It's a difficult reality to accept, but it may very well be that we're alone in the galaxy, and perhaps even in the universe.
You assume a few things:
1-that other life is like us. 2-that other life is interested in or capable of interstellar travel 3-there is no third thing 4-no poofters!
There's no guarantee that other life-forms are anything remotely like us, assuming they exist at all. Assuming evolution is a valid model for the creation of life, we were extremely lucky to have developed this far. Indeed, the sheer variety of life on Earth is amazing when you consider that evolution's functions rely on random chance.
I think it's more likely that other life in the galaxy (let's think small for the moment) is so totally alien and different from us that we wouldn't know it if it paraded up and down in front of us holding up a sign, in English, which read, "We're not from Earth!"
Then again, I like "Enterprise", so what do I know?;)
This is the problem with America. There's this attitude that cartoons are ONLY for kids and that adults won't be interested in them. The "adult-oriented" 'toons are either slapstick comedy (ie the Simpsons), hyper-violent Japanese imports, or pr0n. (Also usually imported from Japan. America's really lacking in imagination, I guess.)
I LOVED the Emperor's New Groove. It was funny and fun to watch. It has a moral, but it doesn't beat you over the head with it the way, say, The Lion King does. While I have yet to see Lilo and Stitch, I plan to ASAP. It too looks to be a lot of fun.
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Sheesh.
You assume a few things:
1-that other life is like us.
2-that other life is interested in or capable of interstellar travel
3-there is no third thing
4-no poofters!
There's no guarantee that other life-forms are anything remotely like us, assuming they exist at all. Assuming evolution is a valid model for the creation of life, we were extremely lucky to have developed this far. Indeed, the sheer variety of life on Earth is amazing when you consider that evolution's functions rely on random chance.
I think it's more likely that other life in the galaxy (let's think small for the moment) is so totally alien and different from us that we wouldn't know it if it paraded up and down in front of us holding up a sign, in English, which read, "We're not from Earth!"
Then again, I like "Enterprise", so what do I know? ;)
This is the problem with America. There's this attitude that cartoons are ONLY for kids and that adults won't be interested in them. The "adult-oriented" 'toons are either slapstick comedy (ie the Simpsons), hyper-violent Japanese imports, or pr0n. (Also usually imported from Japan. America's really lacking in imagination, I guess.)
I LOVED the Emperor's New Groove. It was funny and fun to watch. It has a moral, but it doesn't beat you over the head with it the way, say, The Lion King does. While I have yet to see Lilo and Stitch, I plan to ASAP. It too looks to be a lot of fun.