"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 [...]
Chandra Wickramasinghe on the extraterrestrial origins of the SARS virus
Found : Chandra Wickramasinghe on the extraterrestrial origins of the SARS virus
LONDON, England (CNN) — The SARS virus might have originated in outer space, according to a scientist in Britain.
In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, professor Chandra Wickramasinghe of Cardiff University suggests the virus was introduced to Earth on a comet or meteorite.
Comets [...]
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 [...]
Panspermia – life on earth from space?
Found : Panspermia – life on earth from space?
"Children in Ohio may be taught life was created by aliens under an education package designed to ditch Darwin's Theory of evolution. The US state is considering adopting the "intelligent design" theory that life is too complex to have simply evolved – as the Darwin Theory suggests. [...]
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?
The Incredibly Strange Story of Intelligent Design
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #97, expanded and revised with original illustrations. A fascinating survey of alternative human origins theories and their links to Gnostic mythology!
Biological Disaster Story
“Burroughs imagines the beginning of humanity as a biological disaster story. Apes become human as a result of a virus infection that kills most of the species and mutates the rest. The survivors feel a painful invasion of their bodies by an external force that gradually produces human behavior. Humanity develops from language (“the talk [...]
The Non-Existent God and the Multiverse
THE NON-EXISTENT GOD
The main difference between the “Alien god” of gnosticism and the Biblical god of Genesis is the idea that the Alien god never created anything, much less the world; the Alien God simply is.
Or is not – for in the same way that certain schools of Judaism refuse to assert that God exists [...]
