From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:44:29 -0500, Tony Williams  wrote:

>> Gary Britt wrote:
>>  Just look at all the planets we have directly observed that are
>> capable of supporting life, have life on them, and have life on them as
>> complicated and intelligent as modern man.
>> No problem.  Not improbably at all based upon all observations to date.
>> Sure.....

>  We haven't directly observed any other earthlike planets to date
> because they'd be too small to see with out current equipment. What we
> have observed are larger planets forming systems in which earthlike
> planets might exist. There isn't enough data to do more than extrapolate
> - using the scientific method of course.

It's the Gary B Uncertainty Principle-- it doesn't exist until we directly
observe it.  When we *do* find Earth-like planets with life on them, rest
assured that they will have just sprung into being simultaneously with the
observation.

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Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/~sewing

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