>  LA>    Everywhere we have been in the Solar system we have found
 >  LA> no sign of life what ever and all efforts to communicate with
 >  LA> any other forms of life have failed miserably. The reasonable
 >  LA> conclusion is that this Earth is the ONLY place where any life
 >  LA> exists and has ever existed!
 > JS>    The universe is too big for a conclusion such as you
 > JS> suggest. There are 200 billion suns in our Milky Way galaxy.
 > JS> There are at least that same number of >other< galaxies. To
 > JS> suggest we are the only life in all these trillions of
 > JS> galaxies is extremely self-centered.
 >    Now now now Jack. There is no call for personal abuse,
 > surely! Just try to stick to the facts eh. After all most
 > Gallup Polls and similar things only take a sampling of the
 > views of the population and we form judgements on such
 > things.
Sorry Laurie, but that's not the way it works in cosmology. We are already
WAY off topic at this point, but I am going to take moderator's privilege
and see this one out... ...Just don't take this personally, as it is not
intended to be a put down...
One of the so called prerequisites for life as we know it is that there
be other G-2, Sol-like stars. I'm not sure this is really necessary for
life, but that's one of the main rules of consideration. So, with that
restriction in mind, how many G-2 suns are there? Our galaxy alone
has millions of them. Add to that the billions of other galaxies with
the same probabilities (we know this, because we know the composition
of the universe), we then know there to be not billions, but trillions
of G-2 type suns out there. ...And you would have us believe that out
of all these trillions, only our single planet supports intelligent
life? Isn't that just a little self-centered thinking on your part?
The odds are against your one intelligent species argument, Laurie.
...Even from a religious point of view, that would be selfish. Why
would a creator build more than our solar system or more than our
galaxy if there was to be only one intelligent species? To think
thusly is grossly self-centered and totally selfish thinking. I
cannot imagine anyone being so vain.
Now (and this will seem a little unfair), we have gotten off-topic
and it's my fault. So, I will not permit any further discussion
along these lines, as there is nothing you can say without repeating
yourself. This line of discussion is over. ...Sorry.
Regards,
Jack
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