Magnus Berg (MagnusB@DataVis.se)
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 18:31:15 +0100
Hi Ken
> It seems that the people who watch for these things have identified an
>asteroid on a trajectory that will bring it to a near miss (maybe even a
>hit, too early to tell) in the year 2028 (October I believe) with the
>Earth. Alas, I won't be here to experience the incident but maybe the squad
>can send me a message. Could this be another step in the process of
>evolution? It is said to be about a mile in diameter, probably smaller than
>the one that is said to have hit the Yucatan Peninsula about 60 million
>years ago. Probably mess up our day though.
Yeah, I saw it on CNN's web page. They think it will miss by 30.000
miles.
The error margin is still 180.000 miles though. hmm...
> Magnus, I am sure that you are aware that amino acids and perhaps other
>precursors to life have been identified coming in from space which would
>seem to indicate that the same processes are going on elsewhere as
>supposedly preceded life on this rock. Could this indicate that there is a
>seeding process going on in the universe? Is there some heartless entity
>that is inflicting the same confusion on the whole universe that is going
>on on Earth. Is the universe just a cosmic joke?
About the SETI question, it was triggered by Donny's "Science is a
social
enterprise". My intuition tells me that it's not futile, haven't quite
figured out
why though. SETI use science and is therefore socially derived. Why
should
an alien race use the same science? Do they have a similar society?
Given
the assumption that they are built using the same inorganic building
blocks,
it's not impossible that they have. But it takes the MoQ static ladder
to make
the connection. With SOM, you get a platypus.
> I apologize for the levity but if I take myself too seriously for too
>long I get crazy.
Don't apologize, keep keeping us all sane.
Magnus
>
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