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Do you believe in aliens? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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That’s a yes from me. But I wanna hear what others think.

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[–] 19 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

He likelyhood of this planet being the only place in the universe some complex proteins folded a billion years ago is zero.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (4 children)

    But the other planets are probably absurdly far away. The space happens to be expanding as well, so that distance is also growing rapidly. If FTL travel isn’t possible, nobody will ever visit those worlds, and they can’t visit us. Just travelling at 1c or even 1000c won’t be much help either. The distances sure truly vast.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    They don't have to visit us to exist!

    The likely hood of said aliens visiting us is also zero.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Care to elaborate? Why is it zero?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Distance.

    Space is incomprehensibly big.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    I would say it’s probably close to zero, depending on what physics actually allows. If FTL travel turns out to be completely impossible, then it’s exactly zero. If some sort of FTL travel is possible, it’s slightly above zero. If you can travel faster than 10^9 c, that’s when distances stop being a huge problem. Before that though, distance ruins my dreams.

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