Extra terrestrial life: do you believe they exist?

[Siege]

one in one decillion (that's the largest number I know.)

Much smaller than a googolplex. 

Or graham's number.

[Admiral Yi]

Voted with the mob, though I don't like the wording.  It's a probabilistic assessment, so I'm not sure in the strict sense.

[Razgovory]

An interesting question occurred to me.  Let's say human being are somehow able move from star to star and  visit alien planets.  All it takes is finding one planet with life (however defined) will of course demonstrate that there is alien life in the universe.  How many lifeless planets will it require before we decide that the only life comes from Earth?

[Admiral Yi]

Maybe a trillion or so, with 95% confidence?

[alfred russel]

An interesting question occurred to me.  Let's say human being are somehow able move from star to star and  visit alien planets.  All it takes is finding one planet with life (however defined) will of course demonstrate that there is alien life in the universe.  How many lifeless planets will it require before we decide that the only life comes from Earth?

The thing is, we already know of a planet with life on it. So even if we establish that on our quarter of the universe, Earth is the only planet with life, that would still mean an expected value of 4 based only on our direct observations.

[The Brain]

How do you know Earth has life? Have you considered the presence/absence of Whiteness in the juxtaposition of the body and the self?

[alfred russel]

Have you considered the presence/absence of Whiteness in the juxtaposition of the body and the self?

No. Should I?

[The Brain]

Have you considered the presence/absence of Whiteness in the juxtaposition of the body and the self?

No. Should I?

Just asking.

[Norgy]

So, what does Languish believe? 

The probability of extraterrestial life is high. I highly doubt any of us will encounter it in our lifetime, unless one is a major follower of David Icke.

[Ed Anger]

I don't find much intelligence on Languish either.

[Norgy]

I don't find much intelligence on Languish either.

Your telescope is broken. 

[Razgovory]

An interesting question occurred to me.  Let's say human being are somehow able move from star to star and  visit alien planets.  All it takes is finding one planet with life (however defined) will of course demonstrate that there is alien life in the universe.  How many lifeless planets will it require before we decide that the only life comes from Earth?

The thing is, we already know of a planet with life on it. So even if we establish that on our quarter of the universe, Earth is the only planet with life, that would still mean an expected value of 4 based only on our direct observations.

Question:  There is a Berkut on Earth.  What is the expected value of finding an identical Berkut on another planet?

[Tonitrus]

An interesting question occurred to me.  Let's say human being are somehow able move from star to star and  visit alien planets.  All it takes is finding one planet with life (however defined) will of course demonstrate that there is alien life in the universe.  How many lifeless planets will it require before we decide that the only life comes from Earth?

The thing is, we already know of a planet with life on it. So even if we establish that on our quarter of the universe, Earth is the only planet with life, that would still mean an expected value of 4 based only on our direct observations.

Question:  There is a Berkut on Earth.  What is the expected value of finding an identical Berkut on another planet?

That depends on how free and widespread the licensing rights for the "Earthlings!" simulation game has become.  I like to think that I am being played on thousands of systems.  But it is hard to tell since my simulation is still in progress.

Whoever got stuck playing "Ethiopian_child_0773" probably thought that the game sucked.

[Hamilcar]

How do you know Earth has life? Have you considered the presence/absence of Whiteness in the juxtaposition of the body and the self?

[KRonn]

I feel that of course there's extra terrestrial life. Such a large galaxy, so many planets and Earth couldn't be the only place where life grew. Certainly there's lower life but also has to be higher intelligent life. That's just the galaxy, and with billions of galaxies in the universe there certainly is life. I just wonder if it'll ever be possible to travel near the speed of light to actually travel far enough to get to neighboring star systems? But scientists have already been talking seriously about types of engines that will go multitudes faster than what exist now, which will make it a lot more feasible to travel longer distances.