RE: When do you think we will have extraterrestrials visit us? visit us
June 7, 2012 at 8:08 pm
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2012 at 8:15 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:I am not looking for a date, but I think they will visit when we truly start exploring space
Don't hold your breath. Pretty sure interstellar space exploration is not yet considered a realistic possibility.
Why on earth would a species sufficiently advanced to travel the distance involved bother with such a primitive and aggressive species as homo sapiens? EG we allow millions of our fellows to die from starvation and diseases and have not yet learned to stop killing each other en masse.
Quote:Lemme guess, you don't think there is any life out there? In the incomprehensible expanse of trillions upon trillions of stars and planets, we are the only life.
I think there is probability of 1 . However, I'm unable to make a truth claim, because probability of 1 is not proof.
Quote:In probability theory, one says that an event happens almost surely (sometimes abbreviated as a.s.) if it happens with probability one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_surely
