Global Q&A: ‘Do you believe there is other life in the universe?’

Maria Kouvelioti Athens, Greece (The Epoch Times)

Athens, Greece

Maria Kouvelioti, 29, Assistant Broker

It would be really selfish to believe that we are the only life in the universe. In my opinion, considering the inconceivable meaning of the universe, some other form of life does exist, yet it is challenging to discover whether it’s similar to our ecosystem. Personally, I hope it is found soon because our planet seems to be quite in despair.

Hannah LeTourneau, New York, USA (The Epoch Times)

New York, USA

Hannah LeTourneau, 20, Student

Yes I do, because the universe is so large that there has to be something else out there. Even if it means that life is just tiny organisms or plants, there has to be something.

Farah Nezam, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (The Epoch Times)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Farah Nezam, 21, Student

I think it is definitely possible; it’s not a 100 percent sure because we haven’t proved it yet. I always find it a little funny when scientists only look for life on planets like earth. Who is to say that some form of life couldn’t exist on the sun? I suppose it makes sense to look for what we know, but when they make formulas on speculative information, I find it a little comical. Religion aside, with the utter incomprehensible vastness of the universe, it’s nonsense to believe life doesn’t exist elsewhere in some form.

Maguide das Neves Campos, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (The Epoch Times)

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Maguide das Neves Campos, 42, Technical Nurse

Yes, I believe [there is other life in the universe], because when we know the spiritual world, we understand the different forms of life in other bodies. For example, when a child is born, I understand that the spirit came reincarnated, to improve this planet earth, and develop the divine moral.

Kim, Arehov, Lund, Sweden (The Epoch Times)

Lund, Sweden

Kim, Arehov, 25, university Biology Student

Yes, I believe there is other life in the universe.

Peter Hall, Sunshine Coast, Australia (The Epoch Times)

Sunshine Coast, Australia

Peter Hall, 68, Retired Medical Manager

I do believe there is life in the universe. One day we’ll find it, but I won’t be alive to see it. But I am very interested in what is happening out there at the moment and the robot that got on Mars. I read a lot on that and see what I can catch out on it. It was only a week or so ago I was reading about it finding a rock. They could have had water on Mars. Yes, I quite believe there is something out there in the universe.

Envigado, Colombia

Elizabeth Cristina Sánchez Molina, 27, Entrepreneur

I believe that there is [other] life, at least advanced, in the universe. And it is not limited, but that it is difficult to define its scope.

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question: “What amazing fact do you know that you think most people don’t know?”

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