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[Split Rock]

Yes, all natural laws oppose life, each and every one.

1. The Law of Vibration states that everything vibrates and nothing rests.

This does not promote life.

2. The Law of Relativity states that nothing is what it is until you relate it to something.

And if you start at nothing, that is what you get.

3. The Law of Cause and Effect states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

So the non-life of the universe created life here?
Or
If life developed here, what was the opposing cause? or push?


4. The Law of Polarity states that everything has an opposite.

Life is "right handed". Go figure.

5. The Law of Rythym states that everything has a natural cycle.

The cosmos wigged and earth wagged then?

6. The Law of Gestation states that everything takes time to manifest.

So we are the beginning of life in the cosmos?

7. The Law of Transmutation states that energy moves in and out of physical form.

Lucky for us we are still here then.

These are not real laws of nature. Even if they were, I don't see how any of them oppose life.

 

[Split Rock]

What is the actual reason for doing this and spending billions on
it?

Frankly, I wouldn't fund this research. I would take the money they use for SETI and any like projects and use it to find near earth asteroids and meteors (potential earth impacters). Also, to fund projects to deal with any potential impacters that are found. Much more useful.

*Edit* I assumed you meant research aimed at finding intelligent life in near by systems. Looking for any life on other planetary bodies in our system is a different story. That can be done while examining them directly and is worth while.

 

[EternalDragon]

Frankly, I wouldn't fund this research. I would take the money they use for SETI and any like projects and use it to find near earth asteroids and meteors (potential earth impacters). Also, to fund projects to deal with any potential impacters that are found. Much more useful.

*Edit* I assumed you meant research aimed at finding intelligent life in near by systems. Looking for any life on other planetary bodies in our system is a different story. That can be done while examining them directly and is worth while.

I guess I will agree with you there.

 

[lasthero]

I guess I will agree with you there.

For the record, it doesn't cost BILLIONS. And we spend way, way more on other things.

The Cost of SETI: Infographic - Bad Astronomy : Bad Astronomy

 

[EternalDragon]

For the record, it doesn't cost BILLIONS. And we spend way, way more on other things.

The Cost of SETI: Infographic - Bad Astronomy : Bad Astronomy

Was I talking about just SETI? No, I was talking about the whole
space program of looking for life.

 

[lasthero]

Was I talking about just SETI? No, I was talking about the whole
space program of looking for life.

That's what SETI is.

 

[Loudmouth]

Was I talking about just SETI? No, I was talking about the whole
space program of looking for life.

This is an interesting and destructive side effect of creationism. It causes people to want to shut down scientific research so that scientists don't find evidence that creationists would find inconvenient.

 

[selfinflikted]

For the record, it doesn't cost BILLIONS. And we spend way, way more on other things.

The Cost of SETI: Infographic - Bad Astronomy : Bad Astronomy

There was a call out to anyone who would participate a few years back from SETI to any individuals who would donate some of their home PC processing power to SETI's cause. I considered helping. But then, it would've made WoW lag. Totally not worth it.

 

[Split Rock]

That's what SETI is.

SETI is the search for intelligent life, via listening for unnatural radio frequencies.

 

[lasthero]

SETI is the search for intelligent life, via listening for unnatural radio frequencies.

True, but it's more than that.

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities undertaken to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life.[1][2] SETI projects use scientific methods in this search. For example, electromagnetic radiation is monitored for signs of transmissions from civilizations on other worlds.[3][4] Some of the most well-known projects are run by Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, or the SETI Institute. In 1995, the United States federal government ceased funding to SETI projects, forcing them to turn to private funding to continue the search, though in recent years, government funding of SETI has resumed at modest levels.[5]

 

[lasthero]

SETI is the search for intelligent life, via listening for unnatural radio frequencies.

Oh, I see what you mean.

Still, my only point is that we're not spending billions of dollars to look for lie, intelligent or otherwise.

 

[Loudmouth]

Oh, I see what you mean.

Still, my only point is that we're not spending billions of dollars to look for lie, intelligent or otherwise.

The cost of the most recent Mars rover missions comes close to a billion dollars. However, a billion bucks really isn't that much money anymore given that the military blew through a billion bucks in just 4 days of the Iraq war. 4 days of war, or some really cool rovers on Mars that are looking for life . . . I choose the rovers.

 

[EternalDragon]

This is an interesting and destructive side effect of creationism. It causes people to want to shut down scientific research so that scientists don't find evidence that creationists would find inconvenient.

What evidence is all that money going towards finding? What research?

"to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." ?

 

[Loudmouth]

What evidence is all that money going towards finding? What research?

The evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and it's distribution.

"to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." ?

It figures that you would have a tough time differentiating between real science and science fiction, given that you are a creationist and all.

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

What is the actual reason for doing this and spending billions on
it?

Sheer curiosity is enough, providing you can afford it. In the future we will be able to afford it.