That sounds interesting. What is it? On 30 September 2014 14:46, spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > Sent from AOL Mobile > Leonardo probably did that some kind of generational spaceship. Just > haven't uncovered it yet. I suppose my point is that I don't think it'll > take too much longer historically speaking for us to even decide that we're > alone or that life is Pluripotent, everywhere. Maybe only 100 years will > human species decide if this is valid or not? If life seems abundant > everywhere, I suspect that will be a great drive for human species, and > it's artificial intelligence companions to investigate this new realm of > life. The answer is that the nearer universe, at least, appears to be dead, > appears to be the bereft of life, I feel we will turn inwards. > > If We remain a sophisticated civilization, we should be able to leave > space exploration for the robots, until such a time and and place where we > uncover something dynamically interesting. But this is for another > generation to decide, and not ours. Which makes things, seem, our world, > our times, our worries, seem so temporary. On the other hand I am now > reading the work by Clement Vidal, of Free University, Brussels, a > colleague, of Bruno Marchal, on the meaning and purpose of intelligence, > life, and cosmology, leading to the far future-a very, different > perspective indeed. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LizR <[email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 05:02 PM > Subject: Re: Handedness of biochemicals may have an origin in the weak > nuclear force > > > Hmm. "God's quarantine regulations" in action? > > According to "Rare Earth" you may need a lot of Goldilocks stuff to work > out for life to exist. But I'd imagine something unicellular could get > going in a lot of environments that wouldn't support multicellular life, > and multicellular could get going in lots of places that wouldn't support > technologically advanced species, and so on. But a centauri is a triple > star and barnard's is an M type dwarf IIRC, neither may be as suitable as a > single G or K type. Maybe Tau Ceti would be a better bet, admittedly a bit > further to go (5 light years further IIRC!) But those AIs are patient. Also > there's the possibility of getting small space ships that don't require > life support up to relativistic speeds with antimatter or a light sail. I'd > be happy to wait 50 years for news from another star, > while 500 is pushing it a bit. (Shame Leonardo didn't invent a generation > starship...) > > > On 30 September 2014 10:51, spudboy100 via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > They will have the same chirality, if they exist. It seems inordinately, > maddening, if no other life exits, however, maybe if we don't (assuming > there's still a human species) find bacterial life in 100 years, our > descendants, will give up. Best guess? A AI probe to centauri and barnards > star. If sophisticated scans prove zippo, the natural thing to do is to > turn inward. For everyone but astronomy AI's, the stars will just be > little lights in the skies. The universe, an empty darkness. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LizR < [email protected]> > To: everything-list < [email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Sep 27, 2014 3:33 am > Subject: Handedness of biochemicals may have an origin in the weak nuclear > force > > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weak-nuclear-force-shown-to-give-asymmetry-to-biochemistry-of-life/ > > This possibly implies that most life in the universe may have similar > chirality...? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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