People who believe in the end of days surely aren't interested in finding out if there is any other life in the universe because there is no point in that. And that is one of the core principles of Christianity: the end of days. So if you live a life expecting the end of days which some say that is near... you get the point: what is your motivation to find out new things anyway? We are all going to die soon, right?I've always thought that it is pretty egotistical of us to think that we are the only intelligent life out of all the endless universe! God created "The Heavens", so why do we just assume that he stopped with our measly little planet? He can create anything he wants, so there might be several other worlds that He created. He might not plan for us to ever meet, but that doesn't mean something isn't out there.
He might not plan for us to ever meet, but that doesn't mean something isn't out there.
That implies the lack of free will and we could of course start a long discussion that has already been addressed in many topics.
What is the point of speculating of something out there if you don't actually do something to know it exists?
The universe is so big that in terms of statistics/numbers/mathematics it is possible to meet the right conditions for intelligent life in other places as well.I don't think it's egotistical, but rather realistic. Every solar system we've come across has characteristics that would inhibit life, especially an intelligent kind. Our solar system is so finely tuned. Even planets far away from us (like Jupiter) help Earth in ways we never would have thought of centuries ago.
1) Real stuff: do you know that there is a project to colonize planet Mars by 2023? Of course, there won't a lot of people there, but just saying. Do you know that scientists have a theoretical plan to terra-format Mars that would take about 100-200 years? Our generation won't see it, but...And for anyone who really believes that our world has been visited by UFOs piloted by aliens from other planets, you need to read this powerful refutation of the physical impossibility of it:
http://www.reasons.org/physics/constant ... here-there
2) Physics theoretical only: traveling a huge distance is not impossible in theory: we just don't have the technology at the time being to make it happen.
here is a link with a basic explanation of how such a travel system would work: link