Re: Fermi paradox, your own belief?

From: Erik Max Francis (max_at_alcyone.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:41:06 -0700

"Bryan J. Maloney" wrote:

> Bull*** cultism. Prove that your "uniformity" dogma MUST apply to
> any
> subunit of the universe smaller than the universe as a whole.

Psst. If you're true to the scientific method, insisting that there are
_no_ alien civilizations out there is just as much "bull*** cultism" as
insisting that there are. One is just as much dogma as the other -- the
issue is, you're dogmatic for the other side and don't realize it.

You also seem to mention the word "prove" an awful lot in conjunction
with the scientific method; hate to break it to you, bub, but there's no
such thing. 

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