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Originally Posted by Martian
That is valid, and speaking person to person I share your fascination. However, even when we're on opposite sides of a debate you've always struck me as a man of reason and logic, which means I don't need to remind you that personal desire has no place in a discussion regarding proofs and probabilities. Discounting eyewitnesses (who are notoriously unreliable), there's no concrete proof that any sort of extraterrestrial beings have ever visited Earth, or even that any exist. It's sad but true.
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Just because I'd like to think something exists hardly makes it so. I'm of the opinion that any scientist who says there is it's likely there is life out there is talking out of their ass. The Drake equation is a fallacy. Because we have no understanding about how life may form outside of the Earth, it's foolish to assume we can guess, with the incredibly limited knowledge we have now, as to any reasonable answer to the question of life on other planets or how much of said life may be intelligent.
So let me be clear: There is no evidence to suggest there is extraterrestrial life.