Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life?

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Re: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by tobyink (Canon) on Jun 04, 2020 at 11:53 UTC
It's statistically almost a certainty that there is life elsewhere in the universe. Intelligent life is pretty probable too. However, because of the vast distances involved, making contact with any life outside our solar system seems pretty unlikely; and finding any life more complex than single cells inside our solar system equally so. toby döt ink	[reply]
Re^2: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? -- Lithopanspermia by Discipulus (Canon) on Jun 14, 2020 at 15:44 UTC
I totally agree with tobyink So I dont want to know if there is extraterrestrial life out of there, because I already know. So I voted `No` Universe is too big and big numbers are fun: impossible to state that Earth is an unicum (well probably is, but in another sense and we must conserve it as well as we can, instead of depredate it..). I want just to add a little concept: lithopanspermia. See also L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by LanX (Sage) on Jun 03, 2020 at 23:47 UTC
Hmm.. shouldn't the question be about intelligent life ? Anyway, I'm still wondering if there is any terrestrial intelligent life ... Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^2: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by soonix (Canon) on Jun 04, 2020 at 08:23 UTC
in other words, before trying to create "artificial intelligence" we should try to unterstand natural stupidity?	[reply]
Re: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by perldigious (Priest) on Jun 01, 2020 at 16:01 UTC
Only if we can get them on Tinder, I'd like to be first to be that friend people have that only dates Thermian women. :-) Just another Perl hooker - My clients appreciate that I keep my code clean but my comments dirty.	[reply]
Re^2: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by Perlbotics (Bishop) on Jun 01, 2020 at 16:56 UTC
No, not really, just where.	[reply]
Re^3: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Jun 02, 2020 at 14:41 UTC
«...where...» Very far away. At least this is sure. And I hope very much that they don’t have yet another strange president over there. «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe» `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by Perlbotics (Bishop) on Jun 02, 2020 at 18:07 UTC
Re^4: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by perlfan (Vicar) on Jun 03, 2020 at 15:30 UTC
Re^5: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by soonix (Canon) on Jun 03, 2020 at 15:52 UTC
Re^5: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Jun 03, 2020 at 16:35 UTC
Re: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Jun 09, 2020 at 09:16 UTC
Liu Cixin's trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past gives an interesting aspect to that question, comparing galactic civilizations with hunters in a dark forest: In a dark forest, you have no way to identify if anyone you meet is peaceful or not. So the only rational way (if you want to survive) is to hide yourself - and to kill any other before they might see and kill you. So I'm not so sure if I want to find out if there is extraterrestrial life ... Rata	[reply]
Re: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Jun 12, 2020 at 13:48 UTC
Further reading «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe» `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by Skeeve (Parson) on Jun 17, 2020 at 08:24 UTC
I voted "No" because I'm sure there is. I'm pretty sure it's an intelligent life form. Proof is: They ignore us. `s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{});#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(\|?{%` `+`.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jun 17, 2020 at 12:22 UTC
I voted "No" because I'm sure there is. It's interesting - I don't see the causative relationship. To me, it would make just as much sense (ie none whatsoever) to say "I voted 'Yes' because I'm sure there is". The question is "Do you want to know", and the answer is not reliant upon what (if anything) you already know. The question is about what you want to know, irrespective of anything that you already know. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^3: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by Skeeve (Parson) on Sep 28, 2020 at 14:34 UTC
Don't confuse me with facts. I'm sure there is. I don't want to know because if there isn't I cannot be sure anymore. But I'm sure there has to be because here there isn't. `s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{});#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(\|?{%` `+`.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by tobyink (Canon) on Sep 28, 2020 at 16:05 UTC
Re: Do you really want to know if there is extraterrestrial life? by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jun 12, 2020 at 15:01 UTC
As tobyink, in effect, said earlier - we already know. Cheers, Rob	[reply]


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