According to Jacques Monod we are all alone:

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According to Jacques Monod we are all alone:

Raoul — 7/19/2008 7:34:15 PM (archived)

Man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance.

So he migt indeed become an virus to the universe.

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Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Raoul - 7/19/2008 10:22:45 AM
- space exodus - JEKing - 7/21/2008 11:02:33 PM
- What was the name of the BBC documentary, please? (n/t) - TorrentPhile - 7/21/2008 5:36:18 AM
  - Destiny - Raoul - 7/21/2008 8:26:11 AM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - ER - 7/20/2008 11:06:07 AM
  - re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Yes. - Marcia - 7/21/2008 8:24:41 PM
  - What may survive. - Bowser - 7/20/2008 7:33:18 PM
    - re: Leaving something - Raoul - 7/20/2008 8:47:41 PM
      - I believe it's called "humility". :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 7/20/2008 10:05:18 PM
        
        re: I believe it's called "humility". :-) - and it can leave a meaning. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/22/2008 3:40:06 AM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Pugs - 7/20/2008 5:37:41 AM
  - EARTH a UNIVERSAL SWEET SPOT - carl - 7/23/2008 8:11:20 PM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Mr Fibuli - 7/20/2008 3:26:13 AM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - gbaikie - 7/19/2008 8:19:58 PM
- I wonder if humans are the deadly virus of the cosmos? - Jacob - 7/19/2008 7:04:45 PM
  - According to Jacques Monod we are all alone: - Raoul - 7/19/2008 7:34:15 PM
- Maybe the Earth is an egg. - Lee - 7/19/2008 3:57:03 PM
  - You make it sound like we will become the aliens from Independence Day. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/19/2008 5:23:05 PM
    - Just a thought. - Lee - 7/19/2008 6:12:56 PM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Sawyer - 7/19/2008 3:38:10 PM
  - similar to the myth of terraforming - FrankC - 7/19/2008 10:00:55 PM
    - re: similar to the myth of terraforming - Marcia - 7/20/2008 2:06:06 AM
      - could be - FrankC - 7/20/2008 3:29:51 AM
        
        re: could be - gbaikie - 7/22/2008 9:30:17 PM
        
        re: could be - FrankC - 7/23/2008 2:40:53 AM
        
        re: could be - Marcia - 7/21/2008 8:15:58 PM
    - And yet, with 18th century technology... - alcaray - 7/20/2008 1:08:12 AM
  - Planting seeds - Raoul - 7/19/2008 5:45:11 PM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - marsbug - 7/19/2008 12:37:20 PM

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