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Old October 4th 03, 10:19 AM
Lewis Lang
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Subject: B&W kids portrait
From: J C
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2003 3:46 PM
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On 23 Sep 2003 13:52:39 -0700,
(Michael
Scarpitti) wrote:



But if we evolved on a planet with two or three suns, it would seem
more natural to us, no?


Good question Mike. But in the realm of science you need to test a
hypothesis, collect the data, and report your results. AND your
results need to be testable and repeatable by other observers.

So in this case you'd need to compare two exactly similar organisms
that have envolved on different planets -- one planet with one sun and
the other with multiple suns.


SNIP

First you'd have to invent warp drive, though, and "live long and prosper"
enough in order to have the funds to get there. Then there's the matter of
finding life on other planets, which, if there are doing a quite well job of
avoiding our detection. If they were smart, they'd move to another unkown
planet/star system before all the Earth photographers arrived to test out their
hypotheses. First comes the scientists, then comes marketing, then comes
demographics, bill boards, strip malls and before you know it Alpha Centauri IV
is starting to look a lot like El Paso, Texas but w/ less Chevy dealers.

Regards,

Lewis

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