Life in Outer Space
The answer to the above question is I don't know. This essay is not an
essay of answers because nobody knows the answer. What I want to do is
speculate. My speculation will be controlled and based on the
knowledge we have at present. Like all science, everything I say in
this essay could be proved wrong by a new theory or discovery
tomorrow. However, the path that we follow will be full of interesting
ideas that, I hope, will stimulate the reader.
The reason I talk about extraterrestrial life is because there is
strong evidence that all life on this planet has a common origin.
Chemically and genetically there are evolutionary links between all
organisms that more or less reflect the more traditional attempts at
linking them. This means, of course, that we have only one example of
life to study. This limits the number of conclusions we can draw. The
more examples of a phenomenon that you have, the more you can deduce
by comparing.
I know that there are many people who believe that UFO's represent
intelligent visitors from other worlds. In this essay I will assume
that UFO's are not intelligent visitors from other worlds. I may be
proved wrong tomorrow...
Definition of Life
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The next thing to do is to define life. What is life? How can we tell
a living thing from something that doesn't live? Sometimes it's easy
(a tiger and a rock). Sometimes it's a little tricky. In fact, the
line between living and non-living is actually a very fuzzy one.
Viruses are very close to that line. Away from a host cell, most
viruses are crystalline solids composed of proteins. Within a cell,
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small. I don't believe that the Earth has been visited by spaceships
(either in the past or in the present). The search for
extraterrestrial life is probably one of the most important quests of
the century. Not finding life on the nearby planets doesn't prove
anything about how common life is in the Universe. However, if we did
find life (say on Mars or Titan), it would indicate that life was a
very common phenomenon in the Universe.
The discovery of extraterrestrial life would be the most dramatic
scientific, social and religious event in history. Many of our values
would change as we realise that we are not unique. Life would then be
a normal part of the evolution of the Universe rather than a special
event confined to Earth. The repercussions would reverberate over all
disciplines for many years.
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them life is different and only humans experiencing the same problem can really understand what life
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