Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "The Problem With "The Rare Earth Hypothesis"" video.

  1. Admitting you don't know is a reasonable position. I get annoyed when people, some of whom study the subject, others who are simply well-known, show up on TV and claim: "Oh yeah, there is life all over the Universe; how could there not be?" That's an absurd position, one I held as a child who was wrapped up in the space race and watched a lot of Star Trek. Personally, they could find microbes on some Jovian moon and it wouldn't move the needle for me one iota. Great, simple life exists somewhere else, bravo. Until I can have a conversation with someone from another world I'm sorry, I'm just not going to get that fired up. I can look out my window for proof life exists. Intelligent life is another matter entirely and the man is right, we only have one model to work with so everything is largely conjecture. I personally believe we will never meet our extraterrestrial cousins in this life because if they are out there, something tells me the rules of the game are set so we don't meet. It's why they are so far away and why space travel is such a bear. Einstein once famously said "God doesn't play dice with the Universe." I believe that, unless the dice are loaded of course. Yeah, I know he was referring to Quantum Mechanics but my point is, there is a philosophical component to all of this and as random as the Universe may seem, everything in it, from the largest star to the smallest particle serves a purpose. If it didn't, it would have no reason to exist. I think it's cool and all that we are able to look out deeper into the cosmos and ponder such questions about rare Earth's and the like, I just wish we would focus a bit more on how we as individuals fit into the scheme of things, how our relationship with our Creator is supposed to work. If we sorted that out a bit more fully perhaps we'd have a greater appreciation for each other and God's creation. But that's me. I know others will believe what they want, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. It's as reasonable as a lot of the other theories floating around out there, certainly more grounded than the opinion's of pretend experts like bill nye the science guy (boy, does he annoy me, but I digress). Anyway, keep on postulating and I'll keep on listening. In the meantime, live long and prosper. 🖖
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