roorichard
Chrono Cadet
Someone just came to me and said that NASA is going to announce that they have found life. At 2:00pm est, our factual view of the solar system will most certainly change.
NASA TO ANNOUNCE WE ARE NOT ALONE
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RainmanTime
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roorichard
Chrono Cadet
Let the Dark Times reign!!!
I will be listening for such announcements. But even if we find that there is habitable life on other planets or moons with the same basic elements, microbes and bacteria of our own earth, it does not really determine anything. This may be because our detection devices, computers and machines were made to "suit and serve" only us on this earthly realm. And its quit possible that our machines may only be able to detect the "same elements" that we perceive with our human eyes here on earth with the range of light and refraction that only our eye retina’s are capable of distinguishing.
A possible contemplation does lurk that the machines that are created on this earth and from this earth may not be able to detect anything other than what we recognize as in pertaining to this earth. And we must also recognize this...
So basically what I’m trying to say is that if we go out in this huge universe we may only be able to recognize things that pertain to "our eyes". Because the "human" eyes were "developed" only to see things on the light spectrum of this earth. If there is a foreign life form to be seen, we might not recognize or be able to distinquish it between its physical form or that of a dust cloud fogging up our instruments and lenses.
This opens up the theory for realms and dimensions...
A possible contemplation does lurk that the machines that are created on this earth and from this earth may not be able to detect anything other than what we recognize as in pertaining to this earth. And we must also recognize this...
So basically what I’m trying to say is that if we go out in this huge universe we may only be able to recognize things that pertain to "our eyes". Because the "human" eyes were "developed" only to see things on the light spectrum of this earth. If there is a foreign life form to be seen, we might not recognize or be able to distinquish it between its physical form or that of a dust cloud fogging up our instruments and lenses.
This opens up the theory for realms and dimensions...
roorichard
Chrono Cadet
I think it is more practical to the normal human being that doesn't know much about dimensions/realms to realize that there is life out there and now we have factual evidence that there is. It will be easier to understand to the overall populas of this world to know that life exists not only on Earth, but anywhere else in the universe. I believe it may be a little far fetched for NASA to begin to explain these non everyday terms to unsciencebased people. Maybe this could happen once an overall good understanding of the universe is understood, but as of right now I think this is a step in the right direction and the beginning of more and more people believing in the coloniztion of space.
One day if we ever start to populate places such as the moon/mars/etc, then we can begin to understand in what you are trying to explain. But as for the everyday folk, I could almost assure you that this will bring abrupt changes in the way people think of space. To realize that we are not alone is intriguing to some and startling to others, but there will many feelings changed just from finding a minuscule lifeform some 800 million miles away.
It may not determine anything to scientists or people that do this type of research everyday, but as I said above, the important thing is that this will fascinate some. This may get the ball rolling for more people/kids to take the route of astronmer/scientist/etc. This will change what 6-8 year olds learn in elementary school, they will not have to imagine ET life anymore, they will experience it as a reality.
So I don't agree with you that it does not determine anything. Scientifically, it may not determine much but there are a lot more everyday people than there are scientists last time I checked. It actually may not surprise you or stimulate your thoughts, but that doesn't mean this won't begin to make everyone "Believe" in something more than what we have here on Earth. And that alone will be the most important part of this discovery..
One day if we ever start to populate places such as the moon/mars/etc, then we can begin to understand in what you are trying to explain. But as for the everyday folk, I could almost assure you that this will bring abrupt changes in the way people think of space. To realize that we are not alone is intriguing to some and startling to others, but there will many feelings changed just from finding a minuscule lifeform some 800 million miles away.
It may not determine anything to scientists or people that do this type of research everyday, but as I said above, the important thing is that this will fascinate some. This may get the ball rolling for more people/kids to take the route of astronmer/scientist/etc. This will change what 6-8 year olds learn in elementary school, they will not have to imagine ET life anymore, they will experience it as a reality.
So I don't agree with you that it does not determine anything. Scientifically, it may not determine much but there are a lot more everyday people than there are scientists last time I checked. It actually may not surprise you or stimulate your thoughts, but that doesn't mean this won't begin to make everyone "Believe" in something more than what we have here on Earth. And that alone will be the most important part of this discovery..
ussfletcher
Chrono Cadet
As far as what I read it seems they discovered water geysers on a moon, not life.
roorichard
Chrono Cadet
Yes but the conditions are favorable to sustain life since there is water present. This is the first liquid water we have ever found outside of our little ball that is so close to the surface, usually it is ice. This doesn't mean that there is life but it also doesn't mean that there isn't and that is a very important discovery.
AlienChild
Temporal Navigator
You have never been alone. Humans tend to think that they are the first ones. You are not, others have found you before you ever thought that there might be life elswhere.