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Poll: Do aliens exist?
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Yes, of course! (explain why you think so)
64.71%
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No. (explain why you think so)
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0 0%
I'm not sure. (no need to explain)
35.29%
12 35.29%
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Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
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Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
Last night on my best friend's birthday party I came across atheists who like me deny the existense of any gods but they still think we're the only living things in the Universe. Simple logic suggests the opposite but I decided to open this poll cuz I wondered how many of us here refuse to accept the indisputable truth that "where's one, there's more". Fortunately for me, I'm not one of those who deny the existence of extra-terrestrials but I'm curious to see your point of view.
I'll explain my view on that a little later cuz right now I can barely keep my eyes open - I drank all night.
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#2
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
I find it highly improbable that this huge ass universe only has one planet with life on it.

So yes, I think extraterrestrial life exists. As to whether or not that life is intelligent... That's another story.
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#3
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
Judging by the number of planets that scientists estimate to have potential hospitable conditions, (I think over a billion) I'd confidently stand by my belief in saying that there mostly likely is at least one planet out there that is very similar to earth, with similar evolved life forms living there.
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#4
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
Math alone suggests that there must be life but we have no evidence for it, as yet.

Then again there is no evidence for god and there are plenty of morons who believe in that.
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#5
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
I think they probably do exist, but since I'm not sure on that, I voted on the last option. Interesting post, btw. Smile
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

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#6
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
The question is "Do Aliens Exist?"

I don't know.

If the question were "Do you think aliens exist?" then the answer would be yes, I do.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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#7
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
Well, I can't edit the title of the poll, so just go on as if it were edited to be "do you think.....".
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#8
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
As you probably already know, I am "not sure".

There might be other life out there but whether they fit into our definition of life and whether we can recognize them are very troubling questions. And even if we did come across other lifeforms, given our nature, I am pretty sure we'd wipe them out, so it won't matter if they existed either way. Undecided
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- Lau Tzu

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#9
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
I'm not sure if they exist, but I think they do. I'm an agnostic alienist.
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#10
RE: Aliens (extra-terrestrials)?
I think that they most likely do exist based on the sheer number of planets available.

I don't think we've been visited by any of them, though (except in the form of little slimy things on meteors).
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