[DManA]

This question is the ultimate example of navel gazing.

[Oberon]

This question is the ultimate example of navel gazing.

...thus providing the New York Times an excellent opportunity to do what it does best.

[onedoug]

This question is the ultimate example of navel gazing.

I disagree. Paul Davies is a very accomplished science writer (and physicist as PCW Davies). He points out that increasingly sophisticated telescoping power may soon let us look for tell-tale signs of even primitive biology in different atmospheres, within tens or hundreds of light years. Such discovery would be the clincher, at least enabling us in the certainty that we are not alone in God's universe.

[Don Corleone]

This question is the ultimate example of navel gazing.

Ban faculty lounges!

[jwalsh07]

Exactly. Who gives a crap besides the navel gazers?