Ahh..Maybe the Big Bang theory isn't quite right either
So front page news today indicates that there may be a new classification of the word "planet." Why is this important? Because all of the children out there learning about the nine planets of our solar system will now need to talk about twelve instead. (And perhaps as many as fifty-seven if you define planet loosely as a round object in space.) As we continue to discover an learn new things about the world on which we live and the universe beyond us, I become increasingly more skeptical of the Big Bang theory. To imagine that life, as we know it, evolved from one tiny microsopic bit of cosmic dust into the complex society we live in today defies logic. Not only do humans hold the narrowest of views about the existence of life, but how it came to be is held in even narrower terms. For example:
Two schools of thought exist on how life came to be on planet earth, the first is that some higher order being, whether a creator God or some other form of intelligent life designed and built the elaborate structure we enjoy here. The second theory is that life began as a single unit, which then fractured and split into several continuing this pattern until a cognizant creature emerged. This cognizant creature then evolved through various stages to become the food chain of life on earth today.
If we accept that both theories hold elements of truth and fact, then why are we so limited in our view that life exists on planets other than our own? Why does life need to be defined by our experiences here on earth? If you subscribe to the "intelligent design" theory then life could exist in any variety of forms on other planets, and we may not be capable of understanding these life forms with our current technology and knowledge base. If you accept the "Big Bang/Evolution" theory then life must exist on other planets, because such a randomized event could not possibly give birth to life on just one out of the possibly hundreds of planets in our solar system. Chaos theory and random theory cannot account for this.
So, life exists on other planets, what do you suppose it is like?
Two schools of thought exist on how life came to be on planet earth, the first is that some higher order being, whether a creator God or some other form of intelligent life designed and built the elaborate structure we enjoy here. The second theory is that life began as a single unit, which then fractured and split into several continuing this pattern until a cognizant creature emerged. This cognizant creature then evolved through various stages to become the food chain of life on earth today.
If we accept that both theories hold elements of truth and fact, then why are we so limited in our view that life exists on planets other than our own? Why does life need to be defined by our experiences here on earth? If you subscribe to the "intelligent design" theory then life could exist in any variety of forms on other planets, and we may not be capable of understanding these life forms with our current technology and knowledge base. If you accept the "Big Bang/Evolution" theory then life must exist on other planets, because such a randomized event could not possibly give birth to life on just one out of the possibly hundreds of planets in our solar system. Chaos theory and random theory cannot account for this.
So, life exists on other planets, what do you suppose it is like?
posted by TheBFmly at 4:37 PM
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