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Dragonblade01 posted...

No honest scientist "believes aliens exist" in the same way that people "believe in god." We don't know if there's life somewhere else in the universe. Now, some scientists and other think that their might be extraterrestrial life. The basic idea is that if life is capable of emerging somewhere (here), then it's capable of emerging elsewhere. But we don't actually know that aliens are really out there. Assuming that they are would be incorrect, and downright unprofessional for a proper scientist.

Although, at the very least, the idea that aliens exist is more reasonable than the idea that a god exists, if for no other reason than "alien" has a clear and coherent definition.

the problem is believing that life is even emerges out of something. If you go with that flow of belief, then you're already restricting yourself in your perception and explanations of the universe. I find that the biggest problem many scientists have.

They only restrict themselves to the BELIEF that everything works only according to nature. They utterly refuse to include any possibility of an intelligent design, which makes sense, since that can literally never be proven anyway. But that doesn't mean...it isn't a possibility and thus, not possibly true.