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Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? by yamasanama on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:37PM (#34292485)
Is your belief based on any kind of evidence in which case I'd love to hear your best arguments, or is it a religios belief (like in Jesus) in which case there is not much to discuss?
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Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? by darkerside on Saturday January 07, 2023 @06:47PM (#34294350)
Hypothesis is a key step in the scientific method
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Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? by yamasanama on Sunday January 08, 2023 @01:15AM (#34296568)
Sure. But stating a belief without any reason why this would be true, or more precisely, why this hypothesis would be preferable over the currently accepted hypothesis which does have supporting evidence, is just not very convincing.
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Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? by darkerside on Monday January 09, 2023 @10:03PM (#34319985)
I'm just pointing out that you presented a false dichotomy. Just because it isn't proven science does not make it a religious belief.
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