Yeah, pretty exciting ... this why I like this show - I had to reappraise myself with William Thomson‘s theory on temperature and absolute zero.

Pardon me whilst I morph into a fundie.
So they found some cold stuff that’s 6000 years old - what’s the big deal? 

Good fundie imitation
6,000 years?  A tad-bit older than that

I can’t wait for when they finally thaw out the meteorite- and complex life immediately evolves out of it.

I can’t wait for when they finally thaw out the meteorite- and complex life immediately evolves out of it.

And kills everyone present.

Yeah, I’ve seen The Thing.

This is why I believe there is, or has been, life on planets in other solar systems. There may be precious little intelligent life out there but planets with little Rose Wises and Dons are probably as common as hydrogen molecules.

This is why I believe there is, or has been, life on planets in other solar systems.

I read sometime back that Human DNA is so remarkably different than all other DNA on Earth, That it is very likely we were brought here to this planet a very long time ago by someone. I wish they would swing back by, and pick me up.

As far as I know, human DNA is remarkably similar to all the other. For fun and giggles, try to trace back the evolutionary origin of the proverbial six-pack.

Also as far as I know, our whole solar system is recycled stars. In that sense, we were brought here…

Even if life were found on another planet, the slovenly followers would find a way to rationalize that it was simply all part of God’s great plan.

I continue to think that life is an almost-inevitable property of matter. Given the right conditions of temperature, light, etc., life happens, and then evolves.

Eventually, religious fundamentalists develop, and the process switches into reverse, eventually arriving at cold lifeless materials again.

UM.... I have the Science article on my kitchen table.  Noplace in the article do the authors postulate that the organic molecules are the result of life.  We already know that organic molecules can be made by inorganic processes (see the “Urey Experiment” at Wikipedia.  In fact, the authors speculate that the organic materials found in the meteorite are the result of chemical reactions at low temperatures (10 to 50 K) and the result of cosmic ray ionization. 

What the article DOES suggest, is that the materials for life could have originated elsewhere in the universe, not just here on Earth.

And, no, Paul, human DNA is chemically the same as every other DNA.  Don’t you remember the genetic analyses that showed virtual identity between human DNA and that of chimpanzees?

SG

To be honest, this was buried deep in my Sunday paper with a couple paragraphs, but the writeup included the words “amino acids,” which REALLY got my attention (and which also never appeared in any of the original articles). My other thought was why this didn’t get more coverage.

Ahh, “Journalism”. 

SG

And, no, Paul, human DNA is chemically the same as every other DNA.  Don’t you remember the genetic analyses that showed virtual identity between human DNA and that of chimpanzees?

I just read through several articles in an attempt to support my earlier post about DNA. It was probably information I found in a readers digest, or some other non-scientific crappy little book. However I did just read that Humans and Chimps only differ in DNA by 1%. And that I am not alone in thinking that Humans were brought here. It is really not that important to me, I usually do not devote much time to thinking about these types of issues, I think about women a lot, and where I can get a good Rueben sandwich.

What the article DOES suggest, is that the materials for life could have originated elsewhere in the universe, not just here on Earth.

This is the great thing about it though.  The critics of the Urey-Miller experiment argue that the conditions for the formation of amino acids were presupposed based on what was believed to be necessary conditions for their spontaneous formation (reducing atmosphere etc.).  This shows that there is more than one pathway to their formation, and one that no one presupposed.

If you have ever watched any episodes of Star Trek TNG you would know that all the bipedal races in this part of the galaxy were seeded from an ancient race that occupied this space many many years ago. That’s why we all have a common ancestor.

I also like the idea of different groups of storks with different agenda’s for different areas. I Think it explains a lot.

They would also make a handy scapegoat for a lot of things.

Your Philosophising Scribe
Allan W Janssen

And remember it was Joannie Mitchell who said “We are stardust!”

Moses: And remember it was Joannie Mitchell who said “We are stardust!”

Cool Moses - I always thought it was CSN, and I didn’t know Joanie Mitchell wrote that, I also thought that Carl Sagan just quoted them wrong by saying “We are star stuff” in his Cosmos series.

In the context of the original post - sounds like stardust is cosmic spooge to me.

Moses: And remember it was Joannie Mitchell who said “We are stardust!”

Ah, yes. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Good times.

Here we have Sadie, a love child of the sixties, waxing nostalgic about Woodstock.
Who says evolution doesn’t work!

If you have ever watched any episodes of Star Trek TNG you would know that all the bipedal races in this part of the galaxy were seeded from an ancient race that occupied this space many many years ago. That’s why we all have a common ancestor.

And I have a copy of “Hamlet” in the original Klingon.  If that isn’t further proof, I don’t know what is…

Paul: I read sometime back that Human DNA is so remarkably different than all other DNA on Earth

I read somewhere that all life (fauna AND flora - past and present) on earth could be made using part of the human DNA which I suppose means that we’re at the top of the tree ... even though we often don’t act it. 
This doesn’t necessarily support my statement above but it’s an interesting and enlightening article. 

Here we have Sadie, a love child

77 Sunset Strip

i am curious as to how dna came about in the first place, given a mix of starting materials a dna strand is a essentially a template for it’s own copying, a self replicating molecule. there would have needed to have been self replicating molecules before self replicating life could exist, otherwise it would have no way of copying itself and couldn’t procreate. self replicating molecules are elaborate enough that i find it difficult to believe that any strand formed by fluke, let alone something that actually meant something useful to life, but there is no other explanation. how life actually took up dna would be interesting, since to actually use it to make proteins you need trna as a kind of decoder and the chances of an initially random dna strand actually coding for something useful, combined with the chances of new forming life that just took in the dna actually having a decoder seems very remote. i also wonder at what point do you can call a bag of self sustaining chemical reactions a living cell, and how did consciousness come about?

Unfortunately Woodstock was eight years before I was born, but I’ve watched all the footage and listened to all the music. What wouldn’t I give to have been there!

LJ19: 77 Sunset Strip

Distant Claws, you may find this helpful.

Sadie I don’t remember too much of the concert, (saturday afternoon to sunday morning) but I sure do remember it was awfull wet and muddy. Never been so dirty in my life and didn’t give a shit. It took me a week to get the mud out of the car from the trip home to Toronto.

You were actually there, Moses? You have my envy! Granted, you would have only been eleven, but at least you can tell people that you attended Woodstock!