Is Extraterrestrial Life More Whimsical Than Plausible?

coondoggie writes "Princeton University researchers are throwing some cold water on the hot notion that astrobiologists and other scientists expect to one day find life on other planets. Recent discoveries of planets similar to Earth in size and proximity to the planets' respective suns have sparked scientific and public excitement about the possibility of also finding Earth-like life on those worlds, but the expectation that life — from bacteria to sentient beings — has or will develop on other planets as on Earth might be based more on optimism than scientific evidence."

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Re:It's not Optimism,

[aristotle-dude]

It is called free will. You are not an automaton but as long as you do not think for yourself but view god through the eyes of others with prejudice, you will never understand.

Not only do you have a god given free will but you are allowed to have questions even if you were a person of faith. How many religions allow people to have doubts? How many religions allow people to question what is taught? A faith is not worth anything if it cannot stand up to questions.

Seriously, you need to deal with your self esteem issues. You seem to think that you are not of value. Believe it or not, god loves you and is willing to accept you as you are right now. That does not mean that he wants you to stay as you are but rather to grow as a person to become the person you are meant to be. God wants to see you fulfil your full potential.

I hope that one day you can experience the love and connection that I feel. I really do hope that. God is love. A loving parent is not going to coddle their child which is why we are not given all of the answers and why we are not always protected from all dangers. Without being allowed to have risk in our lives, humanity would never grow.