The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone In

An Argument Often Given For Why Earth Couldn't Host Another Form Of Life Is That Once The Life We Know Became Established, It Would Have Eliminated Any Competition Through Natural Selection. But If Another Form Of Life Were Confined To Its Own Niche, There Would Be Little Direct Competition With Regular Life.

If We Knew We Were Not Alone In The Universe It Would Have A Very, Very Deep Impact On Our Worldview, On Our Understanding Of Our Place In The Universe.

It Is Possible That A Scientific Discovery Will Be Made That Humans Will Later Regret Because It Has Awful Consequences. The Problem Is, We Probably Would Not Know In Advance And, Once The Discovery Is Made, It Cannot Be Undiscovered.

The Thing About Lucid Dreams Is That It's Not Like The Real World Where You Are Constrained By All Sorts Of Things, Including The Laws Of Physics - You Can Do Magic.

The Secret Of Life Does Not Lie In Its Chemical Basis . . . Life Succeeds Precisely Because It Evades Chemical Imperatives.