Aliens from other planets will look 'just like animals here on Earth'

August

Metanoia
Aliens from other planets will look 'just like animals here on Earth'

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JahaRa

Noble
That astrobiologist is Whack in the Head. Darwin didn't have all the data and he acknowledge that at some point. Darwin's theories do not necessarily translate to a different planet in a different solar system.
 

Standingstones

Celestial
That seems idiotic to claim that aliens will look like earth animals. If we believe any of the stories about encounters with extraterrestrials, that is just the opposite.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Descriptions of mantis type aliens seems to fit the profile likeness of praying mantis insects here on earth although the aliens are much larger...

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Kchoo

At Peace.
WELL..... if Earth evolution is solely responsible for what developes from ooooze ..... maybe there is a certain kind of sequence that life must follow?
Thats just one perspective... but we have little else to compare...
 

pepe

Celestial
WELL..... if Earth evolution is solely responsible for what developes from ooooze ..... maybe there is a certain kind of sequence that life must follow?
Thats just one perspective... but we have little else to compare...

I think this is very much the case and there are many more of us out there in different stages of readiness. If they are all different then it makes us no more than a lonely skid mark on an intergalactic pair of underpants.

Could explain a lot.
 

Dejan Corovic

As above, so bellow
Modern evolutionary theories state that "Life forms are modeled by active environments".

Basically, what that means is that living beings are molded by physics. For example, most creatures move forward, so it makes sense that they develop eyes on the front of their bodies, not on the back. The most stable form is one of a table with 4 legs, so no wander that most land animals are quadruped. Etc. etc.

With few odd exceptions, most animals follow pretty standardized body forms. Because laws of physics are the same everywhere in universe it makes sense that life forms will be similar.
 

pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
Modern evolutionary theories state that "Life forms are modeled by active environments".

Basically, what that means is that living beings are molded by physics. For example, most creatures move forward, so it makes sense that they develop eyes on the front of their bodies, not on the back. The most stable form is one of a table with 4 legs, so no wander that most land animals are quadruped. Etc. etc.

With few odd exceptions, most animals follow pretty standardized body forms. Because laws of physics are the same everywhere in universe it makes sense that life forms will be similar.

An intelligent life form could certainly evolve in an active environment that's got little or nothing in common with what we are familiar with and could pop out of the oven looking mighty weird.
 

August

Metanoia
Well if the Universe(s) were God created wouldn't we all on all the habitable worlds look like us. I mean created in Gods image ? Why would he make a Tarantula alien ?
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Yes, I guess all these creepy crawlies were here before we got invented.

Including black widow spiders, accursed little devils, I will crush the life out of every one of them that crosses my path for the rest of my life, no mercy...:Whistle:

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August

Metanoia
Including black widow spiders, accursed little devils, I will crush the life out of every one of them that crosses my path for the rest of my life, no mercy...:Whistle:

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I do that here with Red Back spiders who are related to Black Widows. I never give them a chance , bop on the head for them. :)

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Kchoo

At Peace.
I like the zoo hypothesis. Aliens brought critters from all over and dropped them here in a survival of the fittest experiment. An experiment in evolution pressures.

So, Tarantulas, as well as humans, did not originate here. We are all aliens.

Whatever survives mankind will win,
 

August

Metanoia
I like the zoo hypothesis. Aliens brought critters from all over and dropped them here in a survival of the fittest experiment. An experiment in evolution pressures.

So, Tarantulas, as well as humans, did not originate here. We are all aliens.

Whatever survives mankind will win,

That's assured, we have The Bomb.
 

JahaRa

Noble
Well if the Universe(s) were God created wouldn't we all on all the habitable worlds look like us. I mean created in Gods image ? Why would he make a Tarantula alien ?
You know people made that story up don't you? Man in "God's" image is a myth and I probably seem to be disrespecting your beliefs, but I just want to point out that the "image" could refer to things that have nothing to do with our physical make up, it could be spiritual, or mental or something so intangible we don't even think about it. Another thing that bugs me is that people are often misquoting a translation of a translation of a translation, some changes are made purposely and some from ignorance because too much time has passed for the translator to understand the real meaning of a word in a text that is thousands of years old.

So, using "God" as your yardstick for this topic is just as useless as using Darwin's theories or the original article in the OP in my opinion.
 

SOUL-DRIFTER

Life Long Researcher
That seems idiotic to claim that aliens will look like earth animals. If we believe any of the stories about encounters with extraterrestrials, that is just the opposite.
There was an article years ago I posted on another forum about a scientist that proposed the idea that intelligent humanoid lifeforms may be prevalent in the universe and explained why. Which i could find it.
Yes UFO occupant reports support this...but, with the multiverse involved, it could be the equivalent to a curve ball.
 

August

Metanoia
You know people made that story up don't you? Man in "God's" image is a myth and I probably seem to be disrespecting your beliefs, but I just want to point out that the "image" could refer to things that have nothing to do with our physical make up, it could be spiritual, or mental or something so intangible we don't even think about it. Another thing that bugs me is that people are often misquoting a translation of a translation of a translation, some changes are made purposely and some from ignorance because too much time has passed for the translator to understand the real meaning of a word in a text that is thousands of years old.

So, using "God" as your yardstick for this topic is just as useless as using Darwin's theories or the original article in the OP in my opinion.

Not my yardstick I threw that in there for entertainment value. I mean really, the Father, Son and Holy Spook, Virgin birth and a Talking Snake what a crock.
 
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