I have to agree with the professor that it is unlikely that there is sentient life out there. On the extremely rare occasion that we find life it will most likely be single cell organisms.
We went through this with the Rogue Waves for several centuries. The math says that every now and then it's possible to have a wave higher than average. Within those waves it's possible to have a wave several times higher than average. And, within those waves it's possible to have a wave over 1,000 feet high, or maybe even a mile high.
It has to be the same with life.
Seriously? There are whole galaxies that were created before ours even existed
I am thinking we are too immature to warrant alien visitation often.
It would be like us going to mars every day because we saw live ants there, and trying to interact with them.
After seeing some of the amazing structures built before modern history, and hearing all the ancient stores of ‘star people’ I think we have been visitted before many times.
Just nothing in recent history.
It’s a big universe- they can’t spend ALL their time here.
Oh and I think people who believe in ‘crop circles’ are morons.
Life is rare. It's rare in the solar system. It's rare even on Earth if something like a mass ratio is used to measure it (a few parts in 10 billion).
On the extremely rare occasion that we find life it will most likely be single cell organisms.
It's possible that life once existed on Mars and Venus. Simple life seems to appear within millions of years given the right conditions.
While there are probably an incredible number of planets in the Universe, the probability for conditions and the sequence of events needed for intelligent life is incredibly small.
I actually think the professor is wrong.
We see patterns repeated throughout the natural world, and now that we can glimpse further and further out there — into the natural universe — we continue to see patterns repeated.
Life is a part of the natural universe; we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t. There is absolutely nothing to suggest it shouldn’t fall under the same natural repetition seen in planetary systems, stars, and galaxies.
While sentient life may be rare, I think the universe is teeming with life, and that some of that life is sentient. If we’re ever fortunate enough to discover advanced life, I think we ‘ll be more amazed that it seems so familiar.
The professor hasn't a clue.
“I have to agree with the professor that it is unlikely that there is sentient life out there. On the extremely rare occasion that we find life it will most likely be single cell organisms.”
Sentient life is another matter. Despite their claims of open-mindedness, I think scientists are terrified at the possibility of other sentient life in the universe,,,especially if it was far in advance of us technologically/scientifically. It would be like Einstein meeting a caveman proud of his scientific knowledge in making a sharp stick. I doubt their egos could withstand being knocked off the perch as the pinnacle of intelligence.