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Originally Posted by scaeagles
With all the Tom Cruise and scientology stuff in the news lately, most recently him saying he believes in intelligent life on other planets, I was wondering how many do.
I can't fault him for believing it - I find it hard to believe that we would be the only intelligent life with the billions of stars within our own galaxy and the millions of other galaxies out there.
However, it's moot to me. I don't think we'll never meet any. These other stars are tens or hundreds of light years away at least, and based on Einstein's theories, travel at light speed is simply not possible. I won't bother to go into them for those that don't know them, but it isn't going to happen. We cannot overcome physical laws with new technology.
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Warning - This is a bit of a nit picky post, so please deal with it.
1. Some of the stars are as close as 4 Light Years. (but not many)
2. Current best estimates of the number of stars in our galaxy is ~100 Billion
3. Current best estimates put the number of galaxies at ~240 Billion
4. We cannot overcome physical laws: Gravity? 240 Tones of metal should not be able to stay in the sky, yet they fly over my house every day. We don't break the laws, but we do find ways around them. In time C will fall just like all the other "It can never happen" things have (powered flight, sound barrier, moon landing etc..).
5. While Einstein was very good for his day, time marches on. All of his work has been enhanced since his death. Even the classic
e=mc^2 has evolved.
In today’s world where
teleportation is real, light can be
stopped in it's tracks and the
dead can be brought back to life how can you believe in a cosmic speed limit?
Ohh and yes. I do think there is other life out there. The fact that they have NOT come here is definitive proof that they are also intelligent.