The Secret Of Life Does Not Lie

The Universe Contains Vastly More Order Than Earth-life Could Ever Demand. All Those Distant Galaxies, Irrelevant For Our Existence, Seem As Equally Well Ordered As Our Own.

Astonishingly, In Spite Of Decades Of Research, There Is No Agreed Theory Of Cancer, No Explanation For Why, Inside Almost All Healthy Cells, There Lurks A Highly Efficient Cancer Subroutine That Can Be Activated By A Variety Of Agents - Radiation, Chemicals, Inflammation And Infection.

Supposing We Knew That Up There Is Some Alien Civilization And It's Sending Radio Signals Our Way We Should Not Tell The Public Where That Is. We Could Say That We've Picked Up A Signal, But We Should Not Tell Them Where For The Simple Reason That Anybody Could Commandeer A Radio Telescope, Set Themselves Up As Some Self Appointed Spokesperson Of Mankind And Start Beaming All Sorts Of Crazy Messages Back To The Aliens.

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

I Suppose My Interest In Looking For Life Elsewhere In The Universe Really Dates Back To My Teens. What Teenager Doesn't Look Up At The Sky At Night And Think Am I Alone In The Universe? Well Most People Get Over It, But I Never Did And Though I Made A Career More In Physics And Cosmology Than Astrobiology I've Always Had A Soft Spot For The Subject Of Life Because It Does Seem So Mysterious.