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Hubris, bravado and ego most likely. There is no evidence of any sort that would indicate this so this thought has to have manifested itself from some fantasy.

pfdietz 4y ago
This is an ad hominem argument. "If you believe this theory, you are a bad person, therefore the theory must be wrong."
- bicijay 4y ago
  Hmm i dont think so in this case. We dont really have any evidence for this theory, so the thought of "we are the first" might be coming from those adjectives he just said. Not that they are bad, but it might just be true.
  - pfdietz 4y ago
    I do think so. The motivation of the person stating the theory is entirely irrelevant to the correctness of the theory. Bringing it up is nothing but an attempt to disparage the theory by illegitimate means.
cmeacham98 4y ago
On the contrary, all the evidence supports it. We have spent significant time and resources looking for extraterrestrial life and found nothing.
DonHopkins 4y ago
Is the zeroth I'm worried about.
kcplate 4y ago
> There is no evidence of any sort that would indicate this so this thought has to have manifested itself from some fantasy. Actually I think you got that backwards. It’s not fantasy, considering that the only evidence that we have that life exists at all are ourselves and what we have on this planet. Of course it’s logical to assume that life exists elsewhere because the math and universe’s scale is staggering and it’s reasonable to assume that if there is life elsewhere some could be more advanced than us. However, until we find someone or something else, all the evidence we have is on this blue marble of ours…so if we are only going to believe what the evidence currently tells us…it’s that we are the only or first emergence of life. All the rest—conjecture and faith. In essence other civilizations are the fantasy until more evidence is provided to the contrary.

pfdietz 4y ago

This is an ad hominem argument. "If you believe this theory, you are a bad person, therefore the theory must be wrong."

bicijay 4y ago
Hmm i dont think so in this case. We dont really have any evidence for this theory, so the thought of "we are the first" might be coming from those adjectives he just said. Not that they are bad, but it might just be true.
- pfdietz 4y ago
  I do think so. The motivation of the person stating the theory is entirely irrelevant to the correctness of the theory. Bringing it up is nothing but an attempt to disparage the theory by illegitimate means.

cmeacham98 4y ago

On the contrary, all the evidence supports it. We have spent significant time and resources looking for extraterrestrial life and found nothing.

DonHopkins 4y ago

Is the zeroth I'm worried about.

kcplate 4y ago

> There is no evidence of any sort that would indicate this so this thought has to have manifested itself from some fantasy. Actually I think you got that backwards. It’s not fantasy, considering that the only evidence that we have that life exists at all are ourselves and what we have on this planet. Of course it’s logical to assume that life exists elsewhere because the math and universe’s scale is staggering and it’s reasonable to assume that if there is life elsewhere some could be more advanced than us. However, until we find someone or something else, all the evidence we have is on this blue marble of ours…so if we are only going to believe what the evidence currently tells us…it’s that we are the only or first emergence of life. All the rest—conjecture and faith. In essence other civilizations are the fantasy until more evidence is provided to the contrary.