Prof Brian Cox on Life

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Hi Ron. Just using pretense in the sense that they imply that life is relatively close by.When given how exceedingly small are the chances for life, let alone highly intelligent life to form around any given star and yes there are trillions and more, but how far away is intelligent life? or even replicating molecule stage?A planet first would have to be perfectly placed and ALL the rest necessary to happen. Nearly all the exo planets dont seem even likely candidates, and there many lyrs away..So far EERIE silence So just needed to clarify that.cheers
Ps:Mars right next door is ironically the most likely candidate for life or even a pre existing one as it could have once been placed just right etc

[sjastro]

Interesting given the "demarcation dispute" theme behind some of the posts.

Nobel prize winner Francis Crick's remark might be considered heresy by some in the Life Sciences.

Regards

Steven

[Steffen]

I think Crick is exactly right. After we've taken all the various layers of blinkers off all that's left is bare physics.

Cheers
Steffen.

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by Steffen

I think Crick is exactly right. After we've taken all the various layers of blinkers off all that's left is bare physics.

Cheers
Steffen.

Yes STEFFEN and hi.The physics and chemistry of that MIRACLE element CARBON.Organic compounds made of Carbon have an unusual polymer forming ABILITY necessary for life.
The EASE in which Carbon makes its 4 ELECTRONS AVAILABLE to form BONDS
Making long chains of self REPLICATING MOLECULES.Amino acids to proteins by RNA, DNA inside GENES inside CHROMOSOMES. ALL to make more proteins and thus LIVING THINGS
ALL JUST SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS.BONDING AND REPLICATING. BUT NOT LIVING THEMSELVES..CARBON FROM STARS.
WE ALL ARE AS CARL SAGAN SAID "STARSTUFF"

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

For those still watching episodes: Tonights is devoted to Australia, so should be an interesting one on early life.

ps. and it contains my Hamelin Pool timelapse

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by colinmlegg

For those still watching episodes: Tonights is devoted to Australia, so should be an interesting one on early life.

ps. and it contains my Hamelin Pool timelapse

Hi Col Ill be a watchin.Lets hope ithere is some controversy and some thought provocing
arguments.Cheers.

[JC (Julian)]

LOL ...... Whats with the starwars stormtrooper pushing a trolley on the outback road? Size matters episode @ 47.53

Edit apparently its;

http://news.discovery.com/adventure/...or-charity.htm

It was a surreal moment....

[Ric]

Yep, how cool was the stormtrooper.

They could have devoted a minute or two to promote his cause though.

[iceman (Mike)]

Great episode. Really enjoyed that.

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

It just goes to show startroopers need to shop, just like everyone else! And get charity!They could have stopped to ask him what brand spacebars he was consuming,to get his energy.Not very scientific. HAW HAW.
Ps: Thats assuming male gender from the overtly masculine walk.Though you never know with startroopers thesedays!

[mr bruess]

if we have learned something from the past, is that we cant be 100% sure on nothing. people used to say the earth was flat and the earth was the center of the universe. we used to say that the sun did orbit our planet. we used to say that we never could fly or investigate the depth of our oceans.
I think its time to open our minds and close our mouths and just learn about whats really going on. nothing is really like we believe, until its proven.


We can't be the only life form in this universe.

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by mr bruess

if we have learned something from the past, is that we cant be 100% sure on nothing. people used to say the earth was flat and the earth was the center of the universe. we used to say that the sun did orbit our planet. we used to say that we never could fly or investigate the depth of our oceans.
I think its time to open our minds and close our mouths and just learn about whats really going on. nothing is really like we believe, until its proven.


We can't be the only life form in this universe.

Mr Breuss. HI. I dont think most are sceptical as you suggest.I think its almost a given that there is some form of life out there.With all the Oxygen and Carbon etc in the Cosmos.
But it would appear that it is soo exceedingly difficult just to start up and keep a foothold,before some tragic event could occur,including being wiped out by a meteorite etc.
Highly intelligent life to evolve seems minutely small in comparison to just single celled organisms.Just my 2cents.Cheers.

[rat156]

The agenda is to get as much fundng for science as possible, hoodwinking the public governments etc that life is teeming everywhere and all we need is billion dollar space programs scopes etc to find it.Bluff a gullible lot like this and they will believe it So far eerie silence from space no matter how hard we try.cheers.
Last edited by bigjoe; 14-07-2013 at 11:58 PM. Reason: grammer

Sorry, not much to contribute here, but WTF? Perhaps this post has been edited to remove any semblance of correct grammar.

Here's a couple of pointers:

• After a fullstop to complete a sentence it is common practice to add two spaces.
• It is also common practice to start new sentences with a capital letter, not a random capital in the middle of a sentence.
• Abbreviations also usually have a fullstop after the last letter, except when the abbreviation includes the last letter, so Mr is correct, but etc is not.

Your posts in this thread, along with Flash's are very hard to read, so if you have something to contribute to the discussion it is lost in your poor presentation.

Cheers
Stuart

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

[QUOTE=rat156;999434]Sorry, not much to contribute here, but WTF? Perhaps this post has been edited to remove any semblance of correct grammar.

Here's a couple of pointers:

• After a fullstop to complete a sentence it is common practice to add two spaces.
• It is also common practice to start new sentences with a capital letter, not a random capital in the middle of a sentence.
• Abbreviations also usually have a fullstop after the last letter, except when the abbreviation includes the last letter, so Mr is correct, but etc is not.

Your posts in this thread, along with Flash's are very hard to read, so if you have something to contribute to the discussion it is lost in your poor presentation.

CheersThanks buddy but Im always doing this on my small mobile as Ive said earlier.
with very little time for paragraphs or correct grammar.
Ps:I do.t even have the spell checker on.