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Originally Posted by ngcles
Hi Craig & All,
Agree 100%
Add to that, that even if life did arise, there is no guarantee of complex life and from that, no guarantee of animal life and from that, no guarantee of intelligent life -- in fact quite the opposite.
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Les just curious.... if - as you say - there is no guarantee of intelligent life- then how can you say " in fact quite the opposite" ie you are saying there is
NO life out there that could be intelligent?
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Originally Posted by ngcles
But If I were a betting man I'd be inclined to think that the number of civiisations out there in our galaxy is a single digit number, more likely a small single digit number and might well end up being ... 1 (i.e. us -- alone).
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I'll put a billion bucks on the fact ( ahemmm sorry-notion/ theory/ thought ...whatever ) that there are ( or have been for that matter ) civilizations out 'there'........before you take me up on that offer ...let me talk to my local bank / book maker
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Originally Posted by ngcles
If I'm wrong -- I'm completely fine with that and it has no effect on my world (galactic, Universal) view. No matter which way you argue the toss, there is no empirical evidence that there are in fact other civilisations out there at this stage.
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yes and I agree to that
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Originally Posted by CraigS
Its a great question. A great unsolved mystery. I love mysteries.
Funny thing though, once they're solved, I loose interest instantly !
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Same here ......so true
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Originally Posted by CraigS
I personally don't care about the existence or otherwise of exo-life, because I have no vested interests in the existence of it (or not).
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But if the existance of exo life et al was true, you could have vested interests cause it would give you even more insight to the universe...... you know........ more than what 'we' can provide here on Earth
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Originally Posted by CraigS
Hmm .. well I tell ya, Surley … the only scientifically supportable perspective which is a mathematical certainty, is that we cannot predict whether it exists or not.
You might call that fence-sitting.
I call it a sure bet ! (Ie: a winner !)
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I'll be collecting in a few years....mmmm well maybe 1000 years.... my billion bucks...I guess ( and hope ) money wont be an option then....
Bartman