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Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’

Subject Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’
Newsgroups alt.astronomy, rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity
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From Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net>
Date 2015-11-23 11:02 -0600
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On 11/21/15 11/21/15 - 11:57 PM, benj wrote:
> How many suns in OUR Galaxy? How many galaxies in the universe (that we see)?
> People blindly accept probability waves in nothing at all as QM truth, yet when
> one points out the OVERWHELMING probably that alien life forms exist elsewhere
> in the universe, science laughs and calls the idea "kook".

Your appreciation of "science" is QUITE DIFFERENT from mine. I suspect you 
confuse science with the opinions of scientists. But there, too, we differ 
enormously. At present, we have no knowledge of the existence of alien life. I 
believe that the consensus among physicists who have thought about this is that 
the existence of alien life is not only possible, but reasonably probable (but 
none of us quantify that).

However, speculating about what alien life forms might look like is definitely 
"kook". Or the stuff of movie fantasies....


Tom Roberts

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‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-20 10:49 -0800
  Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-20 11:00 -0800
    Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-21 17:16 -0800
      Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-22 00:57 -0500
        Re: 'Based On Nonsense' palsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2015-11-21 22:34 -0800
        Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-21 23:11 -0800
          Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2015-11-22 09:30 +0100
            Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-22 00:41 -0800
              Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-22 08:40 -0500
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-22 13:00 -0800
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2015-11-26 07:10 +0100
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 09:01 -0600
          Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2015-11-22 22:32 +0100
            Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-22 14:17 -0800
              Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-22 21:37 -0800
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-11-24 12:17 -0700
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ "Notroll2015" <notroll2015@charter.net> - 2015-11-24 13:41 -0600
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-11-24 13:30 -0700
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ "Notroll2015" <notroll2015@charter.net> - 2015-11-24 15:41 -0600
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-11-24 15:32 -0700
                Re: 'Based On Nonsense' Arc Michael <abookoflife@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-24 13:01 -0800
                Re: 'Based On Nonsense' Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-12-03 18:21 -0700
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-24 22:08 -0800
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2015-11-25 07:40 +0100
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-25 10:24 -0800
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-25 12:01 -0800
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-11-25 01:18 -0700
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-27 12:58 -0800
                Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-11-29 12:37 -0700
                Re: 'Based On Nonsense' Arc Michael <abookoflife@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-09 16:54 -0800
                Re: 'Based On Nonsense' "Notroll2015" <notroll2015@charter.net> - 2015-12-10 06:48 -0600
                Re: 'Based On Nonsense' Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-12-10 07:15 -0700
                Re: 'Based On Nonsense' Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-12-10 07:13 -0700
        Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-11-23 11:02 -0600
          Re: 'Based On Nonsense' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-23 11:38 -0800
          Re: We're robots, programmed to get food, water, air, etc. Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-27 11:14 -0800
            Re: We're robots, programmed to get food, water, air, etc. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-27 12:00 -0800
            Re: We're robots, programmed to get food, water, air, etc. "Notroll2015" <notroll2015@charter.net> - 2015-11-27 15:35 -0600
              Re: We're robots, programmed to get food, water, air, etc. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-27 16:53 -0800
            Re: We're robots, programmed to get food, water, air, etc. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-11-27 19:15 -0800
              Re: We're robots, programmed to get food, water, air, etc. Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-28 08:43 -0800
        Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-11-26 08:26 -0500
          Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-09 10:34 +0000
            Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-12-09 08:31 -0600
              Re: ‘Based On Nonsense’ Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-10 19:29 +0000
      Re: 'Based On Nonsense' Arc Michael <abookoflife@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-23 17:55 -0800
        Re: 'Based On Nonsense' Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-11-23 19:16 -0700

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