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To: Boogieman

Well fine.

You can clutch that as if that is the definitive proof of no life outside of Earth, because if you actually read what astronomers are doing and finding (which is based on real observation), you would realize that you are standing on nothing but a string of your self-congratulatory ability and saying that you have mathematically proven that there is no life outside of Earth, and then demanding that I prove your wrong.

Your math isnt any more proof than a guy 120 years ago, who could have used the same statement to say “there are no other galaxies other than our own” or a guy 50 years ago saying “there are no other planets other than the ones in our solar system”.

Mathematical argument < empirical observation

And those observations are showing precisely how narrow and desperate your reliance on that “argument” is.


50 posted on 08/25/2016 9:32:50 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: VanDeKoik

“You can clutch that as if that is the definitive proof of no life outside of Earth...”

I never asserted any such thing. You are the one making assertions for which you have no evidence, not me.

“saying that you have mathematically proven that there is no life outside of Earth,”

Never said that, did I? I merely demonstrated that your statement that “it’s simple math” that life must exist somewhere out there is flat out wrong. Obviously you don’t like that fact, but there is no need to start lying about what I’ve said. Anyone can read my comments and see what you are doing, so it’s quite silly anyway.

“Your math isnt any more proof ...”

I wasn’t trying to prove anything. You asserted a proof, and I demonstrated the glaring error in your proof, that is all. You still haven’t addressed the error I pointed out, which is pretty good evidence, I think, that you have no answer for the criticism. I don’t blame you though, since there is no logical answer but to accept the criticism and move on.

“Mathematical argument < empirical observation”

Then why did you try to make a faulty mathematical argument in the first place? I’m perfectly happy to rely on the empirical observations instead. By the way, we haven’t empirically observed life anywhere else but on Earth.


64 posted on 08/25/2016 10:32:03 AM PDT by Boogieman
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