Can you scientifically rule out sentient extraterrestrials?

Can you scientifically rule out sentient extraterrestrials?
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Have you heard of the Drake equation? I think you’d find it interesting.
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Couldn't sentient extraterrestrials live on planets we imagine as inhospitable?

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What fiction books talk about extraterrestrials that try to replace unsuspecting humans with hybrids?

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Last Answer : Invasion of the Body Snatchers V (I think)

Extraterrestrials colonizing but not eliminating mankind, what would humans do?

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Last Answer : Do not be silly. Of course we would be exterminating you.

Hypothetical to muse: would extraterrestrials be villains if they colonized the earth but did not annihilate man?

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Last Answer : Make no mistake: We would slay all of you.

Would a person who studies extraterrestrials be an alientologist?

Description : Would a person who studies extraterrestrials be an alientologist?

Last Answer : A person who studies aliens would be an exobiologist.

Atheist Flutheronians, how would you handle it if your child believed man’s origin on Earth came by way of extraterrestrials?

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Last Answer : Have they thought their reasoning through and come up with a logical reason as to why they believe this to be the case? If so then that is fine by me even if I do think they’re wrong.

What should we say to extraterrestrials who ask?

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Last Answer : “Are you proposing that we share?”

Imagine that you meet some extraterrestrials. How would you describe humankind to them?

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Why do you call them EXTRAterrestrials?

Description : Why do you call them EXTRAterrestrials?

Last Answer : Extra- A prefix meaning “outside,” “beyond,” freely used as an English formative: extrajudicial; extraterritorial; extra-atmospheric and of course, extraterrestrial. Terrestrial- Of or pertaining to the earth or this world; worldly; mundane. So, beyond earth. :)

Atheists: do you believe in existence of aliens[extraterrestrials]?

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Extraterrestrials are being hidden by our governments - Why are conspiracy theories so popular?

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Would you ever willingly eat a meal cooked by a sentient rat?

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Technology and the world of tomorrow, if technology developed to the point man can create sentient automatons, would man be the automaton’s god?

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A sentient machine, or automatons, is destroying one akin to murder?

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Is intelligent, sentient life likely to evolve anywhere life develops and has 2 billion or more years to progress?

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How can you determine if a computer is sentient?

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What do people mean when they refer to a "litmus test" (non-scientifically speaking)?

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What are many people scientifically in denial about?

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If you want to have a scientifically valid sample for a study you are doing?

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Is the blood type A positive diet scientifically proven to be effective on improving one's health?

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Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described? (a) Musca domestica - the common house lizard, a reptile (b) Plasmodium falciparum - a protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria. (c) Felis tigris - the Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests. (d) E.coli - full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.

Description : Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described? (a) Musca domestica - the common ... ) E.coli - full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.

Last Answer : (b) Plasmodium falciparum - a protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria