[PhoenixWright]

Growing up this was a huge question that nobody knew the answer to. I don't remember the first discovery of water but I do remember reading one after another water finding. Back then water = life and if we found water it was very likely we would find some form of life. I've already read articles talking about microbial life but I think we will soon discover a variety of living forms.

That being said I don't think our solar system contains a more advanced being than humans. But what life, in some form, demonstrates is that it is possible, in some place very far away, there are living beings as advanced or more than we are. I would really love to be alive to meet them.

[bostonpete]

> That being said I don't think our solar system contains a more advanced being than humans.

I can't imagine there would be any real debate over that point.

[Grazester]

>But what life, in some form, demonstrates is that it is possible, in some place very far away, there are living beings as advanced or more than we are. I would really love to be alive to meet them.

Assuming that they are benign and non threatening but I wouldn't take my chances. I dont hope for this.

[ecobiker]

I understand where this concern comes from. But what I'm unable to reconcile is if a life form can get more "advanced" or even survive long without knowing co-operation and in general being more civilized - Live and let live? Or to point the question inward, let's say humans continue(d) their indiscriminate slaughter of fellow humans and animals around us would we still survive long enough?