defacto7 Jan 2019 #34

Agreed. This is why I enjoy UFO literature so much... First Speaker Jan 2019 #36

Just detecting free oxygen would prove some form of life exists out there. rickford66 Jan 2019 #30

There are some cool probes way out there. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #32

My Son the Astronomer PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #39

Make it so! Anon-C Jan 2019 #33

I don't doubt it has been discovered. MLAA Jan 2019 #37

People have almost no concept of just how big our Milky Way galaxy is, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #38

Thoughts? Maybe dark matter is thoughts. hunter Jan 2019 #40

My question is whether there's intelligent life in the Rethuglicon Party. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #41

I imagine so - Life always seems to take hold wherever it gets a chance. Talitha Jan 2019 #42