Knowledge, belief & agnosticism (Agnosticism)

by David Turell , Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 02:44 (5966 days ago) @ Carl


> David, panspermia does more than just move the question a step away. It removes the need to prove that life arose under conditions of a primitive earth, and moves it to any possible set of conditions in the galaxy. God knows what might be out there. Thanks for the tip on the Altenberg Conference. Looks interesting. - I still view panspermia as a cop out to avoid explaining the appearnce of life, organic matter from an inorganic universe. The odds against spontaneous formation of living organisms wherever it happens are impossibly enormous, even if taken in tiny steps. And yes, let us follow the science, and try to interpret it with neutrality. Altenberg will be a bombshell, if the interviews prior to it are predictive.