Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Adeldor t1_ivamjr4 wrote

Reply to comment by invent_or_die in [OC] There has to be life somewhere in there. M13 by Hawkey2100

If you mean outside the Earth, there's absolutely no evidence (as yet).

3

MogLoop t1_ivd2fjv wrote

You are right of course, I feel like their point still has merit though

3

Own_Interaction5121 t1_ivdmzlc wrote

We have no evidence yet, but we're living on this planet for so long and we still don't know everything about it yet. Think about our level of knowledge of our own solar system! And then the rest of our galaxy & the universe. Just because humans don't have an evidence, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We just haven't found it yet, considering the sheer infinite size of our universe (probably infinite) we'll never be able to know everything. It might even be possible that we never even find intelligent alien life forms. But the probability of them not existing is way lesser than the probability of their existence.

2

Adeldor t1_ivdoz9d wrote

To be clear, I do not in any way deny the possibility. Further, chemistry appears to be the same no matter how deep observations sensitive to such can be made. And that we exist means life is possible (statement of the obvious :-) ).

However, it might be exceedingly unlikely for reasons yet to be found. And again, we've no evidence at all that it exists beyond Earth. So saying "Life is everywhere" is a leaping statement of faith, not fact. Also, saying the "probability of them not existing is way less ..." is also a statement of faith. No probability can yet be determined beyond saying it isn't zero.

Caveat: Were the universe truly infinite, with matter and energy distributed much as we see it in our "corner," then yes, everything that's possible will happen. But as I read it, the universe is not infinite in that manner.

1