Thoughts about alien life (non)existance in the Universe

klaatu · 12-03-2009, 04:35 AM

According to

we should expect at least 10 civilizations are able to contact us (according to Carl Sagan as many as 1 million) however the

Fermi_paradox

does put things in a practical position as still there is no credible evidence general accepted proofing the existence of intelligent alien life. (we did find a bacteria in meteorite

ALH84001

supposed to have originated on Mars)

But all from above are either estimations or assumptions (maybe they did come to Earth) so until you shake hand with one and introduce him to your friends there is no official evidence of alien life.

But let's dare and put as in alien civilization shoes and think after finding Earth why (or what are implications) to contact humans.

We have violent history (past and present) and we are prone to continue in the same liking.
We do not have legislation to protect or recognize other sapient / sentient life the rights to exist
Governments will try to use the event to capitalize so where to land?
Advancing our technologies with alien help will not help us become more human, a more evolved civilized being but will give us more tools to "express" our dark side
Who knows that alien might have been trying to contact us but some governments lock them down in area 51 basement for good.

12-03-2009, 04:35 AM	#1
klaatu Vox Moderator Human Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 199 Time Online: 3 h 22 m Thanks: 8 Thx 18 Times in 18 Posts	Thoughts about alien life (non)existance in the Universe According to Wikipedia (Links) Drake_equation we should expect at least 10 civilizations are able to contact us (according to Carl Sagan as many as 1 million) however the Wikipedia (Links) Fermi_paradox does put things in a practical position as still there is no credible evidence general accepted proofing the existence of intelligent alien life. (we did find a bacteria in meteorite Wikipedia (Links) ALH84001 supposed to have originated on Mars) But all from above are either estimations or assumptions (maybe they did come to Earth) so until you shake hand with one and introduce him to your friends there is no official evidence of alien life. But let's dare and put as in alien civilization shoes and think after finding Earth why (or what are implications) to contact humans. We have violent history (past and present) and we are prone to continue in the same liking. We do not have legislation to protect or recognize other sapient / sentient life the rights to exist Governments will try to use the event to capitalize so where to land? Advancing our technologies with alien help will not help us become more human, a more evolved civilized being but will give us more tools to "express" our dark side Who knows that alien might have been trying to contact us but some governments lock them down in area 51 basement for good. Last edited by klaatu; 12-03-2009 at 04:45 AM.