PocketMatrix

I believe aliens exist, actually. Not sure about the whole cover-up thing, however. In fact, it's almost impossible for aliens to not exist, because there are so many galaxies and universes out there, space is infinite, and I bet as we speak new galaxies are being created.

There are millions of galaxies in our universe, and there are millions of universes in our...space?

So complicated, and mind boggling.

I don't deny the existance of aliens neiter do I embrace the idea, but his ideas are perposterous. Telletubbies is just some gay British show for 3> children. Not a coverup for a future world or neo-Nazism.

I don't doubt for a nanosecond that there are alien civilizations out there.

Have any of you ever heard of

It deals with the possible number of alien civilizations *just in our galaxy* and it uses the lowest possible estimates. It goes something like this:

N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL

How many stars are in our Milky Way galaxy?
- around 100 billion

What percentage of those have planetary systems?
- current estimates are between 20% to 50%

Of those that do, how many could sustain life?
- current estimate: 1 to 5

If they do have life, could it evolve?
- impossible to guess, but let's say 1%

If it does evolve, what is the chance it'll be intelligent?
- Again, impossible to estimate for certain, say
another 1%

What percentage of those have means and desire to communicate?
- estimate around 10-20%

And the last one: If they exist, if they communicate, what are the odds that they will survive in the long term? What if they communicate and their sun goes nova before we hear their message?

In the end, you get the number of possible civilizations with which we could communicate. If you take the really, really low estimates, you still end up with a reasonable number of civilizations.... in our home galaxy...

I refuse to accept that we are the only intelligent life out here. It'd be an awful goddamn waste of space.

Cletus told me he done been aductimicated by one.

While we are on the topic of space, Im reading this at the moment:



Anybody else read it? its really great it covers all the major scientific discoveries through history.Its really well written and very interesting.

I have just read through the section about space, he has used some great analagys to convery very complex ideas.[/img]

I am currently reading this book.



Unfortunately, it is not about aliens.