OT: Extrasolar planets discovered directly

[Fyron]

*erects a sign with a finger pointing at Slick*

[DeadZone]

Lets see

There are billions of species on Earth alone
And thousands of years ago, we thought the world was small and flat, the stars were gods, comets and lightning were signs from said gods, so on and so forth

Our understanding of the universe is far too limited, science is just a theory until proven right or wrong

But personally, I'd prefer us to try and save what we have here before trying to find out whats out there

[NullAshton]

I believe that Earth is the only planet with sentient life in the universe. I don't think that we're going to find any sentient life anywhere else in the universe. Now, other non-sentient life could exist elsewhere...

[Alneyan]

Well, the answer to whether alien life exists or not is quite obvious: just look at Fyron and Narf! Fyron is a proven Vorlon, and have you ever seen sapient mice wielding six-foot tall hammers? Of course not; besides, mice are the true rulers of the universe, and do not hail from Earth.

(What I am really wondering about is how those other lifeforms would think, but that would be another matter, and a bigger can of worms so I will stay quiet. See, you aren't even reading this message!)

[Renegade 13]

Alneyan said:
See, you aren't even reading this message!

Really? I don't believe you!

[kerensky]

/me joins party and brings protable popcorn machine. ******* (this is the emoticon for popcorn according to this site. Here is another smiley site. /

[Alneyan]

Renegade 13 said:
Really? I don't believe you!

Of course not! Only the Illuminati, and anyone whose initials are WS, would get the true meaning behind my message; for you, they must be mere words of little consequence.

*Smites the closest person watching the spectacle, with a replica of "Narf's Hammer of Smiting +5", and drops the Hammer next to Narf*

[Atrocities]

I should also point out that we have no direct proof that there isn't life out there, but the evidence at hand makes the likelyhood that there is that much less likely. Also, who is to that the universe itself is not, or is a life form?

Granted we know so very little about the subject that for all intents and purposes we are but single celled ameba's compared to the human body.

[Hunpecked]

Also, who is to that the universe itself is not, or is a life form?

I recall a line from Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" series on PBS many years ago: "We are a way for the universe to know itself." Since we (and possibly other intelligent species) are part of the universe, then in a sense the universe itself is alive and sentient.

Or maybe just alive...

[DeadZone]

Alneyan said:See, you aren't even reading this message!

Huh, you said something?