[jwalsh07]

.Whatever his accomplishments in the field of physics that's an extremely narrow view of things. He presupposes that life can only exist in the kinds of conditions and in the forms it has been found in so far. The range of life that has been discovered on this planet shows that it is not limited much by temperature, pressure or a need for sunlight, oxygen or CO2. It is rather parochial of him to assume that life could not exist in conditions entirely different than manifest in this universe. His assumptions are altogether more absurd than the ones he's trying to dismiss.

More absurd than your presupposition that there are more universes than the one you currently occupy. Tell me, how would you observe these alternate universes and the life forms currently occupying them?

[TigersEye]

More absurd than your presupposition that there are more universes than the one you currently occupy.

LOL Nice try. You are falsifying the record. I did not presuppose that or even suggest that it might be the truth.

Tell me, how would you observe these alternate universes and the life forms currently occupying them?

That is exactly the point I was making about Townes statement. He can't have observed any of that or anything beyond this planet in terms of life forms or the lack thereof. That means he is playing in the purely theoretical on the basis of assumptions. Townes is the one who proffered a theory of life throughout the universe and juxtaposed that with a comparison to theories of other universes not me.

I'm simply pointing out how limited that view is and irrational in its ego-centricity. He presupposes that his view has taken everything into account when it is demonstrably very narrow. He launched his rocket and left logic and reason on the ground.