Re: Fw: Most popular/common dinosaur misconceptions

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Phillip Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>:

> > If one
> > > accepts that life could arise on other planets (ooops! undefined
> > and
> > > controversial term alert!), then logically one must accept that it
> > _could_
> > > have arisen more than once on Earth.
>
>
> If polyphyletic life *easily* arises in primordial soups throughout the
> universe, then the monophyly of Earth life is indeed interesting.  The
> situation on Earth may suggest that there is only one pathway to life.

...or that life (at least earthly life), once established, precludes 
biomolecules from following any other pathways.

--
Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

"Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity."
    --Edwin H. Land