[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
HI Sue,
He's probably referring to the large numbers of planets like earth that
have all the physical parameters that we recognize as being essential to
supporting some form of life. Of course, even this understates the
probability because that only covers life forms as WE know them. IMO, it
is the almost inconceivable size of the universe that makes it almost a
certainty that other life forms do exist. And it is the same
inconceivable size that makes me think that none of these life forms have
likely been anywhere near our planet.
Bill
On Mon, 09 Mar 1998 11:59:10 -0800 Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Hi Bill:
>
>My husband is into the scientific end of all of this and he believes
>that there is "life" out there somewhere. Perhaps not *people* kind
>of
>life, but life nevertheless. He also tried to explain to me yesterday
>something about the sun and the orbit of the earth, etc and how it
>would
>relate to all of this.
>
>I have to say he lost me on it all. :(
>
>I do believe though that if an alien being did come here we would
>probably all freak out and beat him/her up. We are certainly not that
>civilized when it comes to things that we don't understand, or people
>for that matter, that are a little different. :(
>
>Sue
>>
>> Hi Sue,
>>
>> IMO, if they have the technology to travel across so great a
>distance
>> then they will be far superior to us in all areas. So we would
>certainly
>> pose not threat to them.
>>
>> Now, consider what WE would do if we encountered a world with life
>forms
>> that are far inferior to us. Would we simply observe and leave them
>> alone? I dont' think we would.
>>
>> IMO, we WILL have a major contact some time in the future. And it
>will
>> be with a civilization that has a space vehicle as its world and
>will
>> carry beings that have evolved on this space vehicle over an
>inredibly
>> long period of time. After all, we could consider our own world a
>space
>> vehicle that we do not have control over and that travels in an
>> elliptical orbit around the sun.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
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