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Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say
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RE: Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say
July 6, 2015 at 2:22 pm
(July 6, 2015 at 1:01 pm)Alex K Wrote: Don't get too excited. I knew the name sounded familiar. The guy has a habit of spuriously claiming life in space...

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...ails-hard/

He's been trying to argue for panspermia since the stone age, and this fits all too neatly into his pet theory.

Is panspermia that far-fetched?
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RE: Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say
July 6, 2015 at 2:22 pm (This post was last modified: July 6, 2015 at 2:23 pm by Alex K.)
(July 6, 2015 at 2:05 pm)Minimal ist Wrote: Don't say "panspermia" around Vorlon.

Ok I'll try to avoid it, let me just quickly point out that the panspermia hypothesis begs for a more in depth analysis and some hard facts before it can gain enough thrust to penetrate into the mainstream, at which point the scientific community will get behind it soon enough.
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RE: Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say
July 6, 2015 at 2:27 pm (This post was last modified: July 6, 2015 at 2:31 pm by Alex K.)
(July 6, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Napoléon Wrote:
(July 6, 2015 at 1:01 pm)Alex K Wrote: Don't get too excited. I knew the name sounded familiar. The guy has a habit of spuriously claiming life in space...

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...ails-hard/

He's been trying to argue for panspermia since the stone age, and this fits all too neatly into his pet theory.

Is panspermia that far-fetched?

I really don't know how far fetched it is honestly. For one thing though, having something alive on the firsf deep space rock we care to look at is a different thing again than just having had panspermia 4 billion years ago...
I just grow suspicious when someone who is famous for advertising it more than others cries "aliens!" every time at the first sight of an anomaly.

Don't get me wrong, I so want there to be space bugs on there!
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RE: Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say
July 6, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Anyone remember the film about the space vampires on Halley's Comet?

Perhaps it's true all along ...

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RE: Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say
July 6, 2015 at 6:57 pm
Lifeforce

Steve Railsback was so hunky !!!

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RE: Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say
July 6, 2015 at 7:53 pm
Life force had some pretty ground breaking effects for its day....
As did "Scanners"
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