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phil — 1/3/2004 7:58:34 PM (archived)

I agree with your topic title re:MDs AND with your testable comment re:SETI. I'd said when I created the topic that there were items that I did not agree with in Chrichton's deliberately controversial essay.

Although I find SETI attempts interesting, have contributed $ and yes feel that the odds are against success because I believe that animal life is rare never mind intelligent cvilizations, unlike Chrichton's smug assertion I find the effort worthwhile. We may totally misunderstand the universe. Our science is so new and we have so much to learn and so many paradigms to bust.

Chrichton correctly assailed the pseudo science of the Drake equation. Useless, because there are too many unknowables with HUGE potential for variability starting with 0 - that's the non-scientific aspect, e.g. L lifetime of a civ.

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"Aliens cause global warming" - Michael Chrichton - phil - 1/2/2004 10:43:51 PM
- re: Rene Descartes - Raoul - 1/3/2004 10:41:43 AM
  - Interesting trivia - Gary - 1/3/2004 6:30:13 PM
    - re: Interesting trivia - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 6:51:41 PM
      - Lynn Margulis and Gaia - Gary - 1/3/2004 7:09:33 PM
        
        Sheesh, what a tease. Care to post your op-ed here? (n/t) - et - 1/3/2004 9:09:30 PM
        
        Too lazy -- been there, done that...... - Gary - 1/3/2004 10:25:55 PM
        
        re: Lynn Margulis and Gaia - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 7:13:53 PM
        
        Jupiter and Europa - Gary - 1/3/2004 7:35:19 PM
        
        re: Jupiter and Europa - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 8:15:16 PM
        
        It's Pretty Certain There Is No Intelligent European Life - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 9:37:24 PM
        
        I agree with Tom. - et - 1/3/2004 9:06:00 PM
  - Chrichton may have answered some of your questions... - Larry J - 1/3/2004 5:37:31 PM
    - News media accuracy - Gary - 1/3/2004 6:10:24 PM
      - re: News media accuracy - Larry J - 1/3/2004 8:58:43 PM
        
        The old media is dead to me - phil - 1/3/2004 9:13:06 PM
        
        San Francisco Chronicle - Gary - 1/3/2004 10:52:14 PM
      - re: News media accuracy - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 6:46:58 PM
- Proves Getting An MD Requires More Memorization Than Logic. - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 4:23:48 AM
  - re: Proves Getting An MD Requires More Memorization Than Logic. - phil - 1/3/2004 7:58:34 PM
    - The Drake Equation Has Little Value For Reason's Other Than MC's Comments - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 8:23:25 PM
      - Yup. - SetI - 1/3/2004 8:52:02 PM
        
        David Grinspoon - Nick Hoffman - 1/3/2004 10:00:11 PM
  - At last, I have the opportunity to disagree with Mark - Gary - 1/3/2004 7:58:31 AM
    - Not Something I Relish - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 10:59:24 PM
    - Just out of curiosity, and totally unrelated to the discussion... - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 6:26:45 PM
      - re: Just out of curiosity, and totally unrelated to the discussion... - Gary - 1/3/2004 6:47:32 PM
    - Correction, Phil provided the link to Chrichton's lecture (n/t) - Gary - 1/3/2004 8:02:16 AM
- re: "Aliens cause global warming" - Michael Chrichton - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 4:10:28 AM
  - re: "Aliens cause global warming" - Michael Chrichton - phil - 1/3/2004 9:07:02 PM
    - re: "Aliens cause global warming" - Michael Chrichton - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 10:30:08 PM
      - Saint Carl - phil - 1/4/2004 1:05:30 AM
  - re: global warming and CO2 - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 7:10:15 PM
    - A Clear Example Of An Agenda - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 8:14:42 PM
      - re: Agendas and hurricanes - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 8:39:09 PM
        
        Further Explanation Obviously Needed - Mark Eby - 1/3/2004 10:08:41 PM
        
        Thanks for the clarification - Tom Brosz - 1/3/2004 11:23:56 PM
        
        You Don't Get Off That Easy - Mark Eby - 1/4/2004 5:18:01 AM

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