Some people are so certain that there must be life on other Earth-like planets, but I think that the number of coincidences that must have lined up to lead to the development of life, let alone intelligent life, is so mind-bogglingly huge that I think it's still more likely that we're the only life in the universe.
There is always the possibility of life developing at some point, but since our universe is relatively "new", at least compared to how long it'll be before heat death, I'm thinking it's more than likely that, right now, we're the only intelligent life there is, at least, in this universe, on this plane.
If you really think about it, we're beyond lucky to be alive, to be human, to be intelligent, and to have evolved on Earth. We should be thankful for this experience of life every day we live. The fact that life exists is such amazing science, it's almost magical from a human viewpoint. It's almost as if matter spontaneously organized itself into the living, breathing, thinking, and feeling person you see in the mirror. Pretty amazing...
It could be the same thing perhaps. I've never heard the term 'big chill'. Heat death is what many scientists believe will eventually happen to the universe and will be its final "stage". All motion/reactions will eventually cease as the universe expands and stretches "too thin" and thus there will be no heat in the entire universe when the last atom stops vibrating. I read about it a long time ago, so I might have it wrong, but I think that's the gist of it.
What is your opinion of aliens?
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Some people are so certain that there must be life on other Earth-like planets, but I think that the number of coincidences that must have lined up to lead to the development of life, let alone intelligent life, is so mind-bogglingly huge that I think it's still more likely that we're the only life in the universe.
There is always the possibility of life developing at some point, but since our universe is relatively "new", at least compared to how long it'll be before heat death, I'm thinking it's more than likely that, right now, we're the only intelligent life there is, at least, in this universe, on this plane.
If you really think about it, we're beyond lucky to be alive, to be human, to be intelligent, and to have evolved on Earth. We should be thankful for this experience of life every day we live. The fact that life exists is such amazing science, it's almost magical from a human viewpoint. It's almost as if matter spontaneously organized itself into the living, breathing, thinking, and feeling person you see in the mirror. Pretty amazing...
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What's heat death? Is that similar to the big chill?
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It could be the same thing perhaps. I've never heard the term 'big chill'. Heat death is what many scientists believe will eventually happen to the universe and will be its final "stage". All motion/reactions will eventually cease as the universe expands and stretches "too thin" and thus there will be no heat in the entire universe when the last atom stops vibrating. I read about it a long time ago, so I might have it wrong, but I think that's the gist of it.