To: PatrickHenry
Yes...I should have been more explicit. I believe life has arisen elsewhere, but
intelligent life, IMO, is a one-off that (likely) only happened here because of a great series of coincidences.
No, it's not falsifiable, but that's what I believe, fwiw.
13 posted on
07/28/2005 6:09:02 PM PDT by
Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy
You could be right. But it's a big galaxy, and we've got millions of years ahead of us to find out. I said "galaxy" and not "universe" because I doubt that we'll be getting any contacts from beyond the Milky Way. But some new (and very unexpected) developments could change that. At the moment, we're the only game in town. And that's not a bad thing. If we're alone, then it all belongs to us.
14 posted on
07/28/2005 6:15:10 PM PDT by
PatrickHenry
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To: Pharmboy
"Yes...I should have been more explicit. I believe life has arisen elsewhere, but intelligent life, IMO, is a one-off that (likely) only happened here because of a great series of coincidences. " Or if there has been other intelligent life it is/was so far way in time or distance to be essentially equivalent to non-existant.
16 posted on
07/28/2005 7:32:50 PM PDT by
b_sharp
(Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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