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The chances of finding life in the universe is so unbelievably small that it is impossible.......

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The chances of finding life in the universe is so unbelievably small that it is impossible.......


finding life as in we actually stumble across it or finding life as in it exists in more places than here?  i tend to agree with the first part, but completely disagree with the second.  there is too much universe out there to assume that only 1 / infinity supports life.  of course, with all those infinite planets, there may be a few that have life that can find us. 

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The chances of finding life in the universe is so unbelievably small that it is impossible.......


I completely disagree.  There are several hundred billion stars in our galaxy.  There are many that have planets around them.  There are billions of galaxies in the universe.  It is a statistical impossibility for there not to be life elsewhere in the universe.  And this is based on the idea that life only comes from our goldilocks area around the Sun.  If we embrace the idea that life could exist in other forms, than our goldilocks zone increases greatly, including our chances of finding life.  The chance is pretty much 1/Infinity-->0% of not finding life in the universe.

Besides, why would God give us a universe so big if we could not explore it to find other life?  If it was just us, why not just give us a galaxy.  I mean we observe all these stars in the sky.  Just food for thought.

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Im certain there is but my point was that in the vastness of the universe life is so rare that mathmatically it isnt there at all. However we know that however unlikely it is that we might find life elsewhere in the universe it has evolved here and therefore must have cropped up elsewhere in the universe. With infinite possibilities in the universe i suggest that it is teeming with life, only we, limited as we are, are unable to prove it (again) once and for all, for now.....

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Thats twice ive tried to post nibirus orbit but it just stayed blank. hmmm.

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The problem with that is that unless you are referring to the empty voids in the universe, then you are mathematically incorrect.  I would also like to point out that we do not have the ability to observe life elsewhere in the universe with today's technology.  So we could find that life is not rare at all, but we simply cannot see it with our telescopes. 

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that was the point i was making.

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I believe that our galaxy let alone the universe is teeming with life.

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The Zodiac signs help greatly to make the point.

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finally managed to post it, not the one i was originally trying to but it will have to do for now.

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That was quick oinquarki.

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Okay, lets be extremely conservative with the numbers.  Lets say only 1% of the planets in the goldilocks zone contained life.  Only 1% of the stars have planets in the goldilocks zone.  Only 1% of the stars have planets.  So 1 out of every 10000 stars has planets within the goldilocks zone. 

Again there are billions of stars in a galaxy and billions of galaxies.  For simplicity sake lets say there are 100 billion stars in a galaxy and 100 billion galaxies.

Based on this that would mean that there are 10 million stars in a galaxy that have planets in the goldilocks zone.  Multiply by 100 billion galaxies and you get 1x10^18 stars with planets in the goldilocks zone.

Now if we were the only planet in the goldilocks zone, that would mean:

1 star with a planet in the goldilocks zone with life/(1000000000000000000 stars with planets in the goldilocks zone)-->gives a percentage that pretty much is 0%

That is with my conservative estimates of the number of planets, stars, and galaxies in the universe.  So if anything, it should be even lower than what I came up with, which still would be virtually zero. 

Again, it is a statistical impossibility for there not to be life in the universe besides us.

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What is the angle on the galactic plane does it orbit the Sun?

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Yes it orbits the sun. Here is a sumerian depiction of the solar system.

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