I say we translate through mathematics. Look at how they count, and we will understand them. Muahahaha.

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Yes, we must give praise to the true aliens here - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=zl51edkn7n3xqbghmaolukvl&page=0

Even funnier is the fact the Hynotoad is in the tv tropes pantheon.

Check out http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Hubble_ultra_deep_field.jpg picture. It's a fairly big picture (3100x3100), so I wouldn't open it if you have a slow connection. I don't know if anyone on this forum seen this picture before, probably. :shrug:

I didn't care to read about it much, but when I looked at it before, there was something saying the Hubble telescope was pointed at a little black spot in the sky between some stars somewhere.

I also heard that every bit of light on it was a galaxy, and that one of the galaxies on there was too big for our understanding of physics to explain (I do not know if any of that was true or not, but that's what I read). If all of those dots are indeed galaxies (I really have no idea), which contain trillions of stars, each having the possibility of a planet and it being in the 'habitable zone' of the star, then it would be possible.

I would say that there is life somewhere besides earth and it's solar system.

Aliens are likely to look and behave like us
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7071013/Aliens-are-likely-to-look-and-behave-like-us.html

Wouldn't the Ultimate Irony be that it turns out earth actually is the centre of the universe? And everything in the universe revolves around the earth?

I also think a really tragic thing would be for us to find out that we are the only living things in the entire universe. Earth would be the literal cradle of life. I think that's a lot more possible than most people think. It's also a very, very scary thought.

there has to be some other life out there, considering the amount of space we've explored/seen is the equivalent of a grain of sand at the beach.
earth needs to chill out, and work on making star trek a reality. seriously. then we can get some real space exploration done.
as far as the communication goes... "darmok and jalad at tanagra... temba, his arms wide!"
if we have a picard on our side, we'll figure it all out..

can't really say much on the subject without talkin politics.. and that's a no-no...

these are my thoughts

Life, mathematically impossible for their not to be. Intelligent life, possible. Spacefaring life who wishes to make contact or aknowledge us, highly improbable.

Intergalactic Communicators.... duh.

Babel Fish..... durf. All you have to do is buy a bunch and let them breed. People can be so cheap sometimes.

Honestly I really doubt Humanity will ever survive long enough for us to know that for certain.

I just mean if hypothetically we found out through some weird cosmic event that we were all... alone. And there never was nor would there ever be intelligent life aside from us. That's a lot sadder than never finding other life because the universe is so vast and large.

Lol that's an even more depressing thought.

I avoided this thread because if I start ill never shut up...

The only thing I have faith in,(as in belief without proof)is that the Universe is teeming with life.I dont have faith that ill fix my problems in life but I have faith alien life exists....is that nuts or what And im being honest.

From what we see of the universe its full of activity right,theres destruction that is actually creation ie.supernova.Theres a cycle to everything I think,and I also think organic and/or silicone forms of life are a huge part of that.

Bottom line-My only faith that we are more then meaningless meatbags rests in the likelyhood that the universe is creating us and everything else for a reason.When I was a kid I chose to believe...now I need to believe.

I always thought it would be ironic if there was life on poor little Pluto. We've yet to actually get a clear image of the planet dwarf planet, who knows, maybe it's teeming with life.

Greater chance of the world turning pink spontaneously than there being no other life out there in the vastness that is existence.

I have to wonder though if curiosity is unique to Humans.As in our obsession with understanding things that have no impact on our reproductive imperative.What if thats what makes us special?

I accept that any life form would need to be inquisitive enough to find the means to live but...

Edit-More likely other life could function like the frakkin toasters-completely self centred

All I hope is that if another life form finds Earth, they won`t be able to access Youtube/the internet.

What? I for one want Intergalactic lolcats.

Or see an episode of My Sweet Sixteen

"Daddy I cant love you if I dont get that helicopter"

*Aliens find Earth*

"I have an internet connection!"

*2 minutes later*

"Dear god, blow it up, blow it up!"

Well atleast they will find out stuff like our average IQ, how we reproduce, how we waste our lives on WoW and mostly how much of an angry, irrogent and greedy our societies are.
Our legacy will last forever.

It's a fairly simple equation summarized http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6696/randcb1791.jpg
And here's a link to the book that explains it all and supplies approximate numbers to fill in the equation. It's a free PDF. 6.4 megs

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/2007/RAND_CB179-1.pdf
The book is called "Habitable Planets for Man"

It's an interesting read if you really want to know some numbers

Yeah and it is almost 50 years old... :blink:

1. They do exist;
2. They already stablished contact with earth;
3. They got back to their planet trully amazed how the dolphins are intelligent;
4. They saw humans and said something that could be translated as "Eww!" in english

Yea, and so am I. If anything I'm willing to bet that odds have improved.