Poll: Aliens

[Fatalistic]

Well, aliens are probably also trying to guess what we look like too... :/

Here's another thing: the galaxy, the universe, is a very large place, and the human race as we know it is young compared to some of the other creatures we have on our planet. Who's to say that evolution (if you want to go that way) hasn't occurred to another race, on a different planet, in a different way? Perhaps said race has already found a form, communication, and intelligence, and has begun building their society? Depending on when they began construction, the race may already be able to visit our planet, and what Freelance said was a good idea: perhaps they're already here, watching, waiting... and judging if we're worth sharing secrets with.

 

[Volstag9]

o yes they exist. In fact i think its impossible for them to not exist!

But they don't look anything like us, so your stereotypical alien you see in movies are not real.

but they probably are like spores, or something like jellyfish, or maybe even a sentient gas!

 

[Kiefer13]

Do aliens exist? - Oh yes, almost certainly. It would be quite absurd to presume that Earth is the only planet in the entire vastness of the universe that is home to any form of life. Whether they are sapient or even sentient is another question entirely, but it would be equally ridiculous to presume that we as humans are the most advanced lifeforms in existence.

Have aliens ever visited us? Will they? - Very unlikely. While the sheer vastness of the universe means that it is almost certain that there are other lifeforms out there, it also means that they are probably very far away. Further than either we or they could hope to travel in any kind of reasonable time period. At least according to the laws of physics as we currently understand them.

Are they anything like us? - Again, it is extremely unlikely. There are so many possible ways life could evolve. Even on Earth, there are a massive amount of different animals and plants that have evolved as such. Who knows what a lifeform that evolved in a completely alien environment would look like? Most likely, if we did end up encountering actual aliens, they would be extremely... well, alien.

's my take on the subject, anyway.

 

[Mr Thin]

Absolutely.

I doubt very seriously that they've visited Earth.

Although... if they possessed the technology to travel through space, they probably possess the means to spy on and even walk among us without being detected.

Either they exist and are too primitive to have found us yet, or they're way ahead of us and simply don't want us to know about them.

Here's hoping for the second one! Super advanced aliens would be awesome!

 

[Marmooset]

Yes.
And they can kick the colonial marines' asses.

 

[Kragg]

Yes. They can come in any shape or form, but if we were to ever find intelligent life it would probably be a micro organism [bacteria etc.].

Micro organisms like bacteria aren't intelligent life.

They can't even think.

who said anything about them being intelligent?

only right answer right now is option , we just don't know yet? but it is highly likely there is life out there

 

[Cherry Cola]

Yes. They can come in any shape or form, but if we were to ever find intelligent life it would probably be a micro organism [bacteria etc.].

Micro organisms like bacteria aren't intelligent life.

They can't even think.

who said anything about them being intelligent?

The guy I quoted.

if we were to ever find intelligent life it would probably be a micro organism

See?

 

[Valkyira]

I find it hard to believe that we are the only intelligent life in the universe.

I suppose you couldn't really class us as 'intelligent' though.

 

[superstringz]

I remain open to the possibility, but it is unlikely they've been to Earth in the last 10k years. It take *forever* to travel between stars, you know.

 

[Zont Man]

I would be seriously sad if there are no aliens out there.

 

[Julianking93]

Considering the sheer size of the blackness that surrounds us, it's absolutely illogical to think that there is no other intelligent life.

Almost a smug or arrogant thing to say, if you ask me.

You think we're all that significant in the universe? Think again.

 

[dsmops2003]

I hope their are aliens. I also hope they visit us in my lifetime. And finally I hope they come to destroy the world as we know it.

 

[ajofflight]

I think it's highly likely that they exist, but I don't think anyone one earth has ever seen one, and all the people who claim to be abducted, or that the British royal family are lizard people in disguise, are crazy.

Exactly. The royal family isn't in disguise. OH, WHAT NOW BRITAIN?
Ehhh, as a Canadian, we're close enough.

 

[Subzerowings]

No, there are no aliens.
Now stop hurting your puny human brain over it.
If I could just remember where I left my monolith...

 

[Shoqiyqa]

According to that astronomer with the monocle: Aliens? Yes. Little green men? No. Not because they're little and green but because they're men.

Given a large enough "universe", yes, also little green men and little red men and tall grey men and wide, four-armed, six-eyed, pink men and four-legged purple men and you know it'd be really interesting if they all got here at once because judging by a lot of sci-fi and everything I've posted so far we're the only race with women!

A really large universe implies that there's a species of intelligent beings with six fingers and two thumbs on each of four hands and eight-inch tongues that look a lot like alsatians, huskies or Berner mountain dogs somewhere out there and ... yeah, I could be into that, as long as they have good hygiene and their breath is nothing like greyhound or alsatian breath because, really, ew.

There would also be ...

Before you decide to take a swim, let me just tell you about the frilly giant frogs. They're amphibians, as the name implies. The "frilly" part of the name comes from the hundreds of protuberances around their bodies. As you can see from the diagram, these are in two groups, one a ring under the frog's chin and the other this longer fringe all the way down both lateral lines.

The frogs reproduce parasitically, but unlike parasitic wasps they do not cause their hosts significant injury. Where a wasp stings its victim to paralyse it and its larvae then consume the victim from within, the frilly giant frog exploits placental mammals' reproductive systems, ultimately leaving the host healthy.

The frog targets a mammal in the water, mostly otters, seals and dolphins but also sometimes humans, dogs and livestock. It grapples with its target using its legs and the longer tentacles in the lateral fringes. These secrete a mixture of chemicals once the frog has decided to attack, including muscle relaxants, euphorics and analgesics. The frog doesn't have to fight long before the victim is too relaxed, too happy and too high to struggle, and the victim feels no pain.

Having achieved this position, the frog then uses its long tentacles to explore and stimulate the victim's body. The frill on its face is electosensitive and appears to enable it to discern pleasure. By keeping its head against the back of its victim's head, it can work out what the victim enjoys and do more of that, which makes the victim less likely to reject it and more likely to continue to visit the water and also makes it easier to get its tentacles into the victim's womb. Male victims are rejected at this stage and usually just move away and carry on with their lives. Female victims are impregnated.

The young implant into the lining of the uterus and grow there until they are big enough to emerge into the world, which is about the size of the tob joint of my thumb, here. When they're ready to leave, they secrete the same muscle relaxant and crawl out. How they can tell their host is in water is not yet clear, but they tend to emerge into water. They then spend two to four years growing to adult size before mating and going in search of another female mammal to host their young.

In a large enough universe, somewhere there is a creature very much like that. Don't all rush at once, girls, no matter how much your boyfriends could learn from the thing.

Also somewhere ...

. Don't all rush at once, boys.

 

[R4ptur3]

It's possible, but the universe is so weird that it could just be that only we exist for no other reason than, it just is, because the universe says so. Also i don't really understand why aliens should be more advanced in technology then us, that makes no sense. Why should they be able to fly through space and through galaxy's, yet we can't yet.

 

[savandicus]

Given that the probablility of their being aliens can be estimated using maths and that estimate says that its not perticularry likely i'm going to say no. Either way the matter is pointless due to the large size of space the odds of ever coming into contact with any aliens is so incredibly close to zero that your more likely to win the lottery.

 

[Zacharine]

i think there real but im a eternal optimistic.

Make that doubly so, because said aliens just might be something akin to this:

and regard us as a tasty snack.

OT:

Aliens might exist. Alien life of unknown complexity almost certainly exists, but if it is anything we would recognize, or classifiable as intelligent, or within this galaxy, is a whole separate thing. I personally am highly sceptical of star-faring life existing within our galaxy.

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

It's possible like pretty much anything else.