Alone in the universe

 It is very difficult to live alone in the universe and I want to ask a question that you all posted reply according to their state of mind after reading the post but don't give the solution.


Edited by lindseynicole - 03 July 2015 at 1:29am

Ron Webb wrote: My money is on: 5. Interstellar travel is not practical.  My back-of the-envelope calculations say that even if there were a million habitable planets in our own Milky Way galaxy, the average distance between them would be something like 3000 light-years.  If we could travel at the speed of light (which is impossible), it would take you 3000 years at light speed to get to the nearest habitable planet. In practice, we could probably only manage a few percent of light speed, and even that would take an enormous amount of energy and would mean hundreds of thousands of years of travel time.  That's quite a commute.

This is why there must be a dimension of travel that we have not yet fathomed. 

Ron Webb wrote: biggerjohn wrote: (I hope I am not presuming too much with the following) How many children do you have? Any grandchildren? I believe that God is big into family... VERY BIG into family. Ah, well, I try not to talk too much about my family on public forums.  You'll notice that I use my real name, unlike most people.  It was a conscious decision I made many years ago that I would not hide my identity, and that I would be willing to stand by any opinions I expressed in real life.  However, that decision is not without its risks and I can't make that choice for others, including my family. That said, the whole point of family is to stay in touch with them.  It does us little good to know that there are fellow beings somewhere out there, ten thousand light years away, if we can't even communicate with them. Besides that, why not? Why would any intelligent being capable of designing, building, and creating not do so? In a previous thread I mentioned that I am an artist. I have had more than a few dry spells when I have produced very little work... not good times. I'm happiest when I am creative. That's a good point.  So I guess either way, there's a good chance we're not alone.  But an even better chance we'll never know for sure.

biggerjohn wrote: (I hope I am not presuming too much with the following) How many children do you have? Any grandchildren? I believe that God is big into family... VERY BIG into family.

Ah, well, I try not to talk too much about my family on public forums.  You'll notice that I use my real name, unlike most people.  It was a conscious decision I made many years ago that I would not hide my identity, and that I would be willing to stand by any opinions I expressed in real life.  However, that decision is not without its risks and I can't make that choice for others, including my family.

That said, the whole point of family is to stay in touch with them.  It does us little good to know that there are fellow beings somewhere out there, ten thousand light years away, if we can't even communicate with them.

Besides that, why not? Why would any intelligent being capable of designing, building, and creating not do so? In a previous thread I mentioned that I am an artist. I have had more than a few dry spells when I have produced very little work... not good times. I'm happiest when I am creative.

That's a good point.  So I guess either way, there's a good chance we're not alone.  But an even better chance we'll never know for sure.