December 10, 2017 (en.netralnews.com)
• In survey of over 26,000 respondents in 24 countries, 47% believe in the existence of intelligent alien civilizations, while 61% believed in some type of life forms on other planets, according to researchers at Amsterdam Glocalities. One quarter said that they did not believe that intelligent life existed outside Earth.
• This survey is far larger than another recent survey from Arizona State University using respondents in Germany, Britain and the United States (reported in the ExoNews on December 16th). That survey showed comparable results.
• Russians are the most staunch believers in intelligent alien life with 68% of the population, followed Mexico and China. Only 28% of the Dutch are convinced.
AMSTERDAM – Nearly half of people surveyed believe in alien life and want to make contact with them, based on a survey in 24 countries.
But creating contact between humans and aliens can be harmful to humanity. Physics Professor Stephen Hawking has previously warned if an alien finds humans, it could ‘end life on Earth’.
The researchers laid out a finding that 47 percent of more than 26,000 respondents believe in the existence of intelligent alien civilizations in the universe. A total of 61 percent also said they believed in some life forms on other planets, according to researchers at the Amsterdam Glocalities-based research program.
Meanwhile a quarter said that they did not believe that intelligent life existed outside Earth, researchers found.
This is not the first survey to collect views of extraterrestrials, questionnaires in Germany, Britain and the United States have found the same level, but researchers say that this is the largest poll with a global reach.
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