Something kinda neat to think about is....is there any non-intelligent life out there, right next door to us??
Think about it....Mars has polar ice caps on both poles. The ice is water ice. Therefore, I would imagine a pretty strong possibility of bacterial life, no??
Or several moons orbiting Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune - that have vast oceans underneathe a thick layer of ice on the surface. Some may not be oceans of water, but still...does that eliminate the possibility of life? Definately not.
Considering that we've discovered bacterial life in places we never thought we'd find it (lava, huge subterranian oceans that haven't even been named yet, amongst other places) -- I'd say the chances of there being unintelligent life elsewhere in our solar system is pretty high. And thats a whole lot closer than going to other star's solar systems looking for life.
Think about it....Mars has polar ice caps on both poles. The ice is water ice. Therefore, I would imagine a pretty strong possibility of bacterial life, no??
Or several moons orbiting Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune - that have vast oceans underneathe a thick layer of ice on the surface. Some may not be oceans of water, but still...does that eliminate the possibility of life? Definately not.
Considering that we've discovered bacterial life in places we never thought we'd find it (lava, huge subterranian oceans that haven't even been named yet, amongst other places) -- I'd say the chances of there being unintelligent life elsewhere in our solar system is pretty high. And thats a whole lot closer than going to other star's solar systems looking for life.