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<blockquote data-quote="Chairman_Kaga" data-source="post: 294564" data-attributes="member: 387">Anyone who thinks we the human race is the only intelligent life in the billions and billions and billions of stars in just the VISIBLE universe is practicing human arrogance in it's highest form.It is outrageous to think that life could only possibly have evolved here, on earth.&nbsp; The probabilities dictate that there are indeed other civilizations out there in the vastness of space.&nbsp; And as for the nonsensical debate that begins with &quot;Well, if they are out there...why haven't they tried to contact us?&quot;; my answer is:what makes you think they haven't?&nbsp; Seti's track record has more to do with a lack of proper funding than anything else.&nbsp; They point a few (in relative terms) radio telescopes skyward for a few decades and hope.&nbsp; Given the limitations of &quot;c&quot; that means maximum range of 30 to 40 light years.That's peanuts in the greater scheme of things.I fully believe that there are other civilizations out there, but they are a little too busy to bother with an insignificant backwater world whose dominant species still hasn't even bothered to explore their home system yet.There are far too many unknowns in the cosmos for any human to think they've got it all figured out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chairman_Kaga, post: 294564, member: 387"] Anyone who thinks we the human race is the only intelligent life in the billions and billions and billions of stars in just the VISIBLE universe is practicing human arrogance in it's highest form. It is outrageous to think that life could only possibly have evolved here, on earth. The probabilities dictate that there are indeed other civilizations out there in the vastness of space. And as for the nonsensical debate that begins with "Well, if they are out there...why haven't they tried to contact us?"; my answer is: what makes you think they haven't? Seti's track record has more to do with a lack of proper funding than anything else. They point a few (in relative terms) radio telescopes skyward for a few decades and hope. Given the limitations of "c" that means maximum range of 30 to 40 light years. That's peanuts in the greater scheme of things. I fully believe that there are other civilizations out there, but they are a little too busy to bother with an insignificant backwater world whose dominant species still hasn't even bothered to explore their home system yet. There are far too many unknowns in the cosmos for any human to think they've got it all figured out. [/QUOTE]

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