I think it's mathematically likely that complex life forms exist elsewhere in the universe. Basic chemistry and biochemistry seem to indicate that if the right materials and conditions are present, organic compounds and eventually whole cells can start to click together on their own. This seems to have happened on Earth at least once. It took billions of years for complex life to start showing up out of simple life forms, so that would seem to suggest that complex life is something more of a rarity than simple life. The universe is filled with so much material, time, and opportunity, though, that even exceedingly rare events could happen billions of times. Rare doesn't mean impossible. Far from it.
Whether or not live things have managed to arrive from other planets is a whole other question. The ET Encounters crowd tends to eschew over-dependence on evidence and often has to resort to logical fallacy, dogma, and misrepresentation of evidence to support their beliefs and claims.
Gosh, who does that sound like?
Whether or not live things have managed to arrive from other planets is a whole other question. The ET Encounters crowd tends to eschew over-dependence on evidence and often has to resort to logical fallacy, dogma, and misrepresentation of evidence to support their beliefs and claims.
Gosh, who does that sound like?
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
