From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 1/6/26 1:13 PM, Mike wrote:   
   >   
   > > Hypotheses are more likely to lead to facts   
   > > than 'beliefs', because they are designed to   
   > > be tested and verified, whereas beliefs do   
   > > not require verification.   
   >   
   > By definition, a hypothesis is testable or, if you   
   > prefer, falsifiable.   
   >   
   > Under a strict Panspermia model where life began in   
   > space as a consequence of the Big Bang -- it formed   
   > much like how elements form -- there may be a time   
   > limit. As matter collects, "Pools" into nebulous,   
   > stars and planets, this primordial life would also   
   > pool.   
   >   
   > It is matter, is it not?   
   >   
   > Anyway, so if strict Panspermia is correct, life   
   > could very well have begun quite early on, filled   
   > the reaches of the universe and now is rare to none.   
   >   
   > Could be the case.   
      
   Sounds like a hypothesis.   
   >   
   > But is abiogenesis is correct, it's real, then it's   
   > got to be happening all the time, a near constant   
   > on not geologic but galactic time scales. So we   
   > should be able to find it.   
   >   
   > We should be able to send a collector out far from   
   > earth, open in, exposing parts thereof to space,   
   > collecting sample of any "Dust" or whatever is out   
   > there. And it could have a gazillion elements -- as   
   > many as there is room for -- repeating this process   
   > again & again. And in each element we have gel,   
   > some kind of food for life, and upon return we see   
   > if anything has grown inside any of the elements.   
   >   
   > Technically we don't have to return it. We can place   
   > censors, even cameras inside and just look. I mean,   
   > why rick bringing a strange bacteria to the planet?   
   >   
   > We can also encase bacteria inside of a rock or rock   
   > like substance, blast it into space... one orbit   
   > around the moon then back... have to crash back here   
   > on earth. THEN we can examine it, see if the life   
   > survived.   
   >   
   >         ...maybe we could genetically "Edit" the   
   > bacteria so we can distinguish it from a natural   
   > variant. Nothing fancy. Maybe give it the "Yellow"   
   > gene from a banana or something...   
      
   Are you saying we all evolved from a bacteria?   
      
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