tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216738179263317509.post6857732025498356808..comments2024-01-08T00:25:24.777-08:00Comments on Philosophy of Science Portal: NASA, Sagan, extraterrestrial lifeMercuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13757909461674304095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216738179263317509.post-13427457180321616972008-09-04T19:18:00.000-07:002008-09-04T19:18:00.000-07:00well never doubt the power of religion!! From the ...well never doubt the power of religion!! From the New Age movement to the telescope built by the Jesuits in Arizona to minds such as the Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin<BR/>religion is adept at adapting! But more so is the human spirit which seems never satisfied with one answer to a problem than it begins to ask more. I think it is more of a search for answers simply because life is begging for more explanations...otherwise we would have remained nomads sitting around campfires enthralled with flames instead of looking up and questioning....I think you and I harbor the thought humans will cease to exist before all the questions are answered....and that is OK. It has been a privilege to be an amalgamation of elements long enough to experience some of those questions being answered. Besides if I need alien contact there is always Art Bell whom I am convinced came from somewhere unknown to most menTimrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121655821325121641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216738179263317509.post-20666329132940522412008-09-04T18:18:00.000-07:002008-09-04T18:18:00.000-07:00Well Tim, what I was trying to suggest is that the...Well Tim, what I was trying to suggest is that there may be an underlying philosophical reason or psychological need to determine our status in the universe...that there is life and even sentient beings or at the very least an environment that could propagate and sustain life. But why do we desire such evidence? Has religion failed to establish our uniqueness and value and selectivity? Do we wish to know that we are not alone? Do we desperately desire contact with superior life forms that may offer some salvation...that this species will not obliterate themselves or succumb to unstoppable diseases...that will put some coins in our pockets so we may survive a bit longer. Such efforts should not be sponsored by the government. Leave that to the private enterprises.Mercuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757909461674304095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216738179263317509.post-29632964848473179882008-09-04T10:09:00.000-07:002008-09-04T10:09:00.000-07:00whether one agrees with his connection to SETI or ...whether one agrees with his connection to SETI or not we all are in debt for how he pushed science into the public arena....Carl, your billions and billions are sincerely missedTimrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121655821325121641noreply@blogger.com