(October 29, 2016 at 11:45 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(October 29, 2016 at 11:42 am)Simon Moon Wrote: I believe there are other, possibly many, intelligent civilizations in the universe.
Well over a 100 billion galaxies, each with 100 - 200 stars, and countless planets in the universe.
We have found 3500 exoplanets, some within the habitable zone of their stars. It is estimated that there are 8 billion earth like planets in our galaxy.
The odds are just to great.
But let me add, I proportion the strength of my belief to the level of evidence available. So my belief is not certain.
. . . Each with 100-200 stars?
Ooops...
100-200 BILLION.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
