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TransitJohn

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59. You can't discuss real issues with people who have a belief that life or Earth are sacred

Reply to dionysus (Reply #57)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 09:58 PM

Apr 2014

It clashes with their religion.

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Life on Earth arose about as soon as it was possible for life to arise [View all] cthulu2016 Apr 2014 OP

An article to consider exboyfil Apr 2014 #1

I am more sympathetic to that argument vis-a-vis intelligent life cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #4

I tend to agree with you exboyfil Apr 2014 #5

As the article notes, we have a sample of exactly one, so we don't know... not yet. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #7

Ward, Brownlee and Fermi are right. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #8

... or if a spectrometer detects oxygen on one of those extrasolar planets. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #11

How well would a person from 1000 AD hear us? jeff47 Apr 2014 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #21

The universe is big, but it is also old. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #25

Personally, I think we *are* the leading edge of intelligent life. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #33

Is that sort of like an extension of the Monroe Doctrine? Crunchy Frog Apr 2014 #50

Agree with this. joshcryer Apr 2014 #65

Even if the galaxy hosts 2 or 3 of them at a time why have they not spread? lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #66

I think it's unlikely they would spread out. joshcryer May 2014 #70

I sort of see that as the last gasp Crunchy Frog Apr 2014 #51

There's only one piece of evidence on the topic. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #54

True, but meaningless. Crunchy Frog Apr 2014 #61

Me either. Duppers May 2014 #75

It should be coined the "rare intelligence hypothesis." joshcryer Apr 2014 #64

6000 years ago! zappaman Apr 2014 #3

Doubt it. We're a specieis totally unsuited for life on this planet... Mondavi Apr 2014 #6

I know, we need those flappy thngs snooper2 Apr 2014 #12

There is a middle ground between anthropocentrism and misanthropy. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #14

It is humans who have destroyed the planet .... Mondavi Apr 2014 #35

The planet's destroyed? TransitJohn Apr 2014 #41

Possibly you haven't been paying attention? Mondavi Apr 2014 #44

No, I think it was actually you engaging in hyperbole. eom TransitJohn Apr 2014 #45

Is Global Warming and death of species "hyperbole"? Mondavi Apr 2014 #46

No, but claiming Earth is already destroyed is eom TransitJohn Apr 2014 #47

Global Warming is destruction of the planet... Mondavi Apr 2014 #48

So you don't understand physics as well as geology. TransitJohn Apr 2014 #49

Rather you seem to not understand physics or geology.... Mondavi Apr 2014 #52

I'll just put my degrees in the dustbin, then. TransitJohn Apr 2014 #58

If your education leads you to believe that Global Warming ... Mondavi Apr 2014 #63

Now you're willfully misconstruing what I've said, this is about you saying the Earth is destroyed. TransitJohn Apr 2014 #67

Nonsense Mondavi May 2014 #69

How do you continue posting from a destroyed Earth? TransitJohn May 2014 #71

a few million years after we're gone the planet will be good as new, don't sweat it. we just won't dionysus Apr 2014 #57

You can't discuss real issues with people who have a belief that life or Earth are sacred TransitJohn Apr 2014 #59

"... humans who have destroyed the planet ...." They have? oldhippie Apr 2014 #68

What does this have to do with the OP? NT Adrahil May 2014 #72

See Mondavi May 2014 #73

No, we are extremely well suited for life on African savannahs. jeff47 Apr 2014 #17

We cannot survive the extremes of Global Warming .... Mondavi Apr 2014 #36

So your complaint is that we are flammable and don't have gills. jeff47 Apr 2014 #37

All "climate" has been and is being changed by Global Warming ... Mondavi Apr 2014 #40

Except that isn't what you were talking about above. jeff47 Apr 2014 #42

You're misreading what I said .... Mondavi Apr 2014 #43

I subscribe to the defacto7 Apr 2014 #53

Sadly, wholeheartedly agree with you. Mondavi Apr 2014 #56

Occam's Razor says we are not special. bemildred Apr 2014 #9

I thought that meant "a second later" Otelo Apr 2014 #10

Yep. Natural selection and what not. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #13

Yes -- Statistically there must be a huge number of planets supporting advanced life Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #15

There's another factor for those large hydrocarbons jeff47 Apr 2014 #16

Excellent point. Yes. cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #20

wRONG! gOD DID IT! Iggo Apr 2014 #19

. JaneyVee Apr 2014 #23

My guess.... Junkdrawer Apr 2014 #24

Unless.............. dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #26

Space Supplements! Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #27

Yes. But where's the caffeine and taurine? Junkdrawer Apr 2014 #29

Meteorite Vites! chrisa Apr 2014 #55

Still need some sort of competition and selection.... Junkdrawer Apr 2014 #28

I only found that by accident just now when I posted it. dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #31

Which, in turn, came from... Junkdrawer Apr 2014 #32

There is a Tibetan story WhiteTara Apr 2014 #34

Human lives are not rare; there are over 7,000,000,000 of them in existence currently FarCenter Apr 2014 #38

Compare human life to ALL sentient life on this planet WhiteTara Apr 2014 #39

Leaving aside the stereotypical UFO visitation IDemo Apr 2014 #60

Pfffft. Some loud and vocal people think some invisible sky fairy snapped his fingers and we were Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #62

Go, Tardigrades! Creatures with more survivor potential than even cockroaches. Hekate May 2014 #74

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!! chervilant May 2014 #76