What Would Be Your Reaction If Extraterestial Life Was Discovered?

[Usmccookie]

As far as intelligent life goes, there are but two possibilities: 1) There is intelligent life. 2) They are registered Democrats...

Is that where the space force comes in?

 

[K_W]

I read a great piece somewhere that said we are not alone, that it's impossible that we are. But, with as much time that has passed since The Bang, an entire space faring civilization could have risen from their soup, evolved, ventured forth from it's planet, explored the galaxy... and then died off. All before our primordial ancestors were cooked in the soup... and that may also be the case for us too when we explore the galaxies. Yet someone, somewhere, will one day hear something and realize they are not alone, even if they are not themselves human.

Simply put, space and time itself is so vast that the chances of space faring species meeting in person is near zero... but we will one day hear from one, but not be able to answer.

 

[fjw2]

logical?
Or infinitely improbable?
(Hitchhiker's Guide)

It may be statistically improbable for there not to be an INGO member that is not an alien.

 

[Firehawk]

Good evening guys and gals,

I was reading an online article earlier today. NASA is going to send two rovers to Mars before 2022.

They will have the ability to dig into the ground and test soil samples for any signs of life. The head of the project thought that mankind is not ready or can't handle the fact of knowing that we are not alone.

He stated something along the lines that this discovery will fundamentally change society. I don't agree with him on that.

If life was discovered on Mars I would find it very interesting. My religious views would not change and I surmise that many others share similar beliefs.

Aliens have been a part of our culture for decades; in film, literature, video games, etc..
I don't think our society will be greatly affected.

What says you ingo? What would your reaction be if NASA announced microscopic life on Mars was discovered?

I feel really sorry for the members of my generation who already need a safe space to escape domestic people, ideas, etc that cause them distress

It sounds as if the project lead has already determined that life will be found on Mars to make a statement like he did. I strive to think critically and objectively as possible in all things and honestly our history is filled with all kinds of documented science hoaxes. Especially in matters where science influences the political arena, or vise versa. I'm a Clinical Engineer that specializes in the sterilization of micro organisms and on the surface of this I can see a lot of ways it can go wrong. No matter how careful they are that rover will carry micro organisms from Earth to Mars. I doubt anything will survive the journey but still at the least dead organisms will make it there. That alone raises so many questions in my mind of the assurance of the science.

Regardless though it won't change my personal beliefs and world view. I will however be very interested to see how they arrive at their findings and not just interested in the findings alone.

 

[Route 45]

Aliens in the bible...
Reckon that depends on what you think an alien is.

Ever see a picture of an Assyrian statue of a desert demon?
Looks like what Ezekiel described.
It's a matter of who's side you're on when one man's bad guy is another man's good guy.
And that of course takes us to 2Kings6:17 where the ability to perceive them had to be OK'd for a person to see them. That is still true in the modern era if one pays attention to recorded case histories. They are seen when they want to be seen or else do not care to conceal themselves.

So what should a person think aliens are when they've been interacting with people through thousands of years of recorded history?
Should a person think they are good guys or bad guys?
That depends on whose side you're on.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

 

[eldirector]

What are the odds of life forming in the first place *without interference from a higher being or god*.

100%

 

[BugI02]

There ain't no difference between a flying saucer and a time machine. People get so hung up on specifics they miss out on seeing the whole thing. Take South America for example. [In] South America, thousands of people go missing every year. Nobody knows where they go, they just, like, disappear. But if you think about it for a minute, you realize something. There had to be a time when there was no people, right? Well where did all these people come from, huh? I'll tell you where. The future. And where did all these people disappear to? [Otto: The past?] That's right! And how did they get there? Flying saucers. Which are really..? Yeah, you got it, time machines.

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[JettaKnight]

I was wondering how long it would take before someone shoehorned aliens into the bible.

Do Bigfoot next.

Given enough time and topics, Route 45 and I will agree on something.


That's probability.

 

[JettaKnight]

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I don't know where you dug that up, or why I hear Boomhauer's voice in my head...

 

[Usmccookie]

100%

So every planet will inevitably form life at some point?

 

[eldirector]

So every planet will inevitably form life at some point?

No.

You asked:

What are the odds of life forming in the first place *without interference from a higher being or god*.

As you are able to pose that question, the odds are exactly 1 in 1.

That's how "odds" work. If something HAS happened, the chance of it happening is 100%.

We can discuss the "without interference" part. Then again, a "higher being or god" would ALSO be alive, so the odds are back to 1 in 1 (100%).

 

[mtinner]

We can't even find bigfoot here on earth. How we going find life on another planet?

 

[JettaKnight]

We can't even find bigfoot here on earth. How we going find life on another planet?

[video=youtube;xjNlWEr2ntw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjNlWEr2ntw[/video]

 

[Jin]

I always thought they had already found bacteria or whatever from space. I guess that would count as extraterrestrial life.

I assuming you are talking about higher life forms, to which I wouldn’t be surprised


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[JollyMon]

I would pull my pants down and hope for the probing to begin

 

[Ziggidy]

What would your reaction be if NASA announced microscopic life on Mars was discovered?

I've always thought this was an interesting question, especially when one thinks about abortion....yes, abortion.

Microscopic life. Interesting combination of 2 words. We have microscopic life from a man and a woman that comes together in the womb. The "microscopic life" the multiplies and we have a child. Interesting; isn't it?

They will call it a great discovery if and when they find this "microscopic life" on Mars all the while claiming microscopic life in the womb is really nothing. They will protect that microscopic life found on mars before they will protect that microscopic life on earth.

Interesting.

 

[eldirector]

I always thought they had already found bacteria or whatever from space. I guess that would count as extraterrestrial life.

I assuming you are talking about higher life forms, to which I wouldn’t be surprised


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I know we have found amino acids. Don't recall us finding anything like a virus or bacteria. The top web search results on the topic are either non-scientific sites or movies. Can't find any real research off-hand.

 

[Nazgul]

Well, we need to find them and **** them off just like we have everybody else.

Get them logged into INGO, we will do our part!!

Don

 

[Nazgul]

I would pull my pants down and hope for the probing to begin

Don