The big question about life on other planets: 1000000000000000000000 planets in the universe

[progressive hunter]

There is a 99% chance that there is other intelligent life forms in our universe, however there is less than a 1% chance that we will ever find it because the distances are just too great

why not just say 100% chance since you can never be proven wrong??

I'l stick with a 50/50% chance

 

[progressive hunter]

so its a theory not fact,,,got it

you might want to add that into your answers because there are some that take what they see on the internet as fact

Everything is theory. No one was around 5 billion years ago to record what they saw.

now tell that to FFI

did you know its taught as fact in every public school in the country??

It's actually not, unless the teachers are very poor.

I'm talking about the text books not the teachers

The textbooks are poorly written these days. A sad fact, but it is true.

thats an understatement

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

No, evolution is a fact, as much as anything can be a fact. The theory of evolution, which attempts to explain how it produced the diversity of species from a common ancestor, is a scientific theory.

Similarly, star formation is a fact. The theory of star formation attempts to explain it.

Same for abiogenesis. Same for global warming. Same for gravity.

 

[progressive hunter]

To a strident religious dogmatist like you,nothing can ever be "proof" that your dogma is incorrect. Nothing, ever. So don't waste people's time.

and once again nothing but incorrect personal attacks instead of any kind of proof

It's not an attack. It's a statement of fact. If you perceve it as an attack, that only indicates that part of you is embarrassed of your dogmatic ways. A person of strong faith would be proud of the fact i stated. So maybe your faith is tenuous.

why is it you only respond with personal attacks and never with rational debate??

its almost like youre a common troll,,,

That's because ffi is a troll. Too many people have little understanding of how science works.

Science is not concerned with truth. That is the realm of religion. Science is only concerned with what we can observe and measure.

Trolling, eh? Then ask the sock what would convince him that evolution is a fact. See for yourself. I will wait for your apology.

thats easy,,
something we can observe and study,,,

and we cant observe the big bang, rocks turning into life or a monkey turning into a human,,,but you think all that is true,,,

 

[progressive hunter]

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

No, evolution is a fact, as much as anything can be a fact. The theory of evolution, which attempts to explain it, is a scientific theory.

Similarly, star formation is a fact. The theory of star formation attempts to explain it.

Same for abiogenesis.

when was a star ever observed being formed??

 

[westwall]

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

No, evolution is a fact, as much as anything can be a fact. The theory of evolution, which attempts to explain how it produced the diversity of species from a common ancestor, is a scientific theory.

Similarly, star formation is a fact. The theory of star formation attempts to explain it.

Same for abiogenesis. Same for global warming. Same for gravity.

No, it is not. It is a theory, and that is all it is. It has evidentiary support, but it is far from being a fact.

 

[bripat9643]

and once again nothing but incorrect personal attacks instead of any kind of proof

It's not an attack. It's a statement of fact. If you perceve it as an attack, that only indicates that part of you is embarrassed of your dogmatic ways. A person of strong faith would be proud of the fact i stated. So maybe your faith is tenuous.

why is it you only respond with personal attacks and never with rational debate??

its almost like youre a common troll,,,

That's because ffi is a troll. Too many people have little understanding of how science works.

Science is not concerned with truth. That is the realm of religion. Science is only concerned with what we can observe and measure.

Trolling, eh? Then ask the sock what would convince him that evolution is a fact. See for yourself. I will wait for your apology.

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

It's as close to a fact as there is in science. You don't get to assume magic happened because biologists don't have a video of evolution occurring.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

and we cant observe the big bang,

Of course we can. Just as we observe anything. All light which reaches us is a snapshot of the past. That includes the CMB.

rocks turning into life

Irrelevant YEC babble...

a monkey turning into a human,,

Same....

 

[westwall]

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

No, evolution is a fact, as much as anything can be a fact. The theory of evolution, which attempts to explain it, is a scientific theory.

Similarly, star formation is a fact. The theory of star formation attempts to explain it.

Same for abiogenesis.

when was a star ever observed being formed??

We have seen them explode. That happens in a short period of time. Formation takes longer than human lives do.

 

[westwall]

and we cant observe the big bang,

Of course we can. Just as we observe anything. All light which reaches us is a snapshot of the past. That includes the CMB.

rocks turning into life

Irrelevant YEC babble...

a monkey turning into a human,,

Same....

No, we can't. Where the hell do you come up with this crap. We have mathematical constructs that support the BB. And we may be able to hear it's echo, but we can't see it.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

No, it is not. It is a theory, and that is all it is.

False. Evolution is a fact. We can observe it and all the mechanisms of it. You couldn't stop it if you tried. The attempt to explain how it produced the diversity of species from a common ancestor is a scientific theory. You are just going to have to come to terms with this.

 

[progressive hunter]

It's not an attack. It's a statement of fact. If you perceve it as an attack, that only indicates that part of you is embarrassed of your dogmatic ways. A person of strong faith would be proud of the fact i stated. So maybe your faith is tenuous.

why is it you only respond with personal attacks and never with rational debate??

its almost like youre a common troll,,,

That's because ffi is a troll. Too many people have little understanding of how science works.

Science is not concerned with truth. That is the realm of religion. Science is only concerned with what we can observe and measure.

Trolling, eh? Then ask the sock what would convince him that evolution is a fact. See for yourself. I will wait for your apology.

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

It's as close to a fact as there is in science. You don't get to assume magic happened because biologists don't have a video of evolution occurring.

but evolution assumes magic when it claims all life came from a rock and 2 fully formed humans walked out of the soup ready to reproduce

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

And we may be able to hear it's echo, but we can't see it

When you hear an echo, you are hearing the original sound. When you look at a reflection, you are observing light reflected off of or emitted from the object seen in the mirror, even though it is reflected by a mirror.

The 'big bang' merely refers to the period of quick expansion in the early universe. We know what this looks like...because we took a picture of it.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

but evolution assumes magic when it claims all life came from a rock

It doesn't do that. And you know that. This has been explained to you, troll.

 

[progressive hunter]

and we cant observe the big bang,

Of course we can. Just as we observe anything. All light which reaches us is a snapshot of the past. That includes the CMB.

rocks turning into life

Irrelevant YEC babble...

a monkey turning into a human,,

Same....

now whos telling fairy tales,,,sure isnt me

 

[progressive hunter]

but evolution assumes magic when it claims all life came from a rock

It doesn't do that. And you know that. This has been explained to you, troll.

what youve explained is magic,,,what can you show me,,,

 

[progressive hunter]

And we may be able to hear it's echo, but we can't see it

Um...when you hear an echo, you are hearing the original sound. When you look at a reflection, you are observing light reflected off of or emitted from the object seen in the mirror, even though it is reflected by a mirror.

The 'big bang' merely refers to the period of quick expansion in the early universe. We know what this looks like...because we took a picture of it.

what kind of camera did they use 13.5 billion yrs ago??

 

[FA_Q2]

why is it you only respond with personal attacks and never with rational debate??

its almost like youre a common troll,,,

That's because ffi is a troll. Too many people have little understanding of how science works.

Science is not concerned with truth. That is the realm of religion. Science is only concerned with what we can observe and measure.

Trolling, eh? Then ask the sock what would convince him that evolution is a fact. See for yourself. I will wait for your apology.

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

It's as close to a fact as there is in science. You don't get to assume magic happened because biologists don't have a video of evolution occurring.

but evolution assumes magic when it claims all life came from a rock and 2 fully formed humans walked out of the soup ready to reproduce

Evolution says no such thing whatsoever. It is not part of evolutionary theory.

This is one of the problems when discussing evolution, so few seem to even know what it means.

 

[bripat9643]

why is it you only respond with personal attacks and never with rational debate??

its almost like youre a common troll,,,

That's because ffi is a troll. Too many people have little understanding of how science works.

Science is not concerned with truth. That is the realm of religion. Science is only concerned with what we can observe and measure.

Trolling, eh? Then ask the sock what would convince him that evolution is a fact. See for yourself. I will wait for your apology.

Because evolution is not a "fact" either. It too is a theory.

It's as close to a fact as there is in science. You don't get to assume magic happened because biologists don't have a video of evolution occurring.

but evolution assumes magic when it claims all life came from a rock and 2 fully formed humans walked out of the soup ready to reproduce

Evolution doesn't claim anything like that. What it does claim is that life came from non-life. That is an indisputable fact since at one point the universe had no life, and now it does. You don't get to claim that life is the result of magic just because we don't yet know the exact process by which it came about.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

But what if we are the only life in the universe?