From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/6/26 4:50 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   It wouldn't be a hypothesis under those circumstances,   
   because it wouldn't be falsifiable.   
      
   > Are you saying we all evolved from a bacteria?   
      
   Bacteria may be 2nd or 3rd stage "Life." The point is we   
   can look. We can say, "It should be there" and look.   
      
      
      
      
      
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