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People believe in all sorts of unbelievable things: conspiracy theories, ghosts, gods (no offense), etc...
So why is it that it seems many people refuse to believe in extra terrestrial life? They have no problem defending other things that probably don't exist, but they can't accept something extremely plausible? I bet if you took a poll in the United States, more people would be believe in ghosts than aliens -- or it would be pathetically close.
Earth is like 0.0000000000000000000000000000001% of the universe, and you can't even entertain the possibility for a second, that some sort of life exists somewhere else?
That doesn't mean it's intelligent, or has spaceships, or lasers -- it could simply be some bacteria or microbes.
No, I'll stop -- It's a ridiculous idea after all 
(and no this has nothing to do with the stupidity that is UFOs)
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Why don't people believe in UFO's?
Kind of a strange contradictory thing to put at the end of your post imo...
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On July 01 2009 08:25 Piy wrote:
Why don't people believe in UFO's?
Kind of a strange contradictory thing to put at the end of your post imo...
Many UFO sightings and reported abductions sound absolutely ridiculous. I'm sure there's a couple controversial ones that are worth discussing, but most are BS.
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What makes you think that "so many people" refuse to believe in aliens? Are there even any legitimate studies about that kind of thing?
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i agree completely with the OP, the universe has something like 36.5 billion light year radius or something crazy like that? Which consists of millions of stars that each comprise their own potential system of planets, so i don't believe that Earth is supposed to be the only planet that can sustain life :x
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Norway28909 Posts
erm a lot of americans believe in aliens and ufo's..
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It is almost directly a religious thing. If there are life forms on other planets it completely goes against everything conservative religions strive to teach.
Most people who realize just how vast the universe really is are smart enough to consider the fact that our planet isnt the only one a perfect distance from a heat source to contain life.
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On July 01 2009 08:28 Grommit wrote:
What makes you think that "so many people" refuse to believe in aliens? Are there even any legitimate studies about that kind of thing?
From my experiences I wouldn't be surprised if most people didn't. Is my generlazation accurate or credible? No. It's just a casual forum topic.
Though I'll try to find some statistics.
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Poll: Do you believe in Aliens?
(Vote): Yes - And they're watching us...
(Vote): Yes - They're out there!
(Vote): Don't Know
(Vote): No - Incredibly unlikely
(Vote): No - Impossible
Of course, this being a site dedicated to an intergalactic war between aliens, there may be some cause for bias.
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I think most people belive in aliens somewhere in the space (?) but not on the earth.
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Thank you for the poll 
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The equation can really be looked at as a number of questions:
N* represents the number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy
Question: How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy?
Answer: Current estimates are 100 billion.
fp is the fraction of stars that have planets around them
Question: What percentage of stars have planetary systems?
Answer: Current estimates range from 20% to 50%.
ne is the number of planets per star that are capable of sustaining life
Question: For each star that does have a planetary system, how many planets are capable of sustaining life?
Answer: Current estimates range from 1 to 5.
fl is the fraction of planets in ne where life evolves
Question: On what percentage of the planets that are capable of sustaining life does life actually evolve?
Answer: Current estimates range from 100% (where life can evolve it will) down to close to 0%.
fi is the fraction of fl where intelligent life evolves
Question: On the planets where life does evolve, what percentage evolves intelligent life?
Answer: Estimates range from 100% (intelligence is such a survival advantage that it will certainly evolve) down to near 0%.
fc is the fraction of fi that communicate
Question: What percentage of intelligent races have the means and the desire to communicate?
Answer: 10% to 20%
fL is fraction of the planet's life during which the communicating civilizations live
Question: For each civilization that does communicate, for what fraction of the planet's life does the civilization survive?
Answer: This is the toughest of the questions. If we take Earth as an example, the expected lifetime of our Sun and the Earth is roughly 10 billion years. So far we've been communicating with radio waves for less than 100 years. How long will our civilization survive? Will we destroy ourselves in a few years like some predict or will we overcome our problems and survive for millennia? If we were destroyed tomorrow the answer to this question would be 1/100,000,000th. If we survive for 10,000 years the answer will be 1/1,000,000th.
When all of these variables are multiplied together when come up with:
N, the number of communicating civilizations in the galaxy.
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html
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What's your evidence that they don't? When asked the question "do you believe in aliens?", people are more likely to interpret that as "have UFO's come to earth and abducted people" than "might there be bacteria somewhere in the galaxy".
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According to that small survery, only 60% believe
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If by aliens you mean more evolved lifeforms than human beings that we have not yet encountered yet, then yes I do believe in them. If you are talking about the cloverfield monster or predator then no I don't
It's very probable that aliens do exists and they are just highly evolved versions of us. We like to think that we are the peak of evolution but that is just silly. There are organisms that we as humans study which are very primative, so there has to be organisms out there that are so highly evolved we can't even comprehend them. Physicists talk about time travel and multiple dimisions, and it is likely that these alien beings live in a different time/space. They can observe us because they are so more technologically advanced than us, but we cannot spot or communicate with them. UFOs are really just alien observers checking upon us, because to them, we are the past and they live in the future.
Godamn I know what I just typed sounds nutty but I've heard Michio Kaku talk about it and hes legit.
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I don't believe in aliens, but I'd like to think they existed
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On July 01 2009 08:34 eMbrace wrote:According to that small survery, only 60% believe
The article said they interviewed people 18 and older...I'd be willing to bet the older people are, the less likely they are to believe in extraterrestrial life. This generation is probably much more receptive to the idea of E.T than say the baby boomers or the greatest generation.
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Of that 1000 people, how many spoke Klingon?
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