Why do people want aliens to exist?

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I'm curious.


 
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So we know we're not alone in the universe.


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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.


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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.
how


 
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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.
how
Well for the first time in the history of our species we would have confirmation that there is intelligent life on other planets and might give us insight on our own origins.
Also the novelty of the discovery would be pretty big in itself I would imagine.


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It's pretty likely that they exist.

We just want confirmation of it so that we can finally have the answer to one of the biggest questions humanity as a whole has ever put out. It would have pretty significant philosophical and scientific implications.


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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.
how
Well for the first time in the history of our species we would have confirmation that there is intelligent life on other planets and might give us insight on our own origins.
Also the novelty of the discovery would be pretty big in itself I would imagine.
we already know how life came about on earth and just knowing aliens exist wouldn't tell us shit about any of that rofl


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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.
how
This is a silly question if we're talking about intelligent life we were capable of communicating with. Obviously that would lead to the exchange of information and technology. If we're just talking about knowing that they exist, then there wouldn't be much stir in the scientific community, because we wouldn't have anything to study besides the thought of another sentient race elsewhere in the universe.


 
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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.
how
Well for the first time in the history of our species we would have confirmation that there is intelligent life on other planets and might give us insight on our own origins.
Also the novelty of the discovery would be pretty big in itself I would imagine.
we already know how life came about on earth and just knowing aliens exist wouldn't tell us shit about any of that rofl
We have theories. As much as we think we know everything there is always a chance we're wrong.
I'm not disputing evolution but I think we could possibly learn a couple things.


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@winy

The latter obviously
Cultural exhange with aliens would be the bomb


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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.
how
Well for the first time in the history of our species we would have confirmation that there is intelligent life on other planets and might give us insight on our own origins.
Also the novelty of the discovery would be pretty big in itself I would imagine.
we already know how life came about on earth and just knowing aliens exist wouldn't tell us shit about any of that rofl
We have theories. As much as we think we know everything there is always a chance we're wrong.
I'm not disputing evolution but I think we could possibly learn a couple things.
this discovery wouldn't topple any of those well established facts


 
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Because it would be scarier if we were the only life in the universe than if we weren't.


 
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So we know we're not alone in the universe.
Are you 12?

Give me a better answer.
No. That is literally the answer.
Confirmation of another intelligent species would be a huge scientific leap.
how
Well for the first time in the history of our species we would have confirmation that there is intelligent life on other planets and might give us insight on our own origins.
Also the novelty of the discovery would be pretty big in itself I would imagine.
we already know how life came about on earth and just knowing aliens exist wouldn't tell us shit about any of that rofl
We have theories. As much as we think we know everything there is always a chance we're wrong.
I'm not disputing evolution but I think we could possibly learn a couple things.
this discovery wouldn't topple any of those well established facts
I'm just sayin'


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Because it would be scarier if we were the only life in the universe than if we weren't.
why


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What if they come just to exterminate us



 
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@winy

The latter obviously
Cultural exhange with aliens would be the bomb
Hopefully culture isn't all we can exchange


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Thank you, eggsalad. You've managed to understand my thoughts well, or you (most likely) acted out on your own, which were similar to mine.


 
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Because it would be scarier if we were the only life in the universe than if we weren't.
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The vast expanse of the universe, and we're the only ones to have developed sentience?

How does that not freak you out?


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@winy

The latter obviously
Cultural exhange with aliens would be the bomb
Hopefully culture isn't all we can exchange
Go think about an ideal scenario, and then multiple twists within that scenario.

It doesn't matter, because what may happen if you're correct based on no real information doesn't have to happen.


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Because it would be scarier if we were the only life in the universe than if we weren't.
why

The vast expanse of the universe, and we're the only ones to have developed sentience?

How does that not freak you out?
Not really. With time we'll expand out into those reaches ourselves. With more time there will be countless new intelligent species that are our ancestors.

Well that or we die out.


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Because it would be scarier if we were the only life in the universe than if we weren't.
why

The vast expanse of the universe, and we're the only ones to have developed sentience?

How does that not freak you out?
Emotions are there for a reason.

We feel disgust because our parents show disgust in certain things, so if we find them disgusting we will avoid them as well. We feel disgust because it makes us avoid it. There is logic behind it.

What logic is there in being scared about being alone in the world with only people from your city? You can always expand on your own, and there are lots of people that are so different from you in this city of yours. So what is so scary?

things are, because they are. They aren't there for your sake, and you don't have to interact with them. An empty planet is an empty planet, and because you usually try to exhaust resources you find the thought of it being empty scary. Maybe I didn't hit the nail in the spot with that guess, but the underlying motive probably applies to you. You're being egotistical.



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Because it would be scarier if we were the only life in the universe than if we weren't.
why

The vast expanse of the universe, and we're the only ones to have developed sentience?

How does that not freak you out?
Emotions are there for a reason.

We feel disgust because our parents show disgust in certain things, so if we find them disgusting we will avoid them as well. We feel disgust because it makes us avoid it. There is logic behind it.

What logic is there in being scared about being alone in the world with only people from your city? You can always expand on your own, and there are lots of people that are so different from you in this city of yours. So what is so scary?

things are, because they are. They aren't there for your sake, and you don't have to interact with them. An empty planet is an empty planet, and because you usually try to exhaust resources you find the thought of it being empty scary. Maybe I didn't hit the nail in the spot with that guess, but the underlying motive probably applies to you. You're being egotistical.
literally what


 
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fuk u bitch I feel what I want to feel


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Because it would be scarier if we were the only life in the universe than if we weren't.
why

The vast expanse of the universe, and we're the only ones to have developed sentience?

How does that not freak you out?
Emotions are there for a reason.

We feel disgust because our parents show disgust in certain things, so if we find them disgusting we will avoid them as well. We feel disgust because it makes us avoid it. There is logic behind it.

What logic is there in being scared about being alone in the world with only people from your city? You can always expand on your own, and there are lots of people that are so different from you in this city of yours. So what is so scary?

things are, because they are. They aren't there for your sake, and you don't have to interact with them. An empty planet is an empty planet, and because you usually try to exhaust resources you find the thought of it being empty scary. Maybe I didn't hit the nail in the spot with that guess, but the underlying motive probably applies to you. You're being egotistical.
literally what
Nah, it made sense to me, so it was clear enough.


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fuk u bitch I feel what I want to feel
Being aware means to understand why you feel what you want to feel, and why you want to feel it.


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Not really. With time we'll expand out into those reaches ourselves. With more time there will be countless new intelligent species that are our ancestors.

Well that or we die out.

Descendants, not ancestors.

But I still don't think it's going to happen. It just strikes me as odd (and unbelievably unlikely) that we would be the only sentience in the entire universe. Especially considering how easily life can form.