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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: bobdihi on 22/05/2019 18:29:42

Title: Why finding a life on another planet is such a big deal?
Post by: bobdihi on 22/05/2019 18:29:42

  Why finding a life on another planet is such a big deal? If its here it can be anywhere. 
Even if there is lions running around on some distant planet. I say so what. Whats the big deal.
They are here on earth so why could not they be found there?

Title: Re: Why finding a life on another planet is such a big deal?
Post by: alancalverd on 25/05/2019 22:46:56

However we look at it, life seems to be a very improbable outcome of the chemistry and physics we understand. Finding another instance of something recognisable as life, but having evolved in wholly different circumstances, might give us a clue as to how we got started, and that would be a very big deal intellectually, even if the alien slime had no interest in preventing nuclear war or shoving probes up our backsides.