Catastrophes (Evolution)

by BBella , Sunday, November 23, 2008, 20:22 (5842 days ago) @ David Turell

We use stem cells not T-cells for the research to create organ replacements. T-cells are those immune cells that HIV destroys to conquer the invaded human body. > - Sorry, I meant stem cells.&#13;&#10; &#13;&#10;> As far as extraplanetary visits are concerned, the nearest star is four light-years away and the closest planets orbiting a star are very much further, and none so far are like Earth, and astronomier are looking at the closest stars to spot planets. Perhaps with the newer space telescope in development they will see further and find an earth-like planet, one that can support life. So there is the time-for-travel problem, and your proposed species would have to be very long-lived or know how to stop ageing. Another problem with the idea is SETI has never had an intelligable signal. There are two books available: Rare Earth and Privileged Planet, both of which think Earth is an exceedingly rare type of planet. They suggest we might be alone.< - I&apos;ve read many books and websites that suggest we are alone and many that say we are not. There is no definitive answer with this subject just as there is none for the question of a God. To me, just by observation of what people claim, there is plenty of evidence for both! But that&apos;s neither here nor there, as what I am pondering isn&apos;t about whether it is a possibility as much as that &apos;if&apos; we discuss it as if there is a possibility, like we discuss the motive of God as if he &apos;is&apos; then possibly some questions may find answers that is discussed here. If we can discuss the purpose of a creator God for creating this mess, whether &apos;he&apos; is loving or not...it seems we could bring ourselves to discuss the possibility of less omnipotent beings that may have even less purpose than love for creating us that actually makes more sense, in my mind. - Your reasoning above does not, again, in my mind, in anyway discount the possibility that there could be a race of beings far older and more advanced than ours that could travel light years or within dimensions in moments, as well as have the capability and technology to create exactly what we are and have influence here on earth without our actual collective acknowlegment. Most of our discussions here are, more times than not, about a being (God) that has done (and still does) way more fantastical exploits than what I am pondering, yet, is discussed invariably every day. My wanting to explore the possibility of a species that can do less than God yet more than earthly humans seem somehow less fantastic, in my eyes, and more plausible and, even more worthy of discussion here, since we do have more &apos;visual&apos; evidence of this possibility than we do of the elusive &apos;God&apos; we all seem to discuss so often. - My purpose in mentioning an advance race of beings is my questioning how we came to be here and advanced as far as we have in our scientist&apos;s alloted amount of time in which to do it in. There are many other unanswered questions about many things that could possibly be answered with this other worldly 3rd element in mind. I am not offended my question has been brushed aside like a bothersome child&apos;s wide eyed wonderings...I just find it curious the reasons to dismiss this idea so quickly, so not to ponder or discuss it and wipe it quickly off the table for more worthy subjects, seems so weak, and yet, the &apos;God&apos; subject and &apos;his&apos; purpose for creating us, is discussed endlessly as if the evidence for such a being is so great! - Of course, I know one of the most popular discussions is about how it all began in the first place as well as the motivation...yet, it seems to me, and I may be wrong, what most discussions are about is the time element and how we got from point a to point b so quickly. So again, in my mind, this 3rd element could be the answer for many questions that remain illusive as well as some questions that are just left for dead with no scientific ponderings at all, like the very &apos;other worldly&apos; strange things people claim to see and experience every day. Again, I am not offended, just curiously perplexed at how close minded we open minded people can be sometimes.