I think it's a fair assumption to take into consideration the vastness of the universe (hundreds of billions of light years), and realize that even as improbable as it is for life to form, it is more than likely that it has formed elsewhere in the universe in one form or another.
That said, I have serious questions when thinking about conventional thinking of "Aliens" and "UFO's".
-Assuming a separate race of highly intelligent "beings" was able to somehow overcome the hurdles of ultra fast intergalactic travel, why would they dink around creating elaborate lines in crop fields and abducting people, only to bring them back without properly wiping their memories?
-Such a highly intelligent race of creatures would only have a few reasons for coming to earth:
a) Because they came to scope out its resources and plan to harvest those resources and move on. If this is the case, then why haven't they just gotten around to harvesting them already? And if it's the case, then why would they dink around with "abductions", etc.? If they're that intelligent, then why don't they behave more intelligently concerning their abductions? They wouldn't want people to be alerted to their presence, so I imagine they would'nt bring them back in the first place.
b) They are observing us in order to learn more about us, but they don't want to alert us to their presence. If this is the case, I appeal to my questions under point "a". If they don't want us to be alerted to their presence, then they are doing a crummy job of it.
-Why would some alien life from some different planet have features roughly similar to our own? For example, 2 eyes, a mouth, ears (or ear holes), a neck, 2 arms, 2 legs, etc. There is no universal rule that all highly advanced creatures that evolve the ability to think critically and invent space travel must have what we humans have endearingly come to refer to as "heads". Think of the vast variety of creatures on planet earth, especially the invertebrates! Think of the amount of variation present among insects and spiders, worms and parasites. That we have a head and neck, 2 arms and 2 legs, means nothing universal. It just means that evolution took one particular course and we're us as a result. But that doesn't mean that evolution would take the same course in other situations. In fact, considering that the circumstances would be highly different, it would be highly improbable that evolution would take a similar course at all! Vertebrae might never have even evolved in the first place. Exoskeletons might be all the rage, or slimy gelatinous masses. But startlingly similar to us? Highly improbable. It's more likely that we humans "created" them in our own image, as we are wont to do so often with so much.
Any answers would be appreciated. Lack of answers will only lead to more questions about more topics on my part :)
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I have nothing to offer about aliens, but i would like to comment on how adorable Ava is! Holy cow! I love the yogurt and bannana peel, the binki help and the clothes everywhere! Oh it makes me excited for times ahead with Tagg! Can't wait to see you guys soon!!:)
Your questions crack me up. Again - my answers won't live up to your scientific standard, but in my world humans didn't evolve on their own, they were created in someone's image, which means that one head, 2 arms and legs, etc, is a pattern that we higher thinkers follow. In that case it makes sense that our sci-fi inventions of other life (the existence of which I think is valid) would also follow this pattern to some extent.
Thanks for the comment. I'm glad my questions crack you up. Life can be too serious by itself to always have to deal with that side of things:)
I also think that the possibility of other life in the Universe is not only valid, but also highly probable. The problem is that regardless of one's religious beliefs concerning creation, the concept of Aliens as little green men, or even humanoids with "human-like" appendages is a little too unlikely to be plausible.
For the scientific side, I think I laid out quite a few of the valid problems with the current view of Aliens touring Earth.
And as for the Religious side, if a creator created us in his image, and gave "man" dominion over all other creatures, then it would have to follow that any other intelligent life in the universe would not only need to be "human-like", but would need to be 100% human, or at least as near to human as it would require to validate the statement "in his image". Either that, or they would fall under the dominion of "man" as just another creature, regardless of its level of intelligence.
So I think either side of the fence you stand on, the concept of Aliens is ridiculous, as well (at least as they've been reported up till now)
Again, thanks for the comments. I like hearing ideas from others, even about silly things like aliens :)
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