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Originally Posted by CraigS
Hi Warren;
The only thing I'm firm about when it comes to this topic, is the unpredictability of finding another instance of emerged life. This particular research paper comes to that same conclusion.
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But to use that unpredictability to then deny that the opposite assumption is equally true is rather disingenuous, Craig. Which is what you've done on numerous occasions. You've basically said that saying all things being equal and given what we know, we can't say life has appeared elsewhere. No, we can't categorically say that with 100% certainty, but to deny that it can (appear elsewhere, given the conditions and fundamental processes) and that chaos theory somehow is the overarching arbiter of the subject is presumptuous in the least.
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"How it comes across": The only feeling (or 'belief') I have ever expressed in this matter has been that I really don't care whether exo-life exists, or not. How it comes across, is as much a function of how you might be reading what I'm actually saying … but 'thank you', for allowing me the opportunity of restating my position (which remains unchanged on this matter).
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That being the case, it would be wise to choose your words and the way you express them rather carefully.
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Both of the majority perspectives on the topic, are purely products of optimism or pessimism, neither of which carry any weight in science.
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I agree, but you can't divorce them from what science is being done. Humans are not robots.
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My beliefs are also completely irrelevant, and I encourage you to dismiss them, whenever you like, and wherever you see them.
Cheers
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Yet it's abundantly clear your beliefs about the subject cloud your opinions and what you write. Dismiss them and you dismiss what you write.