Half of Pakistanis believe aliens living on other planets

ISLAMABAD: While most depictions of extraterrestrials are found in fiction, half of Pakistanis (50 per cent) believe that some form of alien life exists somewhere in the universe, whereas just as many (49 per cent) do not believe in that, says a latest survey released here on Wednesday.
According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey, a proportionately higher percentage of men and people above 50 years of age believe that humans are not alone in the universe.
In the survey, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country was asked: “In your view is there life on other planets?”
In a follow up question, the respondents were asked: “Suppose if there is life in other planets, in your view how those inhabitants would be different?”
One per cent of respondents gave no response. If there was life on other planets, 45 per cent of the respondents believed the inhabitants of those planets would be less intelligent than the humans, 24 per cent said they would be more intelligent, 18 per cent said they would be just like humans and 13 per cent believed they would be different in some other way or gave no response.
While a comparatively higher percentage of men believe that aliens would be less intelligent, women think they would be sharper than the humans.