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My Alien Life theory
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... sure.
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That's debatable. Most of what inhabits Swindon I wouldn't call life.
I'd bet everything I own on the fact that there is intelligent life in the Universe. I'd even consider just the Milky Way. There are just way too many stars with planetary systems. The human race I reckon is probably unbelievely stupid in comparison to a lot of them. Civilisations that have existed for millions of years have probably evolved into a much more advanced species. Not just through natural evolution but from the larger time period in which they learn/utilise science etc. Or there are probably some life forms with seriously crazy genetic mutations! Maybe their brains have the ability to move atoms? Our brains are aware of themselves so maybe it's not so far fetched to think that some civilisations may be able to walk through walls etc.
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I always liked the theory that there's a universe inside each atom/mollecule/particle.
Think of something like an ant, they, being so small, can probably see things minute that would be comparable to ants to us, but then are they able to percieve us on any level other than "OMG IT's DARK AND I'M ABOUT TO GET CRUSHED"
Think of something like an ant, they, being so small, can probably see things minute that would be comparable to ants to us, but then are they able to percieve us on any level other than "OMG IT's DARK AND I'M ABOUT TO GET CRUSHED"
They would have to have spectacularly good eyes for that to work...
I just mean, something as insignificant as a grain of sand to us, would be in comparison the size of a football, and eyesight aside, they'd be able to see any patterns on the grain and such
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Will aliens perceive time in the same way we do?
this is a qualm I've always had with SciFi shows, they meet an alien, ask their age, and they instantly are able to say "I am x of your earth years" there's no "errr....well there's 9000 of what you measure as days per what you measure as year on my planet, our days however are 50 of your hours long, sooooo *pulls our space calculator*...*many hours later*... I'm x of your earth years"
I think over the period of Seti, there have been about 11-12 narrow band signals detected, which have passed all initial test. However, on re-examining these areas where these signals were detected, the signal was not found again.
Now remember, the signals in question almost certainly were not terrestrial based, and were 'narrow band' meaning they were only coming in a very specific frequency - something which to our knowledge does not occur naturally...
Were these alien signals? Probably not, but just maybe?
And also, radio waves can be 'lensed' by objects/debris etc in space, so maybe for just those fleating seconds, some far far off radio signal was 'lensed' enough for us to pick it up...
Now remember, the signals in question almost certainly were not terrestrial based, and were 'narrow band' meaning they were only coming in a very specific frequency - something which to our knowledge does not occur naturally...
Were these alien signals? Probably not, but just maybe?
And also, radio waves can be 'lensed' by objects/debris etc in space, so maybe for just those fleating seconds, some far far off radio signal was 'lensed' enough for us to pick it up...
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this is a qualm I've always had with SciFi shows, they meet an alien, ask their age, and they instantly are able to say "I am x of your earth years" there's no "errr....well there's 9000 of what you measure as days per what you measure as year on my planet, our days however are 50 of your hours long, sooooo *pulls our space calculator*...*many hours later*... I'm x of your earth years"
There is that as well, but i was looking deeper
i.e. what we perceive as 1second, what will they perceive it as. Humans all perceive 1second the same but what defines that and would a alien life form conform to that standard.
There is that as well, but i was looking deeper
i.e. what we perceive as 1second, what will they perceive it as. Humans all perceive 1second the same but what defines that and would a alien life form conform to that standard.
well that's more to do with our own planet, we determined what 1 second from our planet's rotation etc.
But I know what you mean, if all measurements of time were equal, one physical second for us, in comparison could be 1 minute for another in terms of time dilation, an hour passing for us, could be the equivalent of 1 year
As Einstein theorised, as we approach the speed of light, everything around us would appear to slow down, so who's to say there are beings here travelling faster than light, and we all are about as interesting to watch, as grass growing, which effectively, would be the same
Do you ever think about that fact that if we did meet alien life and then eventually colonised other worlds etc it would all end before we even discovered 1% of the universe? This is what scares me, the universe apparently started out of nothing (dark matter). The thought of nothingness scares me...
Back to aliens though.. I believe it would unite the human race and change various perceptions... This is what i look forward to the most.
Back to aliens though.. I believe it would unite the human race and change various perceptions... This is what i look forward to the most.
It would certainly hopefully make us less petty... And less nationalistic...
If we received some sort message, with a scientific/social message in it, which came from somewhere 100 lightyear away, I wonder what it would actually mean to our species? Good effect? Bad effect? One day we're all alone... Next day we know we're not... We know someone else is out there in the darkness...
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Quite a common theory
It took life on Earth ~2 billion years to evolve from single cells to multi cell organisms.
Its not just the time that matters, its the odds of life evolving, then its the odds of evolving to have self awareness.
Once all that is factored in its not hard to see just how unique the human life form can potentially be.
I'm sure there is life out there, but the chances of it being intelligent and in our time line are pretty slim even in the great scheme of things
Seriously you still think its a rare thing ? its just a case of the universe is so vast, its highly likely intelligent life exists elsewhere, its just very unlikely at this point in time we will ever know anything about it.
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Not really, assuming we become smart enough we will eventually leave earth so the race won't be wiped out. This *DOES* assume that we don't die before that, but assuming not - then the only way humans will eventually die out is the death of the universe. (Or a violent end, we kill ourselves, something kills us... so on)
