No ET! Ever?

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Brian Cox likes to make provocative statements sometimes, but the way it is phrased sounds uncharacteristically stupid. I strongly suspect Daily Mail shitjournalism with this one, at least an out-of-context quote.

There probably is shit Daily Mail journalism going on, but there is always the danger that he is succumbing to the career of celebrity over scientist. It can easily happen if you spend enough time amongst fawning media types rather than working scientists who you know will question everything you say. Case in point Baroness Susan Greenfield who the Daily Mail love to quote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...rains.html

Personally I think Brian Cox is talking bollocks. There's good reason to think that the rise of intelligence, Darwinian evolution and life is all part of the same process that gives rise to complexity over time. We just need the right conditions, building blocks and enough time. We know that there are enough Earth Like Worlds out there because we can see them while exploring in Elite: Dangerous ... or something like that.