gordon brown wrote:
>
> Isn't Scripture silent on this? While it wouldn't surprise me if God
> decided to limit so-called intelligent life to one planet, I don't find it
> necessary to go out on a limb and insist on it. On the other hand, I don't
> find the case for abiogenesis and subsequent evolution to humanlike
> creatures being easy to be very compelling, which is what most believers
> in extraterrestial intelligent creatures probably assume.
This is just one part of Hugh's overemphasis on the anthropic principle. He
isn't content with the general argument but thinks that it can be strengthened by piling
up a lot of "one chance in ten to the big number" claims. RTB made the argument about
Mars being seeded from earth several years ago when McKay et al made their claims about
past Martian life.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Fri Mar 26 19:07:42 2004
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