Life isn't sure,
It's just likely.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:32, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

very likely

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:33, Reply)

But not necessarily very close

(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:36, Reply)

very true
but then, not much is really.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

very very likely

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:37, Reply)

No very unlikely.
But on a large enough scale.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

that makes it likely in my book

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Me likey

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:40, Reply)

Yes. He's being pedantic
on a planetary scale it's very unlikely to happen. But if you have a near infinite number of planets then that become more likely on a universal scale.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:40, Reply)

Do you rip out all the pages containing context fron your book?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:41, Reply)

no
but I can allow my mind to accept different contexts.

On a universal scale it is likely that there is other life. That has nothing to do with how much or where.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Thing is, if it's more than a few light years from us, the chances of us ever coming into contact with them
quickly become infinitesimally small.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:43, Reply)

That is not what's being discussed here, though.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:45, Reply)

I know that Monty, that's why in this post:
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1132944

I said that the chances of life existing are very high on a universal scale.

But the chances of us meeting any other life, is very, very, very, very, very, very, actually lets just go with my first comment and say infinitesimally small.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:47, Reply)

male view: who cares, unless they're hot?
female view: who cares, unless they're hotter than i am?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:52, Reply)

person with a brain view:
interesting stuff is interesting
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:53, Reply)

different definitions of interesting though, v
semantics over the difference between something being likely and something being very unlikely but if you add all those unlikely little pieces together it might then make it likely...

this is the kind of shit i spend my days arguing about. it is not interesting enough to be on here, surely.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 14:00, Reply)

I find a lot of things interesting

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 14:02, Reply)

Rachelswipe's view: Who cares, unless their richer than me?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:54, Reply)

Her spelling is terrible.

( thealternativefact, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:55, Reply)

I know
you'd think that given that she'd already edited that comment once, she would have noticed the other terrible error.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:57, Reply)

Their their, Al, it'll be OK.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:58, Reply)

Al's getting hammered tomorrow night.
Hammered.
( thealternativefact, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:58, Reply)

I'm going to drink bottles of beer.
I can keep drinking for a lot longer if I stick to bottles of beer.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 14:00, Reply)

i love this
and hello you
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 14:01, Reply)

CLENDRIX!
Hi!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:58, Reply)

Hello!
I have found a posh butcher's shop in Clapham for our Saturday morning trip.
( thealternativefact, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:59, Reply)

I like this
I shall hopefully not be too hungover from the reveling and awesomeness of the night before.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 14:02, Reply)

I can leave you at home if you are ill :)

( thealternativefact, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 14:03, Reply)

I'm sure I'll be fine
I rarely suffer from hangovers.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 14:04, Reply)

EVERYBODY is
i earn a PITTANCE
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:58, Reply)

I'm not denying that
if films are anything to go by then it'd be bad anyway.

speaking of which, I watched Battle: Los Angeles.

It was shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:45, Reply)

Oh really?
I was hoping for good things from that.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:47, Reply)

me too
but it was dull, the camera work was bad, the script was poor, the acting weak, and it may as well not have been aliens invading.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:49, Reply)

Oh well, I won't bother seeing it at the pictures
I'll just steal it when it comes out on DVD.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:49, Reply)

I would have been pissed if I'd paid to see it

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:50, Reply)