>>That is just hogwash in my opinion---the Drake Equation proves that life >>MUST exist elsewhere.
Not quite - Actually most sensible values for the drake equation (and subsequent improved variants) come up with surprisingly low values, given the scale and size of the universe! In fact it's quite easy to get values of 1! yes Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but evidence of absence is evidence of absence! If we search and find no other life in our own solar system, it lowers the odds somewhat, since the earth is so perfect for life, yet the similar sized planets that are very nearby are totally sterile (it seems so far). Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Becky and Kirk Sent: 24 August 2009 22:10 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Contact Predicted That is just hogwash in my opinion---the Drake Equation proves that life MUST exist elsewhere. Even the SETI scientists agree that LIFE is probably abundant! Absence of Evidence is NOT Evidence of Absence!! Kirk...... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Whitmer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:17 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Alien Contact Predicted > Eric: > > It's my belief that We Are Alone! There's nobody out there. Life and > intelligence is a singularity, a miracle, call it what you will, it only > happened once, here on good old Planet Earth. We are the Seed that will > spread throughout the Universe by Space Migration. It's our manifest > destiny and a matter of survival. Nobody knows how or why it happened, it > just did. It was either God or chance, take your pick. There are those > who claim otherwise, but they have yet to provide even the thinnest shred > of evidence. Those who make extraordinary claims must provide some > extraordinary evidence to back it up. And they never do! Not one person > abducted by ETs has ever grabbed an alien cellphone or anything else to > prove they were aboard an intergalactic space ship. > > The argument for aliens goes something like this: "Well there's billions > and billions of galaxies, one of them has to harbor life. It just has to! > You know, a billion monkeys typing for a billion years, and one of them > writes a Shakespearean Sonnet or the Book of Genesis, whatever. I think > they will just type gibberish for eternity. Life doesn't just pop up all > over the place. It can never be created in the laboratory. It's impossible > to make live stuff out of dead stuff! (Except for that one time.) > > This argument puts a lot of faith in Chance and the Laws of Probability. > Might as well say Yahweh or Brahma did it. Evolution guided by chance and > probability, how is that any different from chaos and total randomness? > > And why do the aliens always appear in trailer parks and never at Houston > Control, NAU, or the JPL? > > Now if I could see one bit of hard evidence, I would change my mind in a > minute. > > Just my dos pesos, > > Phil Whitmer > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us. Email [email protected]. You should not copy or use this email or attachment(s) for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. GENERAL STATEMENT: Southern Scientific Ltd's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. Registered address Rectory Farm Rd, Sompting, Lancing, W Sussex BN15 0DP. Company No 1800317 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
