Technology Is, In The Broadest Sense, Mind

For Me, Science Is Already Fantastical Enough. Unlocking The Secrets Of Nature With Fundamental Physics Or Cosmology Or Astrobiology Leads You Into A Wonderland Compared With Which Beliefs In Things Like Alien Abductions Pale Into Insignificance.

The Way Life Manages Information Involves A Logical Structure That Differs Fundamentally From Mere Complex Chemistry. Therefore Chemistry Alone Will Not Explain Life's Origin, Any More Than A Study Of Silicon, Copper And Plastic Will Explain How A Computer Can Execute A Program.

There Is For Me Powerful Evidence That There Is Something Going On Behind It All. . . It Seems As Though Somebody Has Fine Tuned Nature's Numbers To Make The Universe. . . The Impression Of Design Is Overwhelming.

Cancer Touches Every Family In One Way Or Another. As Other Diseases Are Brought Under Control, Cancer Is Set To Become The Number One Killer, And Is Already In Epidemic Proportions Worldwide.

The Problem Here Is That A Civilization That Is 1,000 Light Years Away Doesn't Know We Exist. They Don't Know That We Have Radio Telescopes Here On Earth Because They See Earth As It Was 1,000 Years Ago. Nothing Can Travel Faster Than Light, So However Good Their Instruments They Can't See In Affect The Future. So There Is No Particular Reason They Should Be Sending Us Messages At This Time.