Do you have any evidence at all that 'spirit' exists?
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Are We Alone In The Universe?
- Thread starter Skwim
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Do you have any evidence at all that 'spirit' exists?
It really isn't clear that we need the right size of moon or even other large planets. That said, Jupiter size planets seem to be quite common. Moons proportional in size to our own seem to be far less likely, though.
nPeace
Veteran Member
Yes, but it's not what the science guys are looking for.
If you have actual evidence, they will look. If you only have beliefs, that isn't evidence.
You mean measurable, verifiable, and repeatable?
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
There is no evidence either way.
We may never know the answer.
But were we to find out for sure that there were other sentient beings out there
It would spur on our scientific research and development.
And for many different reasons.
Including fear.
We may never know the answer.
But were we to find out for sure that there were other sentient beings out there
It would spur on our scientific research and development.
And for many different reasons.
Including fear.
nPeace
Veteran Member
I don't only have beliefs, otherwise that would be true of everyone - including scientists and you.
I've been through that before.
nPeace
Veteran Member
I believe all three can be used on the evidence I have.
Then why the hesitation in presenting it? I'm sure many would like to see evidence of "spirit," especially as it relates to evidence of no sentient life other than "spirit" anywhere in the universe.
nPeace
Veteran Member
I'm not hesitant. I'm putting something together, as I promised. The reason it will take time is because 1) it's impossible to do so many things at once. 2) I want it to be completed so that I don't have to repeat myself for people who seem to have a hard time seeing more than they want to see.
So, you'll just have to be patient.
siti
Well-Known Member
I am pretty sure earth is not the only home of biological life in the universe. I don't know what "sentient" means - except it seems to imply organisms that have a central nervous system and can therefore "sense" or "perceive" things. I'm not sure that's a particularly useful distinction.
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Yes, this^
Rational Agnostic
Well-Known Member
I voted "I don't think so, but not sure." I can't believe that in a universe of hundreds of billions of planets that Earth would be the only planet that harbored sentient life forms. Even if God exists, that's a lot of wasted space that he created if Earth is the only planet that harbors life. But of course, I'm not sure. The fact is we don't know how common life is in the universe. There is a slim chance that we're alone, but I highly doubt it.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Well we are here. It makes it pretty hard to imagine life isn't possible elsewhere.
I think it's the mind-boggling distances between systems that makes it exceedingly hard to comfirm life is going on elsewhere.
It would be cool to see lifeforms in our solar system even if it's microbial in nature.
Rational Agnostic
Well-Known Member
I agree. Of course, we have no other statistical references for how common it is for life to emerge. I would also guess that it's at least relatively common, but it may be extremely rare.
I don't find it especially useful either. Humans are very fussy about recognizing non-human organisms as sentient on this planet, never mind them having the humility to acknowledge the virtually guaranteed probability of them existing elsewhere in the universe.
At any rate, the idea of humans being "alone" in the universe is just silly to me. We already share this planet with millions upon millions of other persons, only a handful of whom are human. I suppose that's a benefit of having an ecologist's outlook and an animistic perspective. Lonliness becomes an absurd impossibility when you regard the land, sea, sky, and everything in it as persons to be related to.
siti
Well-Known Member
Wait! You have to vote based on evidence? When did this come in?
I strongly agree with this.
I do think it interesting whether there is life off this one small planet orbiting a rather nondescript star in a largish spiral galaxy. If all life in the universe is packed onto this one small marble, that would be remarkable.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
The most I'm willing to lean either way on the subject is say I would be more surprised to learn we are alone than that there is life out there somewhere. And even with that I am forced to admit it is a position based on speculation and not upon evidence.