So do you believe? Before you answer consider this: The universe is forever expanding at every moment since the beginning of time itself, and a rate that is absolutely astounding. There are roughly 200 BILLION stars in our galaxy alone, and our star is actually very small compared to most stars in this universe. As far as we look there are more and more galaxies, I dont know the current number that we can see with our primitive technology, just know that there are at the very least 3000+ known galaxies. Mars is said to have a climate just like earth is today, long ago, and possibly even venus too! So if this is true then 3/9 (pluto will always count for me :) planets in our solar system alone could have supported life. The largest known star would take over 2000 years just to fly around with current technology if we were flying on the surface. That star is about 100 times bigger than the sun (cant remember the exact number). I think its safe to say that that star is a parent to at least 100 planets. We are only 2000 years into human advancement, and the Catholic Church even held back knowledge for centuries, literally killing anyone that tried to suggest anything that would go against their beliefs. Don't believe me? Look it up, this went on for 700 years if I remember correctly. If you would bring modern day technology back to people 2000 years ago just imagine people's reaction to it, I cant even fathom what their actions would be. Now imagine a species that has been around for 10,000 years, they would be nothing short of incredibly amazing. 100,000 years, we dont even have a word to describe their intelligence, but instead of "theories", they would have facts, they would know so much that our brains couldn't even comprehend most of the information. 1,000,000 years? I guarantee you that they would have almost no limits, they could travel faster than the speed of light, whether it be by wormhole, or something impossible for us to even to imagine. And this universe is billions and billions of years old, they do exist, somewhere out there. With technology like that they could pick out and examine a speck of dust on our planet from their own homes, or whatever they would live in. I'd bet my life that at least one alien species has been here, are still here, and were here even before we were. Do you honestly think that we would be the only thing living in this universe? There is literally infinite space, do you truly believe that it is all only for us? A greedy, destructive, ignorant, forceful race? If that is what you believe I must say that I cannot respect your opinion, and I ask, no, I beg you to tell me why I am wrong. I'm not trying to come off as some kind of asshole, I just want to know how on earth you could possibly believe that? This is a universe of infinite possibilities Edit! Oh wow, I'm surprised to see I got 500 replies on this thread! I guess I'll do my best to revive it and go for 1000! Almost at 650 replies! Damn I'm glad people are this Interested in alien life!