I have my own opinions as to the prevalence of life in the Universe, but I’m curious to hear what the rest of you have to say.
What do you think: is the phenomenon of life on Earth a cosmological fluke, or is the galaxy littered with inhabited worlds? Perhaps microbial life is commonplace while multicellular structures are rare–or maybe the galactic empire is stealthily watching and waiting for us to cross a technological threshold. And, of course, there’s always the possibility of stumbling across an alien beacon.
Ready, go!
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February 20, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Lana
I have to think that given the size of the universe (if not the possibility of multiple universes,) there’s got to be SOME kind of life SOMEwhere else.
February 26, 2008 at 2:24 am
Boris Kislitsin
Jacob,
I think the division between life and death is artificial, and imposed by duality of our world’s perception.
Everything possible exists; everything is interconnected and nothing is isolated.
If we will agree with the point that nothing is isolated, we would have to accept the view (proven by string theory, though, of course, the string theory is just a theory, as all the theories are: based on limited knowledge and conceptions) that everything is eventually connected, and all the parts of something compromising a big whole.
I imagine it like a hologram, but once again, it’s just an allegory.
I think we should start from the definition of life.
What is life?
Do you know, by the way, what on the Earth exist some immortal organisms.
Please type in “immortality” in wikipedia and have a look at the results of “physical immortality”. Moreover, one of my friends is on a quest of achieving physical immortality, and claims he met immortals.
What do you think? Would you like to be immortal?