To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they're right

Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by AstralStorm on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @03:29AM (#12486203)

The probabilities cannot be calculated as we do not have interstellar travel required to inspect worlds that evolve separately from our own. So, that is no argument, just speculation. Same problem as with Drake's equitation and aliens.

A stronger argument is that we have managed to create building blocks of life from basic physics and chemistry. No superpowers required for that.

At least we can see how the stars begin, change and die.

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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by humanrebar on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:51AM (#12486912)

> A stronger argument is that we have managed to create building blocks of life from basic physics and chemistry. No superpowers required for that.

No. Just some creators.

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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by AstralStorm on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @12:38PM (#12489916)

No, just a few known laws of physics and chemistry. The conditions required are expected to happen spontaneously during planet formation.

We just don't have a handle on how common those conditions are. And many other subsequent conditions, for cellular life, for multicellular, for tissues and organs. Finally, for intelligence and sapience.

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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by humanrebar on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:07PM (#12492671)

The point is that we cannot prove there is no creator by creating life. There is still a creator involved.

The 'best result' (assuming we're itching to disprove God) would be to show an origin of life is plausible. But even that doesn't prove where life on Earth actually came from.

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