"garbage theory" of the origin of life
Found : "garbage theory" of the origin of life
Possibly the least appealing idea about how life began on Earth. Thomas Gold of Cornell University suggested1 that biological contaminants accidentally left behind by interstellar survey parties could introduce life to a previously sterile or prebiotic world. He envisaged a group of extraterrestrial visitors having a picnic [...]
Are We All Aliens? The New Case for Panspermia
Found : Are We All Aliens? The New Case for Panspermia
Somewhat lost in the current panspermia revival is the intriguing flip-side of the "ubiquitous life" idea: If life could have come here from somewhere, why couldn't an Earth rock have been dislodged long ago, sending life to another planet or star system?
"It is possible that [...]
The Baby Maker
“It was only after extensive investigation, multiple malpractice lawsuits, and a criminal trial that his patients – and the nation – learned the truth. The babymaker was actually a fraud who had perpetrated a cruel hoax… by inseminating other patients with his own sperm, in some cases replacing the intended father’s sperm with his own.” [...]
Robots, Goblins and Alien Amoeba: Fermis Paradox
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #100, expanded and revised with original illustrations. Was the Earth colonized by extraterrestrial scientists?
Selfish Replicators
“We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” [1]
”We are vehicles for our DNA, we are hosts for DNA parasites which are our genes.” [1]
“[A] human being is the creation of two selfish replicators, genes and memes, working together…” [2]
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We are a colony
“…this is not the product of an alien culture from a nearby star, here to explore our solar system. Instead it is an intelligence which dwells in a different type of reality and moves through hyperspace in such a way as to interreact with us almost as a side-effect. It is an intelligence that [...]
Divine Implosion
“The universe is not born of the design or act of a genetic God, particularly since the genetic God in the Bible is only a degenerate God. The universe emerges from the process of the infinite retreating upon itself, as if this infinite were characterized by a kind of impurity. This retraction of the infinite [...]
