Instigator / Pro

sprx

1500

rating

debates

50.0%

won

Topic

#5463

Aliens Definitely Exist

Status

Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics

Better arguments

Better sources

Better legibility

Better conduct

After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

sprx

Tags

aliens

Parameters

Publication date: 05.11.2024 05:35PM
Last updated date: 05.26.2024 08:47PM
Type: Standard
Number of rounds: 3
Time for argument: Two days
Max argument characters: 10,000
Voting period: One week
Point system: Multiple criterions
Voting system: Open

Contender / Con

Archgor

1500

rating

debates

0.0%

won

Description

Aliens definitely exist somewhere out there, as humans and animals on Earth in no way are the only forms of life. There are so many planets, stars, galaxies that we've found that it would be impossible for at least one of them to have life.

Round 1

sprx

05.11.2024 08:39PM

Pro

Do aliens exist? This is a very interesting question that us humans have been trying to understand, explore, and figure out for a very long time. According to https://www.seti.org/press-release/how-many-habitable-planets-are-out-there, "Thanks to new research using data from the Kepler space telescope, it’s estimated that there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy. Some could even be pretty close, with several likely within 30 light-years of our Sun,". It is very unlikely with this data that all 300 million of those planets do not hold any life.

Additionally, the Time Magazine (https://time.com/alien-life/) published an article that stated, "The Milky Way has around 100 billion (10^11) star systems that could conceivably host intelligent life under our current assumptions. An estimate of 100,000 (10^5) active civilizations in the galaxy would mean one per million star systems,". Both of these studies express a large possibility of planets that could be inhabited.

The math and data clearly show aliens have a very high chance to exist.

Archgor

05.11.2024 08:47PM

Con

Aliens? Total nonsense! Humans waste time pondering such fantasies, and how can we believe some random websites that just talk about random stuff? They say there could be thousands of civilizations out there, but you can't trust any of it. Sure, some claim there are billions of habitable planets out there, but where's the proof? Saying there could be thousands of civilizations is pure speculation. Until then, it's all just a big hoax. We humans must focus on things ON EARTH, not creating an imaginary fairy tale.

Round 2

sprx

05.13.2024 08:47PM

Pro

Forfeited

Archgor

05.15.2024 08:47PM

Con

Forfeited

Round 3

sprx

05.17.2024 08:47PM

Pro

Forfeited

Archgor

05.19.2024 08:47PM

Con

Forfeited

itsnotago

05.20.2024 08:36PM

Criterion

Pro

Tie

Con

Points

Better arguments

3 point(s)

Better sources

2 point(s)

Better legibility

1 point(s)

Better conduct

1 point(s)

Reason:

There wasn't much to say and the arguments from both sides weren't that plentiful. I think pro takes the W since sources are provided