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This alone outs enough to convince me that we have life spread across the universe. I’ve always found the thought that we’re on the only planet in the entire universe to support life to be incredibly selfish. There’s no way we’re that special.
I'd use the term unlikely rather then selfish. The universe has no emotional mandates.
But agree the odds of no other life are low. Odds of intelligence less so. But the lack of it on earth. Is hardly evidence of non existence.
this reads like the progenitors from star trek were really a thing. lol
Go further. You're still assuming other life has to be like us.
I think it makes sense to reason from what we know about physics and chemistry. We say there's "carbon based" life because carbon facilitates a snap-on structure that makes it the basis of molecular chemistry we use for DNA and proteins. Sometimes we look at other planets and hypothesize other pathways to life based on plausible chemistry. You don't have to assume life is going to be like us in order to have your reasoning about life in the universe being based on plausible mechanisms known to science. That's why we look for planets in what we think of as plausible habitable ranges, we look for water, we look for chemical signatures of metabolism along known pathways.
Of course, always be curious about new possibilities, but weight what we know. There could be life in forms we've never imagined, and we should be open to that. But for now, knowing that organic chemistry, the building blocks for DNA exist and might be widespread is in and of itself a reason to think life could have emerged elsewhere, even though it's only reasoning from the familiar example we know.
yeah I always think that like an ant is an order of magnitude 'different' to humans, so much so that they kinda live in a 2d world just droning and sensing themselves about and they can't even consider us and the world that we live in and experience.
We live on the same planet and same conditions, and have that much variance between us with regards to experience, intelligence, and of course physiological aspects etc.
'Life' out in the universe could easily be an order of magnitude different to us humans, who's to say we can even comprehend the 'life' even if we may be staring right at it.
I mean we are all made of stars and in the universe there are more stars then it's possible to comprehend. So of course the amino acids that make up life will certainly exist "in space." But that doesn't mean it is the earthly origin of those amino acids.
Nods. It really is a theory no better then god. As far as human origins go. It's just the latest search for answers requireing little consideration.
As soon as more consideration is applied. You recognise it doesn't answer any new questions. Just provides an excuse for some to stop asking.
Is any answer oþer þan "yes" correct? No matter how you consider þe question?
þou has put forþ a most þought-provoking þeory. As I þink about þis þeory, I am þrust into a mindset of using primarily healþy meþods that only just begin to explore the depþ of þese possibilities. It seems that Moþer Earþ has no dearþ of surprises for us.
Reminds me of Dan Brown's Deception Point when I read this
Where bioluminescence?