http://www.esler.org/2010/01/28/aliens/ Home of Ted's untidy brain Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:51:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.esler.org/2010/01/28/aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-118558 Matt G Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:34:09 +0000 http://www.esler.org/2010/01/28/aliens/#comment-118558 Good post, Ted. The only thing I would add is that the success of this quest is key to atheists reinforcing their claim that we are not unique in the universe, that we are not created, but that the likelihood of life springing up spontaneously is much higher than science currently accepts. While this quest is a waste of time, in some ways, I want it to continue, because each empty planet that is discovered will further reinforce the fact that the likelihood of life existing on our own planet--let alone any others--is basically 0, and therefore Someone else must have been involved in its appearance. Good post, Ted. The only thing I would add is that the success of this quest is key to atheists reinforcing their claim that we are not unique in the universe, that we are not created, but that the likelihood of life springing up spontaneously is much higher than science currently accepts. While this quest is a waste of time, in some ways, I want it to continue, because each empty planet that is discovered will further reinforce the fact that the likelihood of life existing on our own planet–let alone any others–is basically 0, and therefore Someone else must have been involved in its appearance.

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