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Do you think there's a point to your existence??

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RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence??

March 30, 2012 at 3:07 pm (This post was last modified: March 30, 2012 at 3:10 pm by Orion3T.)

(March 27, 2012 at 5:28 am)Christian Wrote:
(March 27, 2012 at 5:26 am)Ace Otana Wrote: That's very arrogant. Very very arrogant.
What makes you think we're the only ones with nature's gift of reason? Billions of stars, billions of planets orbiting them and billions of galaxies. Good chance there are other sapient beings out there. Just saying.

Playing by your own rules, please provide evidence of this claim.

Our own tiny insignificant solar system has enough environments which may be, or have been, conducive to life:

Mars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars#Search_for_life
Enceladus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_(...ater_ocean
Titan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon...sible_life
Europa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moo...trial_life
Callisto: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto_(m..._the_ocean

Whether any of those really did, do, or will have life is still very uncertain.

The point is that life may not be nearly as unlikely as we egocentric beings naturally tend to think. Let's remove Earth from the equation - that's still several other environments in our solar system which have the potential for life. Multiply that by 9 x 10^21. Or if you really need the zeroes:

9 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

Of course, with a sample size of 1 Solar System, we cannot be sure how many of those might have life. But I think most scientists agree the odds are in life's favour.

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Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Blanca - March 26, 2012 at 5:01 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Paul the Human - March 26, 2012 at 5:04 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Anomalocaris - March 26, 2012 at 5:04 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by 5thHorseman - March 26, 2012 at 5:07 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Blanca - March 26, 2012 at 5:14 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Forsaken - March 26, 2012 at 5:22 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Nine - March 26, 2012 at 5:09 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Grundy - March 26, 2012 at 5:11 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Welsh cake - March 26, 2012 at 5:11 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Forsaken - March 26, 2012 at 5:12 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth - March 26, 2012 at 5:25 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by mediamogul - March 26, 2012 at 5:26 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Blanca - March 26, 2012 at 5:32 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by mediamogul - March 26, 2012 at 6:02 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Nine - March 26, 2012 at 5:30 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by padraic - March 26, 2012 at 5:52 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Anomalocaris - March 26, 2012 at 6:12 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by R-e-n-n-a-t - March 26, 2012 at 5:58 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Minimalist - March 26, 2012 at 6:08 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by kılıç_mehmet - March 26, 2012 at 7:01 pm

Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by fuckass365 - March 26, 2012 at 8:41 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Blanca - March 26, 2012 at 9:21 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by R-e-n-n-a-t - March 28, 2012 at 7:40 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Bgood - March 27, 2012 at 12:12 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by mamamia88 - March 27, 2012 at 2:42 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by houseofcantor - March 27, 2012 at 3:47 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Michelle_Patton - March 27, 2012 at 3:55 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Christian - March 27, 2012 at 3:59 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by houseofcantor - March 27, 2012 at 4:29 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Christian - March 27, 2012 at 5:21 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Ace Otana - March 27, 2012 at 5:26 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Christian - March 27, 2012 at 5:28 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Ace Otana - March 27, 2012 at 5:36 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Christian - March 27, 2012 at 5:49 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Ace Otana - March 27, 2012 at 5:57 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Christian - March 27, 2012 at 6:03 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Ace Otana - March 27, 2012 at 6:09 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by KichigaiNeko - March 27, 2012 at 6:13 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by fuckass365 - March 27, 2012 at 8:45 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Norfolk And Chance - March 27, 2012 at 7:12 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Orion3T - March 30, 2012 at 3:07 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Aegrus - March 30, 2012 at 5:05 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by genkaus - March 27, 2012 at 6:18 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Blanca - March 27, 2012 at 5:45 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Faith No More - March 27, 2012 at 5:24 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by KichigaiNeko - March 27, 2012 at 6:23 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by KichigaiNeko - March 27, 2012 at 10:43 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by fuckass365 - March 27, 2012 at 10:59 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by KichigaiNeko - March 27, 2012 at 11:04 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Welsh cake - March 28, 2012 at 8:16 am

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by KichigaiNeko - March 28, 2012 at 8:19 am

Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by fuckass365 - March 28, 2012 at 8:41 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Minimalist - March 28, 2012 at 9:25 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by Bgood - March 28, 2012 at 11:15 pm

RE: Do you think there's a point to your existence?? - by AthiestAtheist - March 29, 2012 at 3:07 pm

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