How is it that people don't believe in life outside of our planet?

Question: How is it that people don't believe in life outside of our planet!?

Exclude religious reasons(they don't hold water for me)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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i think it's stupid to assume that in all the vast universe, there is no kind of life outside of planet earth!. what's to say that the conditions of earth are the only conditions that can support life!. who really knows if some kind of organism can adapt to an environment completely different from ours!.

as for the reason people don't believe-- fear
think about it, if any kind of extra-terrestrial life form came to earth- that could only mean one thing- there are civilizations out there that are far superior to ours!. we as humans don't even have the kind of equipment or technology to travel long distances in space!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

To my mind, most people tend to react in extremes whenever there is controversy!. That is, if something is generally accepted, it is easier to have a doubt about it, but when there exist people that think opposed to you, you will try to defend your point even to the extreme of losing logic if necessary!. People embrace their beliefs as part of themselves!. And this is also what gives birth to religions!.
From my perspective, there is no reason to be reluctant to believe in life outside Earth!. Always there should be a space both for doubt and for possibilities!. But go and make most people understand that sentence!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think its just because the actual odds of the Earth having had exactly the right circumstances for life to blossom forth are so mathematically insignificant that some people just don't imagine it could've happened anywhere else!.

I personally believe life DOES exist outside of our planet, but no where nearby!.!.!.
Think about how many trillions of planets there are, and how endless the universe is - there's bound to be life somewhere other than Earth, right!? :PWww@QuestionHome@Com

Those who think that there no possibility of a life form out there somewhere don't have the imagination to see it!.
I'm not saying its imaginary I'm saying its like a plane ride!. Some people can go on them some can't!. It depends if they can even believe the situation or not!. If you can totally understand that you are 1000's of miles in the air then you are probable one of the people that is scared of plane rides!.!.but everyone has a different fear and every one has a different interest!. its like a bumper sticker i saw once "if you aren't afraid then your not paying attention"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There is no proof!. Not a single piece of concrete evidence that there is life outside of our own world!. Speculation based on numbers is not enough!. All the mathematics and physics of our world will only give educated guesses, as to the possibilities of life outside our planet!. Intelligent life as we know it!.
That's why we have atheists!. There is no concrete proof of God for them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Who knows what lies beyond the Great Universe!?!!!
Who knows WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE!?!!!!!

Scientists!?!?!?
NO!!!
They know only 0!.5% of the Whole Universe!
It is far too big for us humans to explore the universe!
In fact, there are no evidence of any life source in SPACE excluding planet Earth!.!.!.

The SPACE!.!.!.
The UNIVERSE!.!.!.
Is a MYSTERY PUZZEL!!!!

It is
Too Hard,
Too Complicated
to solve this mysterious puzzel!.!.!.

No one knows!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Carl Sagan (sp!?) said If there is no intelligent life out there---it would be an awful waste of space!

They do not believe in life outside our planet because it scares them to think that aliens exist-----they like their small world on earth-----not sharing, how rude!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ego issues!.

They're mindset is that humans are superior above all others and are scared to think there could be some life we don't know about that's more advanced or intelligent!.

That's what I've noticed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know!.How anyone can look at all the stars in the sky and think we are alone is the ultimate in arrogance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We call them the Unenlightened ones,but then do they need to know,not at this stage we have plenty of food!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

because we have cell phones now !.!.!.!.what are they waiting for to contact us!? we are totally mobile!.Www@QuestionHome@Com