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The existence of humanoid aliens would be very small

posted 8 years ago by rrancier-90417
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Bipedal aliens sure I don't see why not but aliens who look like us, stand like us, have five fingers and five toes that would be coincidental. A number of factors really there is probably Mars like planets out there but with thick atmospheres. Alien vision would adapt to see in the spectrum of their host star many of which are hotter or cooler than our sun. Weather systems, climate, gravity all factors in how aliens will develop. If the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs had not come the creatures who survived would turn out very differently. The dominant species might not have been primates.

[–] politicidal 8 years ago

Thanks for being a buzzkill.

What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.

[–] TheAdlerian 8 years ago

The would have to have some type of hands, arms, and feet though if they are beings that build things. They would need eyes that can focus in on small work. They would have to be land based creatures because it seems like electricity is the stuff that powers things, and you'd need to generate that and isolate it in a dry environment.

So, you would likely have creatures based on something we would recognize based on similar body parts. But, how all of that would play out would be limited by physics. I'm not sure how many different ways organic material can come together to form a strong arm, but I doubt it's that many ways.

[–] StormBringer328 8 years ago

I don't think that's true. I think once we begin to explore further out that we'll find alien life to look somewhat familiar. Nature has a way of choosing things to do x job because it's the best way to do x job. If we went to a planet w/ liquid and it had life, e would recognize aquatic creatures as fish - streamlined bodies for moving thru liquid. Adaptations to environment would be different of course, but the basic structure would be familiar, I think. It would work the same for Humanoid life, right? Maybe some humanoid life would be squat and stout or tall and thin (gravity variables), and eyes would be different due to how they see, lungs what they breathe, etc. Talking basic design. This would make even more sense when you consider asteroids and such as the method by which life is disperesed across the cosmos.

Not saying this is all true, but it follows a certain logic.

[–] Michael-watt72 8 years ago

Very well put. I agree.

[–] StormBringer328 8 years ago

Thanks. I certainly didn't come up with the idea, tho I can't remember where I heard it to give credit. I used to think the other way, but after hearing it explained like that, it makes a lot of sense. There's sure to be exceptions and what not.

[–] rogueleader-43058 8 years ago

I'm loving the thought going into posts on this bored. I can't go to many without a majority of the posts being trollanese. Anyways I do agree that if we were so lucky to find or be found by an alien species (not counting organisms/animals, but an advanced species they would be humanoid. Evolution would have advanced them to meet their own habitat, but I believe they would arms and legs. The reason I think this is because I've yet to see something more advanced than us humans, though evolution quit with us what a milinea ago. I know this waant brought up, but the only way I could see an advanced alien race without arms, legs, and backs like us is if they had telekinetic abilities. I think that is very unlikely because one doesn't have to be that intelligent to survive and what good is evolution if not only the strongest/most intelligent survive.

[–] StormBringer328 8 years ago

I agree, there arn't as many Trolls around these parts and it is surely refreshing! Some good conversation to be had. Who knows if that'll last...

Another thing to remember about a race more significantly advanced than us - perhaps they've had even just a million years of technological advancement - is that no longer is it just Nature causing changes in their evolution, but also technological enhancements. Essentially, that they have begun to advance their own evolution technologically. And if their technology is that much more advanced than ours, would we even be able to distinguish the two (evolutionary or technological).changes.

No worries on the grammar, bud. We non trolls can read past such things. It's usually a troll w/o another response who will attack one for grammar/spelling slips.

[–] StormBringer328 8 years ago

Forgot this: that any Telekinetic powers would probably be a result of some sort of technological or biological-enhancing technology. Otherwise we'd have *probably* experienced some documented form of telekinetic ability in our own biosphere. Since we haven't, we can assume that the chances are pretty good - to - high that it is no a naturally occuring ability. Maybe an environment can squeeze this out of evolution somewhere else.

[–] rogueleader-43058 8 years ago

Sorry for my grammar, but big thumbs and little phones don't get along.

[–] mafrie 8 years ago

Physical form of a species evolves based upon survival in respective enviornments. How a creature physically appears is dependent upon factors like: acquiring energy (eating), reproducing, raising offspring, avoiding uv light/radiation, and respiring (breathing), etc, etc. So on planets with lots of radiation a species is safer living under sea, and would more likely look like an octopus, with more arms better to grab food/defend itself. You get the idea and apologies for sounding sounding so pedantic. I personally find the diversity of life fascinating. And to imagine and extrapolate to beings from other worlds opens up a whole bag of worms?

[–] rrancier-90417 8 years ago

And a whole number of factors. If the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had not come, lifeforms would have turned out very differently. Scientists speculate single biome planets, desert planets are likely to be more plentiful than Earth like worlds.