are we alone in the universe?

[mechanicalbrain]

that ratio of 1:10,000 isn't any good lets say you add all the neighboring universes then your ratio could be 1:,100,000 and the actual ratio might end up being 1:1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (and actually i wouldnt be surprised if thats right)

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

that ratio of 1:10,000 isn't any good lets say you add all the neighboring universes then your ratio could be 1:,100,000 and the actual ratio might end up being 1:1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (and actually i wouldnt be surprised if thats right)

you are correct, but the complexity of 1E3 is not the complexity of life based molecules (DNA)

the complexity of the most simple DNA is 1E350, and as I explained on the wesite, every single atom everywhere (universe) times every single second since the big bang only gets you to around 1E100.

[Barry Bonzack]

Also, we talk about how the universe started about 16 billion years ago. It is so funny to talk about things like the universe (which is far as we know is EVERYTHING that exists) in terms of time units from Earth. I wish scientists would develop some sort of univeral time unit for all throughout space, but I have no idea how that would work. Especially when you get into time warpage and stuff like that.

I hate posting things I can't explain and things I am not very knowledgeable about, but I wanted to throw this into the mix:

Astronomers have calculated stars seemingly to be older than 16 billion years old. They can not explain how a star can be older than the universe itself. How could it have existed before the calculated time before the big bang? Its like having a child older than its grandmother.