Aliens

[Captain Cosine]

Not sure if this belongs in this section or not. Move it if necessary.

Who here thinks aliens exist?

I for one definitely do. Whether or not we have been visited before or what kind of other lifeforms are out there I certainly can't say, but I find it illogical not to believe in life on other planets. There are an estimated over 50 billion galaxies out there, how can you believe this is the ONLY planet out there that can sustain life?

[Gardenhead]

Phew, an easy question for once! I don't think we can say 'definitely', but the balance of probability certainly leans very very heavily in favour of other life in the universe, even if its only amoeboid. I wouldn't say I 'believe' in life on other planets, but I'd say there's a damn good chance.

Now, intelligent life is something different entirely, and intelligent life that has visited us... Well, I'll let those sardonic italics speak for themselves.

[Henry P]

Do aliens exist? Probably. I hope so

[Captain Cosine]

I think intelligent life is still at least fairly likely. And as you said, life that has visited us is different. As much as I want to believe we've been visited by them, you just gotta look at the people who claim to have been abducted and wonder what hole they crawled out of...

And of course there's plenty of "evidence" and footage about UFO's, but I hate how all the UFO fanatics claim that every single moving spec in the sky is an alien. They completely refute any logical explanation, just as many immediately refute the idea of an alien visiting us (though I feel the latter group of people have a much more justifiable position on the matter).

And, although it may just be the conspiracy theorist within me, I smell a bit of a cover up by the U.S. government. Of course, the governments lack of explanation on these matters could very well be that they have simply been testing new technology and it would threaten national security if they opened up about everything in all their military bases.