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CM>> own solar system, much less our galaxy or our universe.
PF> Have you thought about the conditions required for life to
PF> occur spontaneously? And the chances of it happening even with the
PF> right conditions?
The only thought I've given it personally is that it has happened, we
are here. Whether we are special, which we are not, is yet to be
seen as we explore.
PF> If you already know without evidence that there is life out
PF> there, why bother looking for it?
Why climb Everest, why try to find if quarks make up atoms; seeking of
knowledge makes us different from other life here...we want to learn
the unknown.
PF> There is absolutely no reason yet to believe there is any
PF> other planet able to give rise to or support life. Astronomers are
Yes there is, how about the Drake Equation?
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