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Post by RavenMaid on Jul 3, 2003 21:23:33 GMT -5
yeah well sorry about the title- i wanted something really catchy!
What i want to discuss more or less is peoples view on whether or not we're the only ones in the universe. that is whether or not, there are other cultures or "beings" out there. i guess you could call them aliens-though i think that term is too easily associated with green creatuers and ray guns coming to take over the world!
in my opinion there universe is way to big for us to be the only living creatures in it. the idea seems far too lonely. it would be such a waste for there to be so much space and only us filling it.
so go ahead share your views...
are we alone?
(sorry felt the need to be dramatic again!)
Raven MaidTEXT
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Post by jadedsage on Jul 3, 2003 22:34:09 GMT -5
I thought the title was cute. ;D My opinion is, of course we're "not alone". It's the absolute height of human conceit to believe that we could be the only sentient beings in the entire universe.
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Post by RavenMaid on Jul 4, 2003 1:54:39 GMT -5
Yeah i have to admit the idea of us being alone are pretty conceited. But it just depends on which way you look at it. you could say we are the only ones in the universe because so far we are the only intelligent ones to arise (which is very concieted) or maybe we are alone because there are no other suitable places out there for life forms to live.
i still like to think that in a hundred years or something we will be set up like star trek and have our own federation of planets, but that might never happen if we never find who else is out there.
Raven Maid
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Post by sistergoldenhair on Feb 22, 2004 3:26:47 GMT -5
i agree that there are probably other forms of life out there... i haven't read it (only seen the movie) but i believe that carl sagan's "contact" discusses these issues.
also, as much as i am a sci-fi fan, star trek fan, star wars, etc... i find it bothersome that people think that they can imagine what beings from other planets would look like. my guess is that, since they would have been faced with a different evolutionary process from ours, that they would have little to no resemblance to anything we have here on earth. what do you think?
thanks,
sgh
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Post by jadedsage on Feb 23, 2004 23:17:33 GMT -5
I agree that perhaps differing evolutionary paths would create completely different species, however, I feel that the "imagineering" of alien lifeforms serves to make the thought of future space travel a little more palatable for 'joe public'. If they feel that perhaps there are similarities with other lifeforms, then maybe they won't think of it it as such a scarey proposition. Less to fear, more to look forward to?
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Post by sistergoldenhair on May 27, 2004 18:38:49 GMT -5
sounds good to me. things that go beyond anything we can imagine (little green men, for example) are pretty darn scary.
and if it does make the idea of encountering beings from another planet more palatable then that could not be a bad thing. almost like ambassadors. although i imagine we might all be in for a "rude awakening" nonetheless when we do meet them.
bb,
sgh
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