Intelligent life exists beyond Earth

Some re-adjustments.As one commenter pointed out, from the way I worded my debate title I have made it impossible to really debate. Basically I'm saying that there is of course intelligent life beyond earth but then I will have the burden of proof. Since Con chooses to not rebut in round 1, please allow me to restate my position to;It is highly likely that there is intelligent life beyond Earth. I realise that the debate will end in one round if I use my previous position. Keep in mind though that I will do my best to convince you that there IS extra-terrestial life at least (if not intelligent).Thank you Mikal for accepting. This is an exciting debate!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Defintions:Intelligent life - Any species or any life form that is self aware or self conscious. Some experiments to prove this is to put a mirror in front of the organism and see if it recognises itself. This was done to dolphins before. It also has to be conscious that other members of their species have their own perspectives and thoughts. We can use a Sally-Anne test for proof. http://en.wikipedia.org...; Ability to communicate to other members is also a huge factor.An example of an intelligent life form is Dolpins. They are self aware, communicate and problem solve (not sure about understanding different perspectives) - http://en.wikipedia.org...Aliens - extra-terrestials. Not necessarily intelligent. Organisms originating from other planets or sources than Earth.Extra-terrestials - for the sake of the debate, this will mean Aliens. Because there is argument that if a human starts a colony in outer space those humans are considered extra-terrestials not aliens.Evolution - the gradual development of something, esp. from a simple to a more complex form. [0] But personally my definition of evolution is the force or graduality of organisms improving and expanding their species. When I look at the world, I see every single species becoming better than the previous generation. The dinosaurs grew large and strong to live longer and prosper but when that failed and they went extinct it's like mother nature knew what to do and created more intelligent beings, smarter, faster and more capable of comprehending the world around them; humans. To me, evolution is expansion and improvement, though I may be wrong but i will wait for Con to point it out if he wishes.Mother nature - "Mother Nature is a common personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it in the form of the mother." - [1]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've explained why I believe there is not only extra-terrestial life but intelligent life in other areas of the Universe because I see no reason to say that nature purely focused Earth to inhabit intelligent life such as humans but then when there could be so many other Earth like places, it ignores them completely. Another perspective is that since there already is intelligent life in the Universe then intelligent life can exist again in other areas. To put this in a logical context,1) If we trace back our evolution, then we can find that we came from a kind of bacteria/microbe or single celled organism because of the definition of Evolution that we all come from very simple organisms. Single cell organisms -> multi-celled organisms -> animals -> vertebrates -> fish -> amphibians -> reptiles -> mammals -> primates -> apes -> hominids -> humans. [2]"organic molecules concentrated, formed more complex molecules, and became simple cells." - Archean article [3]2) These earliest organisms came before the dinosaurs and all multi-celled organism in more than 3 billion years ago. They were living under extreme conditions and temperatures when Earth was still fresh and violent. (lava, methane atmosphere, etc.) see [3]3) Some choose to believe that while intelligent life is highly unlikely to form outside Earth (because of the lack of evidence) there might be instead, living alien bacteria or microbes residing on meteorites or under the frozen waters of some planets. But if we came from microbes and these microbes evolved into us then why can't the process be replicated on other planets? If the only factors that allowed life to form on Earth was perfect weather conditions then life can form on other planets with the same conditions.Why would people assume that the probability of extra-terrestial life is little or unlikely? Because they think we haven't found other habitable planets.Kepler 22bAnd that's exactly why I will talk about our findings of habitable planets. Maybe you already know, but images from NASA Kepler space telescope discovered that there are other Earth sized planets in the Milky Way called exo-planets. Although most of these exo-planets were not in the goldilocks zone, the telescope discovered one planet that was; Kepler 22b http://img.gawkerassets.com...; data-chomp-id="18nyouazqhcadjpg" /> The planet orbits 15% closer to its star than Earth, it's radius is 2.5 times smaller than Earth and it's cooler and dimmer with an estimated surface temperature of 22 degrees celcius. see article - http://io9.com...And other habitable planets were found as well,Three Earth-sized worlds, dubbed Kepler-62f, Kepler-62e, and Kepler-69c, were discovered 1,200 and 2,700 light years from Earth — and they’re all situated in the so-called Goldilocks Zone of their parent stars, the "just-right" range at which liquid water, and life, can exist on a planet's surface. - io9.com/revisiting-kepler-s-most-mind-blowing-discoveries-508208562With this kind of a planet, life is not only possible but highly likely and probable. And if there are living forms of organisms on this planet then they may even have evolved into more intelligent organisms.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And then of course there is the Fermi Paradox that i will adress now.The paradox says that If intelligent extra-terrestials exist in our galaxy or universe, then with their advanced technological capabilities it should have already allowed them to explore the galaxy and colonise other star systems. Even if all these civilisations had no intention of colonising, they should still be capable of space exploration and therefore they would have been able to find us. However we have found no evidence of any aliens visiting our world which creates the paradox of exisiting extra-terrestials. - [4]Alright, maybe I could throw in some ancient alien theories (like on history channel), but by the end of my arguments I would still have the burden of absolute proof.Which is why I suggest instead that extra-terrestrials could in order to not be seen by other civilisations (perhaps to avoid unwanted attetntion) have created invisibility cloaks that made their spacecrafts invisible even to radars. These kinds of radar invisibility technology alrady exist and are being used in militaries. Civilisations will most likely have these capabilities if they have built ships that can travel long distances in space especially ships that can travel lightyears and into multiple star systems. One other possible reason they make their ships invisible is a form of a prime directive. I believe it to be originally thought up by the Star Trek creators;The Prime Directive prohibits Starfleet personnel from interfering with the internal development of alien civilizations. It applies particularly to civilizations which are below a certain threshold of development, preventing starship crews from using their superior technology to impose their own values or ideals on them - http://en.wikipedia.org...A form of prime directive could have formed in a inter-planetery civilisation which causes them to make their ships invisible while exploring the cosmos. And perhaps, the impossible aerodynamics of UFO's that millions of people have witnessed are glimpses to invisble observing spacecrafts. And it is more likely that all of the civillisations that have these inter-planetery travel capabilities have met one another and formed a federation much like in Star Trek. And so the Prime Directive could have influenced all the civillisations in the federation which explains why we find so little evidence for extra-terrestial activity.This is still just a thought, a suggestion or theory. It has little evidence and to some it is over-assumptious.Nevertheless, it is not only possible, but quite probable.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Souces-[0] https://www.google.co.th...[1] https://www.google.co.th...[2] http://answers.yahoo.com...[3] http://paleobiology.si.edu...[4] http://en.wikipedia.org...