Most Research Into Life's Murky Origin Has

No Attempt To Explain The World, Either Scientifically Or Theologically, Can Be Considered Successful Until It Accounts For The Paradoxical Conjunction Of The Temporal And The Atemporal, Of Being And Becoming. And No Subject Conforms This Paradoical Conjuction More Starkly Than The Origin Of The Universe.

To Expect Alien Technology To Be Just A Few Decades Ahead Of Ours Is Too Incredible To Be Taken Seriously.

Clearly, Some Creative Thinking Is Badly Needed If Humans Are To Have A Future Beyond Earth. Returning To The Moon May Be Worthy And Attainable, But It Fails To Capture The Public's Imagination. What Does Get People Excited Is The Prospect Of A Mission To Mars.

If We're Thinking About Old Civilizations, Those That Formed A Long Time Ago And There Were Stars And Planets Around Long Before Earth Even Existed, Then These Are Going To Be Towards The Center Of The Galaxy. That Is The Place To Look If You Think There Are Ancient Civilizations That Have Made Beacons Or Some Other Way Of Attracting Our Attention.

To A Physicist Life Looks Nothing Short Of A Miracle. It's Just Amazing What Living Things Can Do.