Talk:Extraterrestrial life
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Wiki Education assignment: EEB 4611-Biogeochemical Processes-Spring 2024
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 January 2024 and 11 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Naomistow31 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: VishalliAlagappan, Bryanhuynh8, Coll1397, Backhand03, LynSchwendy.
— Assignment last updated by LynSchwendy (talk) 07:07, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
UFOs
editUFOs are mentioned in a paragraph at the "Recent history" section. Is that enough, or should the UFO phenomenon have a section of its own? Cambalachero (talk) 17:46, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
- WP:ONEWAY. This: serious article. UFOs: connection to aliens is wacko. --Hob Gadling (talk) 06:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Other universes and Fermi
editI don't see how the paper [1] arguing (I think) that life might be possible in a variety of random universes gives "a potential explanation to the Fermi paradox" Justin the Just (talk) 19:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
lede consideration
editthe last two sentences in the first paragraph might be important as a main definitional thing, similar to the redirect Algebraic form, but its inclusion is abrupt and doesn't really connect with anything AltoStev (talk) 00:03, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Short description
editI don't think "life not on earth" is an appropriate description. I think it should be changed to "hypothetical life not originating on earth" or something of that sort, for 2 reasons:
1. The concept of extraterrestrial life is purely hypothetical. There is no definitive proof of them as of this time.
2. Just because life is not on earth does not make it extraterrestrial life. The astronauts of Apollo 11 went to the moon, and that doesn't make them extraterrestrials.
I saw a user who made this change in the edit history but it was reverted. Feel free to share your thoughts below. FriendlyNeighborhoodAspie (talk) 01:06, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Where did the concept of the alien come from?
editwhen did the concept of extraterrestrial life come from, was it curiosity? 2600:1700:4805:8820:F07C:8A4B:8060:9EA5 (talk) 00:02, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- There's an article about that, history of the extraterrestrial life debate Cambalachero (talk) 01:35, 15 August 2024 (UTC)