Posted on 03/28/2008 6:11:45 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
Yes I definitely believe that. Science convinces me of it.
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Yeah, I completely agree with that. Life may take any form inconceivable to man, and we still think that it has to look like us.
I am not concerned with finding God. God is everywhere, if you look.
My point was if they can see a molecule light years away, they should have used this to find the Rose Law Firm records . . .
***The nitrile could be hydrolyzed to an amide under fairly drastic conditions, and from there to carboxylic acid by another hydrolysis.***
Uh............ English please?
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No it doesn’t. It translates more as “native.”
Well that is your interpretation. Probability theory tells me that we probably aren’t alone (in our sentience) in the universe.
I realized you were trying to be a jokester, but had you read my description, they aren’t actually seeing THIS molecule, they’re seeing the unique signature of this molecule. Trust me we don’t have any optics that can differentiate molecules at hundreds of light years distance.
Probability theory says the chances against there being another planet with all the characteristics necessary to sustain life as we know it are greater than the total number of atoms in the universe.
No it doesn’t. Your statement is nonsensical. You’re trying to relate two unrelatable concepts: a probability and the total number of atoms in the universe (which is unknown to any reasonable degree of certainty). You would be further ahead to relate the probability of finding life with something relevant, like the number of terrestrial planets in the galaxy (currently unknown) or the number of planets overall in the galaxy (also unknown).
Following your thinking to its logical end point (use of as few data points as possible), the best we can come up with right now is that any given planet has a 1/8 probability of containing life, the way we define planets, moons and other solar system bodies. That is obviously way off base, but because the data set is so small we can only make educated guesses.
We have exactly ONE data point with regard to life. Not exactly statistically significant when we’re talking about hundreds of billions of star systems is it now?
In other words, you could make this compound into an amino acid by reacting it with water under drastic conditions. So, the radioastronomers are quite close, in theory, to finding extraterrestrial amino acids.
In other words, you could make this compound into an amino acid by reacting it with water under drastic conditions. So, the radioastronomers are quite close, in theory, to finding extraterrestrial amino acids.
light spectrometers
your a rabid anti-aminite!
Plenty of alcohol at Space Port Moss Isely on Tatooine, just watch out for the Imperial Forces.
God’s universe is an amazing thing indeed... who would have thought that the seeds of life are scattered among the stars? And who would have thought that someday we’d have the ability to see it? Frankly, stories like this confirm for me the depth and majesty of His creation; only a timeless, eternal God works at this level of complexity and magnitude.
The carbon chemistry there is the same as it is here. Same universe, same chemistry, same laws of physics.
As far as we can tell.
Don’t get me started on Universal Warming.
You’re right about the scientific method. Trouble comes when people insist that if something is not provable via the scientific method, it must be false or irrelevant. Going down that road can turn science itself into a religion. It’s a path I’ve seen more frequently followed by non-scientists rather than by scientists.
There’s a reason for that.
I beg to differ, as would the bet on-line dictionary. http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=on&search=heimat&relink=on
Hier haben sie leider nicht Recht mein FReund.
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