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Originally posted by Colin
The question of whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe depends on what you think of abiogenesis. It's a somewhat popular view that since life appeared here on Earth it must have had a fairly decent chance of appearing.
Problem is we know nothing about whether the origin of life is normal or whackily improbable. We know nothing about the odds of self-replicating molecules appearing. It seems that all life on earth is related enough that abiogenesis appeared only once on Earth.
It might that the odds are extremely high (1 in 10 planets) or it might be that they are vanishingly small (1 in *number of planets in universe*. Sample size is pretty small. 1 known case. We know nothing.
If you come across a really strange object in the jungle, what are the odds you'll find another one? Not a clue with the information we have. Speculating that you found it in the forest you happen to be in and calculating how many other forests there are "just like it" won't help.
Fletch pointed out the ignorance of man and that we have no reason to think we are alone in the Universe. I think we are even more ignorant than he does. We don't have a clue.
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this is like when people try to explain God, God is nothing like we ever dreamed of, imagined, or can even come close to picturing, His self is so complex and so simple we could never come close to fathem His truth.
this is just like as you said when it comes to life and in the universe in general, even if we found it we would not know if it was or if their is more. this is my reason why i dont want to die as a human you live to discover the future and if heaven is what people hope it is its not the same place i wish it was. to die and be told all secrets that man has spent an infinite amount of time to even start to understand be handed to you.
so live on and prosper!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOO.
