Extra terrestrial life: do you believe they exist?

[Hamilcar]

Other: we're in a simulation.

The simulation could include extra terrestrial life.

And be created by extra terrestrial life.

Or, as Sam Harris frets, created by Mormons.

[lustindarkness]

Sure, why not, but who cares?

[Caliga]

We'll never be able to communicate or interact with them meaningfully unless we make some powerful technological advances outside of what we understand to be even possible right now.

I don't think Ghenghis Khan envisionned the day he could talk to his subordinate in Karakorum and Georgia in real time while conquering Afghanistan.  I don't think anyone around him understood this to be even possible at the time.  So who knows for the future?  Not in my life time, most likely.  But in the scale of humanity's lifetime? Most likely.

You and I are in no way in disagreement.

[11B4V]

Other: we're in a simulation.

The simulation could include extra terrestrial life.

And be created by extra terrestrial life.

Or, as Sam Harris frets, created by Mormons.

Generally don't care, but with lack of evidence to the contrary I'm comfortable with the assumption that there is no intelligent life god out there.

[viper37]

Sure, why not, but who cares?

Some scientists cared enough to work on a math formula.  Enough to generate interest for Languish, but I realize I am not Tim, so I have probably overstepped my bounds

[viper37]

We'll never be able to communicate or interact with them meaningfully unless we make some powerful technological advances outside of what we understand to be even possible right now.

I don't think Ghenghis Khan envisionned the day he could talk to his subordinate in Karakorum and Georgia in real time while conquering Afghanistan.  I don't think anyone around him understood this to be even possible at the time.  So who knows for the future?  Not in my life time, most likely.  But in the scale of humanity's lifetime? Most likely.

You and I are in no way in disagreement.

Languish is broken, no more discussions possible.

[lustindarkness]

Now if we could find intelligent life in this election year. 

[Josquius]

Microchips. Enough said.

[Archy]

Off course we are all Tetans brought here by Xenu

[Eddie Teach]

Off course we are all Tetans brought here by Xenu

So, Jaron option?

[dps]

I'd say there is intelligent life, but it really doesn't matter.  We'll never be able to communicate or interact with them meaningfully unless we make some powerful technological advances outside of what we understand to be even possible right now.

Pretty much my take on it as well.  I suppose that technically, I agree with the 6th option, but I voted for the first one, because for all practical purposes, it's probably effectively true.

[Josephus]

I'm not entirely sure there is intelligent life on this planet.

[Valmy]

I'm not entirely sure there is intelligent life on this planet.

Everything is relative

[mongers]

Isn't the Drake equation better? *






* In true languish tradition I've not clicked on the link and read it, so going by the way Viper described it, it isn't that old but gold musing.

[crazy canuck]

I'm not entirely sure there is intelligent life on this planet.

Certainly less than before.