I found this question interesting: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AufimijN.fHib1VKDKz5J3nd7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071112105223AAWnJnH
Here we have a guy who is convinced that Earth is the only planet in the entire universe that harbors life. This is a fascinating claim, considering that not even the Hubble Telescope can see most of the planets out there.
2007-11-12 06:04:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Out of the approximate estimated planets in the Universe, those capable of supporting an advance life form is calculated to be 54,000.
2007-11-12 06:11:27 · answer #1 · answered by Zappster (Deep Thunker) 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Beware of the “Black Swan” fallacy. Deductive logic is tautological; there is no way to get a new truth out of it, and it manipulates false statements as readily as true ones. If you fail to remember this, it can trip you--with perfect logic. The designers of the earliest computers called this the “Gigo Law,” i.e., “Garbage in, garbage out.”
Inductive logic is much more difficult --but can produce new truths
from the notebooks of lazarus long-
i answered his question also-he shows up every now and then and i keep replying to him what are the facts-dont think he likes it when i answer---smile and enjoy the day
2007-11-12 06:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by lazaruslong138 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He scientifically illiterate. The entire post is taken from some Christian fundie website. It's loaded with non-sequiturs. Plus, check his profile. He's 22. Only four years past the age when you know everything.
2007-11-12 07:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dang, Athee Starchild stole my answer. That Vile Temptress!
2007-11-12 06:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by Rev. Still Monkeys 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bits of this one, and some of the principles and history of cosmology.
Frighteningly naive, wasn't he?
Not the slightest suspicion that this drop-dead-utterly convincing-convert-the-world argument was nothing of the kind.
2007-11-12 06:50:46 · answer #5 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well apperently that guys must have visited all the billions of planets that are out there oh yea and ive studied only earth
2007-11-12 06:09:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually thought that question was pretty dumb. I haven`t studied any planets but I know better than to make such broad pronouncements.
2007-11-12 06:08:51 · answer #7 · answered by Future 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think calling his claim fascinating does a huge injustice to the word fascinating.
2007-11-12 06:08:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
he's not fascinating, he's deluded...
And the temperature of our planet could waiver 20 or 30 degrees before it would seriously affect ANY life...
2007-11-12 06:10:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well the qualifications on being a planet (one of them) is that it has to be round, so....why hasn't Rosie O'Donnell been classified as a planet ?
2007-11-12 06:10:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋