• entwine413@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    It’s really stupid to not believe in aliens given the size of the universe.

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        14 hours ago

        What about the American people constantly complaining about aliens illegally entering their country? Explain this!

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        13 hours ago

        I also agree with this statement, although it’s well within the realm of possibility that life on Earth was seeded by an ancient extraterrestrial civilization. That’s a timescale of a few billion years.

        But it’s still not as stupid as thinking that the supreme creator of the infinite universe has a personal interest in how you live your life.

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          That would make some sense if not for overwhelming proof of evolution of both, animals and nature that started out with pretty much nothing

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            I like to entertain the idea that something similar to mushroom spores were emitted throughout a part of space and mostly didn’t work but, where it did, life was ready to ride evolution all over again from just the basics. Just fun to think about. I’m not a witch, don’t burn me

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        alien doesn’t necessarily mean sapient, humanoid or even anything larger than a walnut. if you took life on earth as a sample of the universe it would be much more likely for an alien lifeform to be a plant or bacteria. and even an animal is more likely to be an insect than a mammal-like animal, much less anything humanoid.

        (someone should look into the numbers my source is just vague memory at this point)

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      15 hours ago

      People who are interested in aliens and UFOs rarely solely make this argument. Often, they’ve encountered or somehow know of these aliens.

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      14 hours ago

      Also given the scale of time of the universe. We as humans have only existed for a small amout of time on the vast scale of things.

      Countless alien civilizations may have existed and destroyed themselves, and may others may have not come into existence yet.