Night wrote:

Earth can't possibly be the only habitable planet in the solar system

It can be/probably is the only habitable planet in the solar system (not saying that it's impossible), and it's most definitely the only planet with intelligent life in our solar system.

Night wrote:

LukeDude759 wrote: And as for the multiverse theory, just think about it. If our universe exists, isn't there a good chance others do, too? It's the same idea as extraterrestrial life: Earth can't possibly be the only habitable planet in the solar system, or at least the galaxy. There is also a theory that Mars was once habitable and possibly had life at one time, but the magnetic field shielding it from the sun's radiation shifted, exposing the planet and destroying all life that might have been there.

The problem is that we just don't know, there's no way of testing or rationalizing whenever other universes exist at this point. How can you tell that there is a good chance that others do exist? How can you tell that there is no chance of other universes existing? I believe that it's possible for other universes to exist along side ours, but there's no way of knowing it currently. And even is we did know other universes exist, they would probably be governed by different rules than ours. Unless we're going to say that there is an infinite number of universes, in which case we'll eventually run into paradoxes.

But really, at the end of the day, this question doesn't matter, we still have our own vast universe to explore and understand, which we know so little about.

As for the life on other planets. Well, that's a little different, we do know, almost certainly, that to find another planet with life is pretty rare (considering all the planets in the universe). But then again, the only planet we know to have life on so far, is our own planet, so clearly planets similar to ours will have life on them, possibly even intelligent life. They are rare for obvious reasons, the position/distance from the sun, the other planets surrounding it, events that caused them to be like Earth, etc.

I'm pretty sure you're familiar with what I am talking about, but here's a link to what I mean anyway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis

Earth can't possibly be the only habitable planet in the solar system

It can be/probably is the only habitable planet in the solar system (not saying that it's impossible), and it's most definitely the only planet with intelligent life in our solar system.

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I have a feeling we'll start getting into philosophical debates, Cristian might as well change the topic's name to "Theories, Science and Philosophy".

CristianHG wrote: Well, about the multiverse, I heard about some kind of fact, that like a part of the earth was being pulled somehow, and that they thought that it was probably the gravitational pull of other universe.

About moving on to other earth, I rather go with the idea of making a planet habitable, by wearing suits or modifying our anatomic structure, as I know, most of the habitable DISCOVERED planets, are really far away from the earth, and not even in 4 Billion years we'll be able to reach such large distances, maybe we'll do, but I don't believe that science will research all that in such a span of time.

And yes, I do believe that there is more intelligent life in other planets, maybe not in this Solar system, but in others, yes, I think that there is life.

Night wrote:

CristianHG wrote: Well, about the multiverse, I heard about some kind of fact, that like a part of the earth was being pulled somehow, and that they thought that it was probably the gravitational pull of other universe.

About moving on to other earth, I rather go with the idea of making a planet habitable, by wearing suits or modifying our anatomic structure, as I know, most of the habitable DISCOVERED planets, are really far away from the earth, and not even in 4 Billion years we'll be able to reach such large distances, maybe we'll do, but I don't believe that science will research all that in such a span of time.

And yes, I do believe that there is more intelligent life in other planets, maybe not in this Solar system, but in others, yes, I think that there is life.

I'm not sure about what you're talking about, there are a lot of factors regarding the way stars move/galaxies, the major one of them being gravity.. Or dark matter, I honestly don't know or remember, haven't read a lot about it.
But I haven't heard of anything that suggests that the universe is being pulled by another universe, if you have the link at your disposal please share.

Seriously? 4 billion years and no advancement in moving "a couple" of light years away from Earth? Are you kidding me? Look at the way science has changed our understanding and knowledge about the universe in the past 100 years, look at the oh so many new and innovative devices and ideas science brought with it. Does it really seem that far fetched that we won't have a way of travelling those large distances in 4 billion years(4,000,000,000 years)?
I mean, really.. Are you joking?

Awesomeguy147 wrote:

Night wrote:

CristianHG wrote: Well, about the multiverse, I heard about some kind of fact, that like a part of the earth was being pulled somehow, and that they thought that it was probably the gravitational pull of other universe.

About moving on to other earth, I rather go with the idea of making a planet habitable, by wearing suits or modifying our anatomic structure, as I know, most of the habitable DISCOVERED planets, are really far away from the earth, and not even in 4 Billion years we'll be able to reach such large distances, maybe we'll do, but I don't believe that science will research all that in such a span of time.

And yes, I do believe that there is more intelligent life in other planets, maybe not in this Solar system, but in others, yes, I think that there is life.

I'm not sure about what you're talking about, there are a lot of factors regarding the way stars move/galaxies, the major one of them being gravity.. Or dark matter, I honestly don't know or remember, haven't read a lot about it.
But I haven't heard of anything that suggests that the universe is being pulled by another universe, if you have the link at your disposal please share.

Seriously? 4 billion years and no advancement in moving "a couple" of light years away from Earth? Are you kidding me? Look at the way science has changed our understanding and knowledge about the universe in the past 100 years, look at the oh so many new and innovative devices and ideas science brought with it. Does it really seem that far fetched that we won't have a way of travelling those large distances in 4 billion years(4,000,000,000 years)?
I mean, really.. Are you joking?

We already have a way of traveling faster than the speed of light, along with the energy needed to power the method of transport. The only problem is that we do not yet have a way to get enough of this energy in order to fuel the method of transport.

Night wrote:

CristianHG wrote: Well, about the multiverse, I heard about some kind of fact, that like a part of the earth was being pulled somehow, and that they thought that it was probably the gravitational pull of other universe.

About moving on to other earth, I rather go with the idea of making a planet habitable, by wearing suits or modifying our anatomic structure, as I know, most of the habitable DISCOVERED planets, are really far away from the earth, and not even in 4 Billion years we'll be able to reach such large distances, maybe we'll do, but I don't believe that science will research all that in such a span of time.

And yes, I do believe that there is more intelligent life in other planets, maybe not in this Solar system, but in others, yes, I think that there is life.

I'm not sure about what you're talking about, there are a lot of factors regarding the way stars move/galaxies, the major one of them being gravity.. Or dark matter, I honestly don't know or remember, haven't read a lot about it.
But I haven't heard of anything that suggests that the universe is being pulled by another universe, if you have the link at your disposal please share.

Seriously? 4 billion years and no advancement in moving "a couple" of light years away from Earth? Are you kidding me? Look at the way science has changed our understanding and knowledge about the universe in the past 100 years, look at the oh so many new and innovative devices and ideas science brought with it. Does it really seem that far fetched that we won't have a way of travelling those large distances in 4 billion years(4,000,000,000 years)?
I mean, really.. Are you joking?

Baronobeefdip wrote:We should just change the name to the "My opinion" thread, cause that's where this is going.

How about a new topic of discussion?

INFINITE561 wrote:What's so funny about the big bang theory It's just nerds saying stupid shit...

Glitch wrote:The actual scientific theory, not the shitty TV show.

Juicy wrote:Everything would have been easier with a time machine

Awesomeguy147 wrote:
We already have a way of traveling faster than the speed of light

LukeDude759 wrote:
Plus, once you do hit the speed of light, you won't be able to see where the hell you're going because your vision would grey out. Yep, all that time, Star Wars was completely wrong about lightspeed.

LukeDude759 wrote:Plus, once you do hit the speed of light, you won't be able to see where the hell you're going because your vision would grey out. Yep, all that time, Star Wars was completely wrong about lightspeed.

Ketercheat wrote: You cannot go faster than the speed of light. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Scientifically proven.