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Haha, I like that article. Well done by Mr. Friedman

The sad part is, he's probably right.

I wish Wikileaks would get a hold of something more interesting then our political debacle shit-fests. Maybe get a hold of some NASA files? CIA? I believe our country as a whole would actually gravitate (no pun) towards NASA if some of their secrets were to be leaked. If there actually were some sort of Extraterrestrial contact have been made, ever, there would be no more debate and the whole argument could be changed.

A friend of mine brought up a good point the other day. If there is other life in the universe, it is either
1. dumber than/ equal to us
or
2. Uninterested in our dumbasses
To them, we're probably about as interesting as monkeys. Some of them may study us, so may live among us, but as a whole, we're just used as the butt of jokes on their planet, and nothing more. We're barely even acknowledged.

A friend of mine brought up a good point the other day. If there is other life in the universe, it is either 1. dumber than/ equal to us or 2. Uninterested in our dumbasses

What kind of argument is that? How do you even back that up? Why is it that any other life that is more intelligent than us would be uninterested in us? Do you think we would be uninterested in other life that is less intelligent than us? If you do, you're a dumbass.

Finding other life in the universe would be an incredible advancement, and most likely for both parties if we were to find another intelligent life form, even if they are more advanced than us. The odds of finding other life are so low that if we were to find other life, it would be almost certain that it was the first time they found other life as well.

What kind of argument is that? How do you even back that up? Why is it that any other life that is more intelligent than us would be uninterested in us? Do you think we would be uninterested in other life that is less intelligent than us? If you do, you're a dumbass. Finding other life in the universe would be an incredible advancement, and most likely for both parties if we were to find another intelligent life form, even if they are more advanced than us. The odds of finding other life are so low that if we were to find other life, it would be almost certain that it was the first time they found other life as well.

Prove it.

There's no way for me to prove something that hasn't happened yet, it is purely conjecture. However, I'm basing it on a couple of simple ideas. Most of our universe is empty space. We are so incredibly far away from everything else that even if there is other life out there, it will be a good long while before we find it or they find us. On top of these vast distances, the odds of life actually getting a kickstart on any given planet are so astronomically low that, combined with the fact that we are so far from everything, any other life we find likely will not have found any other life itself, before us.

But that is deviating from the main point. You asserted that any life that is more intelligent than us would be uninterested in us, and I find that idea to be absurd. Look how excited we are about finding other types of life here on our own planet. We could find single-celled organisms on some other planet and I guarantee we would study them to no end. Just because we are more intelligent does not mean there is nothing to learn from them.