Kay Posted March 10, 2009 Content Count: 294 Joined: 02/17/09 Status: Offline Share Posted March 10, 2009 As many of you know, I recently wrote a post about whether or not there are aliens out there. SpikedRocker in particular had an interesting response in which he talked about Drakes equation. Attached is a link to a site talking about Drakes Equation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation Kay Link to comment
SneakySnake Posted March 10, 2009 Content Count: 1910 Joined: 08/07/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 10, 2009 No Haggard is cool. Link to comment
PotshotPolka Posted March 10, 2009 Content Count: 6084 Joined: 03/31/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 10, 2009 It's a goddamn theory, with variables that have no specified numbers, so therefore its useless. Why the hell would you ask? Link to comment
Slavic Posted March 10, 2009 Content Count: 1938 Joined: 09/15/07 Status: Offline Share Posted March 10, 2009 equation, if true, doesn't take into account of intellegent life that isn't carbon based. Link to comment
Frostbyte Posted March 10, 2009 Content Count: 2750 Joined: 07/17/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 10, 2009 Im a 1 spammer. Haggard is by no means cool. Link to comment
XeNo Posted March 11, 2009 Content Count: 6466 Joined: 07/22/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) equation, if true, doesn't take into account of intellegent life that isn't carbon based. Drakes equation is also based off only 'human life', if I remember right. It's designed to only tell you possible planets that COULD perhaps provide living 'human' life. Which involves all things such as animals, people, and so on that we 'humans' call living beings. There's always the possibility that there is planets that have life that do not live like we do or do not need the same resources. The human genetics contains information we still do not even know yet, so it's possible that another species can exist and we may not be able to understand how they live or thrive, because we do not even fully know how we exist either. Therefore, even if it's true, it doesn't matter in the end because there's always chance for another species to exist that we cannot even begin to understand. To think we're alone in such a huge place is naive and arrogant. It's like saying you're the only type of guy of your personality on Earth, you cannot possibly know that and chances are there's probably a guy exactly like you out there and also probably guys with much better personalities as well. Edited March 11, 2009 by XeNo Link to comment
SpikedRocker Posted March 11, 2009 Content Count: 6242 Joined: 04/13/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 11, 2009 Drakes equation is also based off only 'human life', if I remember right. It's designed to only tell you possible planets that COULD perhaps provide living 'human' life. Which involves all things such as animals, people, and so on that we 'humans' call living beings. There's always the possibility that there is planets that have life that do not live like we do or do not need the same resources. The human genetics contains information we still do not even know yet, so it's possible that another species can exist and we may not be able to understand how they live or thrive, because we do not even fully know how we exist either. Therefore, even if it's true, it doesn't matter in the end because there's always chance for another species to exist that we cannot even begin to understand. To think we're alone in such a huge place is naive and arrogant. It's like saying you're the only type of guy of your personality on Earth, you cannot possibly know that and chances are there's probably a guy exactly like you out there and also probably guys with much better personalities as well. Its more for inteligent life...life that we can communicate with, not just humaniods. Link to comment
XeNo Posted March 11, 2009 Content Count: 6466 Joined: 07/22/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 11, 2009 Its more for inteligent life...life that we can communicate with, not just humaniods. Arrogant to say that our life is the only 'intelligent' life. There could be more intelligent life out there that we cannot communicate with due to them being far more advanced and intelligent. Link to comment
DoubleSb Posted March 11, 2009 Content Count: 4162 Joined: 11/27/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 11, 2009 We should have a debate section for all of these shitz. At anyrate like havok said, it's weither it's reliable or not. Which I'm still not sures Link to comment
Wrathek Posted March 11, 2009 Content Count: 1839 Joined: 09/28/08 Status: Offline Share Posted March 11, 2009 call me arrogant, but i say its safe to say that that equation is stupid, and that no other planet houses people as intelligent and self-destructive as the almighty humans Link to comment
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