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There is no foolproof test for alien life. We have been examining martian chemistry for twenty years or so and still don't know exactly what to look for.

[PatrickHenry]

WONDERFUL WORLD, SAM COOK
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Don't know much about history,
Don't know much biology.
Don't know much about a science book,
Don't know much about the French I took.
But I do know that I ain't no kin to monkeys!!

But I do know that I love you,
And I know that if you love me, too,
What a wonderful world this would be.

Don't know much about geography,
Don't know much trigonometry.
Don't know much about algebra,
Don't know what s slide rule is for.
But I know that Darwin was an idiot!

But I know that one and one is two,
And if this one could be with you,
What a wonderful world this would be.

Can you tell that I'm bored?

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There is no foolproof test for alien life. We have been examining martian chemistry for twenty years or so and still don't know exactly what to look for.

Given your demands for mathematical models and prediction, then according to the criteria you demand for ID, it seems like the search for life on Mars isn't science, is it? And if you think it is, then why is the search for life on Mars science but the search for traces of Intelligent Design not science?