OT: Extrasolar planets discovered directly

[Randallw]

Yes but if God doesn't exist (and for the record I'm just playing devils advocate, I do believe in God) then there is no reason for anything. The Universe didn't create itself for any reason. It just developed. There is no meaning to life or reason for existance. Mankind and animals and plants and single celled amoeba are just a product of biology which just happens to be a way that physics works, and that physics just happens to be the way things work. Nature doesn't care a bit what happens. It's not anti-climatic for the simple reason that there is no climax, the Universe is created by a physical event, it exists for a few billion years and then falls apart. We may well be the only life in the galaxy. Just because we, within the whole reach of existance, can think and recognise our own existance doesn't mean there must be other life forms. That said though, I think that the multiverse is so large probability would seem to show that if it happened here it can happen elsewhere. People talk of finding planets capable of producing life, but usually they are stuck only thinking of life as we know it....jim . if there is a 1 in a billion chance of earth like life than there is another 1 in a billion chance for each of the other 999,999,999 possible forms of life perhaps. The end result of which may be that every planet in the multiverse has a form of life that developed and is natural for that planet.

[Raging Deadstar]

Hehe, all valid points Randall.

Maybe i should use [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags a lot more often

[jfp3]

What would you have thought about Galileo a few hundred years ago Atrocities? And (to the forum), didn't 'they' confirm some chunk of asteroid found in the Arctic had multicellular organisms fossilized within? Probably from an impact with Mars as I recall...

[Raging Deadstar]

jfp3 said:
What would you have thought about Galileo a few hundred years ago Atrocities? And (to the forum), didn't 'they' confirm some chunk of asteroid found in the Arctic had multicellular organisms fossilized within? Probably from an impact with Mars as I recall...

Antarctic it was. And yes that's true, Unfortuantely it isn't reliable evidence due to contamination through Earth's Atmosphere and landing.

I believe NASA's Project Stardust is the next step towards proving this. Check out the FAQ section.

[Slick]

*Throws popcorn at RD. When RD spins around with death in his eye, Slick points at Fyron*

*Sits back in his lawn chair to watch the festivities heat up*

[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

[Renegade 13]

It's kinda hard to have an arguement when, since Atrocities dropped out of the conversation, all the opinions expressed have been agreeing with each other!

[Aiken]

From the point of view of anthropomorphic cosmology, universe was created (and this process is going on) by the collective mind of humanity. Hence the more we argue the nessesarity of extraterrestrial life - the more chances it exists.

In the light of this ...hmm... theory, your, Slick and others, attempts to stand aside of discussion are revolting, since they decrease chance for Small Green Aliens to appear. So give me, please, your popcorn and chair and join this creative (literary!) debate.

ps: they do exist. (+0,0000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance for SGAs)

[Renegade 13]

Do you know something we don't...??