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There are people for whom aliens fill the same "unknowable higher power" role that deities typically fill. But these people usually also believe that aliens ha
by jcl 16y ago
There are people for whom aliens fill the same "unknowable higher power" role that deities typically fill. But these people usually also believe that aliens have played some active role in life on Earth.
Hawking, on the other hand, believes that intelligent life could exist somewhere else -- that terrestrial life isn't that special. That's not quite the same thing as "believing in" aliens. It's like the difference between "believing God exists" and "believing God could exist".
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoIs there any way to show that aliens haven't played an active role in life on Earth though? We consider terra-forming (there was a story about Darwin doing something akin to it on Ascension Is. IIRC) as a natural way we could extend our reach to other planets. If there is intelligent alien life, or was, could it not have terraformed our planet. > Interesting parallels to various theologies and running start theories go here <.