. . . at least most people in Great Britain, Germany, and the USA.
"Men, across all three countries, are more likely to believe in extra-terrestrial life. Only in Germany do a majority of women (51%) believe. The oldest people are the least likely to believe in all three countries – in Britain, for example, 45% of over-60s believe in aliens compared to 59% of 18-24s.
Our total lack of evidence for intelligent life contradicts the incredibly low chance that ours is the only planet where it exists in the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 planet universe, a problem knows as the 'Fermi Paradox'. British people who believe alien life exists say the most likely reasons for the paradox are that intelligent life is too far away for us to be able to contact it, and that our technology is not advanced enough for communication."
Ref: yougov.co.uk
For a discussion of the Fermi Paradox, . . . if the Universe is so big and so old, why haven't aliens been encountered ?, . . . DonDiego recommends:
__The Fermi paradox - Part 1
__The Fermi Paradox - Part 2 [The conclusion of Part 2 is that the human race really doesn't know anything about this subject.]
DonDiego is smart enough to know what he does not know, . . . so he has no opinion on the question. DonDiego likes to think there may be aliens elsewhere, . . . and that they may do a better job of surviving and prospering than the inhabitants of Earth, who are likely on the downslope of their civilization.
DonDiego does not expect puny Earthlings to achieve interstellar spaceflight, . . . even in the unlikely event that it were possible with the resources available. Nonetheless, he wishes anyone who tries the best of luck.
Of course, DonDiego also would prefer that if there is intelligent extraterrestrial life they do not visit Earth anytime soon. Their technology would be incomprehensibly advanced over that of the People of Earth. And History suggests that when such different societies meet, the lesser society is pretty much eliminated.
Discuss.
"Men, across all three countries, are more likely to believe in extra-terrestrial life. Only in Germany do a majority of women (51%) believe. The oldest people are the least likely to believe in all three countries – in Britain, for example, 45% of over-60s believe in aliens compared to 59% of 18-24s.
Our total lack of evidence for intelligent life contradicts the incredibly low chance that ours is the only planet where it exists in the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 planet universe, a problem knows as the 'Fermi Paradox'. British people who believe alien life exists say the most likely reasons for the paradox are that intelligent life is too far away for us to be able to contact it, and that our technology is not advanced enough for communication."
Ref: yougov.co.uk
For a discussion of the Fermi Paradox, . . . if the Universe is so big and so old, why haven't aliens been encountered ?, . . . DonDiego recommends:
__The Fermi paradox - Part 1
__The Fermi Paradox - Part 2 [The conclusion of Part 2 is that the human race really doesn't know anything about this subject.]
DonDiego is smart enough to know what he does not know, . . . so he has no opinion on the question. DonDiego likes to think there may be aliens elsewhere, . . . and that they may do a better job of surviving and prospering than the inhabitants of Earth, who are likely on the downslope of their civilization.
DonDiego does not expect puny Earthlings to achieve interstellar spaceflight, . . . even in the unlikely event that it were possible with the resources available. Nonetheless, he wishes anyone who tries the best of luck.
Of course, DonDiego also would prefer that if there is intelligent extraterrestrial life they do not visit Earth anytime soon. Their technology would be incomprehensibly advanced over that of the People of Earth. And History suggests that when such different societies meet, the lesser society is pretty much eliminated.
Discuss.
