(February 20, 2015 at 9:06 pm)Heywood Wrote:No, it's not. We already know of circumstances in which terrestrial life may exist-- the Earth. We therefore conjecture, quite reasonably, that in a universe which is practically infinite, a planet of the approximate size and composition of Earth may exist, and may hold life.(February 20, 2015 at 7:08 pm)bennyboy Wrote: We do not know that the circumstances, whatever they might be, in which a God would seem probably exist. There is no parallel here at all. So far, the only place we know God exists is in the human imagination, as an idea.
So far the only place we know extra terrestrial aliens exist is in the human imagination, as an idea. So it is exactly parallel.
Your conjecture about God is not based on observing those features of a universe or other framework in which said God might be expected to exist-- except as a flight of pure mathematical or philosophical fantasy.
Quote:Aliens ought to exist in a finite emergent complex universe as large as ours. Eternal, infinite intellect ought to exist in a reality which is eternal, infinite and eternally emergent complex.I don't know what "eternally emergent complex" means to you. Could you explain it simply?
