Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: article
we now have enough information to conclude that they almost certainly existed at some point in cosmic history.
Making conclusions without actual proof is a poor excuse for science. The "almost certainly" phrase is completely incompetent and renders the entire article worthless.
While I personally believe it is possible that there is other life in the universe, until it's proven it just remains speculation-nothing more. It's not definitive until it's proven.
True, and most of Cosmology is just this,
speculation.
Originally Posted By: Kestas
It bothers me when people see something they don't understand and immediately come to the conclusion that it must be the result of extraterrestrials. Way too much of that going on.
“The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space.”
- George Gordon Byron
“Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.”
- Albert Einstein, Autobiographical Notes
“The full cosmos consists of the physical stuff and consciousness. Take away consciousness and it's only dust; add consciousness and you get things, ideas, and time.”
- Neal Stephenson, Anathem