Dear Santosh, You write:
"there is life only on earth. But this hypothesis is conceptually the converse of the hypothesis that there is life elsewhere." False. The word you are looking for is "reverse", not converse. Here are the logically correct statements. Statement: Life is confined to earth Re-statement: Life cannot be found outside earth Those are logically equivalent. State it either way. Take your pick. Falsify either one. In either case, one discovery of life outside earth suffices. Something just came "crashing down", as you say. But falsification continues to flourish among rational scientists. Try it: it is the only known safeguard against pseudo-science. Regards, Joel Almeida __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
