What if it were scientifically confirmed that there are other life forms in the Universe on distant exoplanets, including other intelligent life forms?
What if it were scientifically confirmed that in the Universe there are thousands of exoplanets similar to our planet Earth other exoplanets many millions of light years away where other life forms exist, including other intelligent life forms would this change your understanding of the essence of humanity and the role, importance of man in the Universe, the desirability of his existence, the possible desirability of the process of evolution of life, etc.?
Just as centuries ago, the change from a geocentric to a heliocentric system of planetary and solar bodies in the system now known as the solar system was fundamental to the understanding of the role of man in the Universe, etc.? Yes in the future, when it is scientifically confirmed that in the Universe there are thousands of other exoplanets similar to our planet Earth, many millions of light years distant, on which there are other forms of life, including intelligent life forms this will also probably prove to be a breakthrough in the understanding of the essence of humanity and the role, importance of man in the Universe, the purposefulness of his existence, the possible purposefulness of the process of evolution of life, etc.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
If it were scientifically confirmed that in the Universe there are thousands of exoplanets similar to our planet Earth, other exoplanets many millions of light years distant, on which there are other life forms, including other intelligent life forms, would this change your understanding of the essence of humanity and the role, importance of man in the Universe, the desirability of his existence, the possible desirability of the process of evolution of life, etc.?
What if it were scientifically confirmed that there are other life forms in the Universe on distant exoplanets, including other intelligent life forms?
And what is your opinion on this subject?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
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Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
A very interesting question. Before I give my thoughts, just a small remark. If we were to discover alien life, it would most likely be within our own galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, which has a diameter of about 100.000 light years. So the intelligent life we find would just be thousands of light years away, not millions.
At our current level of technology, it would be impossible to interact with the aliens in any meaningful way because of the vast distances in interstellar space. So the important question is how humans would change their behavior towards each other given that new discovery. I find it difficult to guess how humanity would react here. Humans have written plenty of sci-fi about this topic though.