Is there anyone else out there?

I would like to think that life on another planet, in another universe or maybe in a parallel world to ours does exist. I would like to think that in the future there is something more to life than just working your ass off to get good grades, a job you're satisfied with and with that a decent payslip every month. I would like to think that there is something more out there for us to discover and learn from. But I don't have any proof or evidence whatsoever.

Does this make me weird?

According to the Empirical theory, knowledge arises from experience. John Locke (1632-1704) argued that "the mind is a tabula rasa ("white paper") on which experiences leave their marks". So, if I've understood this very complicated ideology right, one of the main arguments for this theory is basically that without actual proof, there is no knowledge. For example, someone could tell you that a super popular band made an amazing gig in London a couple of weeks ago but it was a shame the sound quality wasn't as good as the rest. This would, from an Empiric view apply that the person speaking these words was there to experience the show, and is therefore able to comment on these things... I guess...

But what if he or she wasn't there? All that this person told you was just an account of someone else's experience or a rumour heard from someone, who heard it from someone.. Would this be proof enough to support the Empirical theory?

This would probably suit better in the A-Priori category. A-priori does not require any science. It is simply enough to say that you can see it is true even though you haven't experienced it on your own. I'd reckon that my hopes and belief would be placed in this theory. I don't have any proof or haven't experienced any things like UFO's, ghosts or any other supernatural things but I still hope and believe that they (or some alternative form of these 'myths') do exist.

These expressions will probably keep spinning around in my head for quite some time, because it seems almost too big to get a proper understanding of it..
I hope I didn't spin your head around..