Hi Claude,
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Originally Posted by FredSnerd
Gee I must admit this result surprises me. I thought it would be the tuther way round. You know 10% say yes ETs exist and 90% say no or extremely unlikely. I wonder if the result would be different if those in the real world (not just people with an interest in astronomy) did the poll.
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I might well be wrong Claude, but maybe you have misread the intent of the question?
I don't think the question is asking whether Earth and/or Humans have been "visited" by E.T, but rather whether E.T (which I take to mean (1)advanced, multi-cellular, (2) self-aware life capable of abstract thought, communicating thoughts and ideas by speech, (3) capable of making and using tools to perform tasks and (4) manipulating their environment to their species' advantage) exists somewhere other than our home planet.
If the question is asking whether E.T visits here on Earth, I'd probably expect 90% of people on this forum would answer no and 10% or likely somewhat less answer yes.
If instead (as I interpret) it asks whether he exists somewhere (somewhen?) I'd expect a reversal of percentages -- but personally I still vote rare/extremely unlikely (at the highest) on both counts.
If it were the public at large, I'd probably expect a percentage approaching 100 would vote that E.T exists somewhere (somewhen?) and maybe 30-40%would say we have/are being visited.
Did you misread/misinterpret?
Best,
Les D