Re: A very basic question...


"Andy Dix" wrote:

> I'm not a expert biologist by any stretch but I believe that the
> asteroid that caused the dinosaurs to become extinct didn't wipe out all
> life on the planet. I think it's widely accepted that we actually
> evolved from small mammals which survived and were then able to flourish
> due to the lack of dinosaurs "ruling the world". Some of those in turn
> evolved into apes and we evolved from them.

Truth is, we don't know for sure.
Evolution did it for us, but how far back did it really go?
Did we start over completely from scratch or from small mammals?

But that's not even that important.
The question is: could life exist outside our own planet?
Scientists say no. I say most likely to a steady yes.


> Kind of getting back to the point... isn't it that the "scientists" of
> whom you speak widely believe that "life" cannot exist without liquid
> water? I know that is based on life as we know it but anything else is
> far beyond our knowledge and frankly a bit sci-fi as opposed to sci-fact.

Exactly!
"Based on life as we know it" and "far beyond our knowledge" sum it right
up.

It's nothing more than a guessing game.
Thruth of the matter is that we'll never know for sure.
We're stuck to examining asteroid-dust, moon rocks and some day sand from
Mars.


Marcel


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