Bettina

hmmm' date=' just wanna ask on that part. you say this is your thoughts, so ok, but how do we (humans) seed another race?

 

are you saying that we will go off and start a civilisation on another planet? as possible as that is - does that count as 'seeding' a new - well - you said "we will be the seed" the "seed" of what???

 

a new civilisation? in that case when whites went to america that was a new civilisation.

 

a new specie? sure we might evolve but does that really count as "seeding"?

 

what are we going to "seed"?[/quote']

 

Hehe....I should have said we "may" be seeds.

In time, our sun will swell, then collapse, then literaly burn out. Our Earth will be burned to a cinder, but before that time (millions of years) comes, we would have colonized the outer planets/moons of our system. Those won't burn, because they are too far away but will instead freeze as our sun finally dies. The DNA locked into that frozen place will remain. At that point, it will depend on whether our sun supernovas or not. If it does, it will blast our remaining planets to shreds along with our "seeds" which may in turn rain down on some other new world.

 

I believe the building blocks for life are everywhere in the cosmos. I know I came from there.

 

I'm only 16, (me in the photo) but I have a wild imagination and sometimes I drive my science teacher to his books.

 

Bettina

In the beginning, (the chaos time) there were countless objects finding their way to all planets, not just Jupiter. It still happens today. I understand the size of Jupiter and i'ts gravity would have attracted many of them from hitting us, but at any given moment, Earth was bombarded by comets directly, bringing with it....Ice....and the very beginnings of life to a sterile planet. I believe a great amount of earths water came from that ice.

Where did this life come from? Well, there are systems much older than ours, and the breakup of those systems could have seeded the younger one's like ours. In time, we will be the seed bearers of others. Where did life first start? We will never know for sure until we can prove if it can be started with a chemical or electrical nature.

Just my thinking of course....and what a great place this is....

Bettina

The first life was probably simpler than what we would recognise today as a single celled organism.

I also lean towards the idea that life may have come from space on comets or asteroids (a concept known as pan spermia). Fred Hoyle was a recent strong proponent of this idea. You may already have run across this link:

http://www.spaceref.com/Directory/Astrobiology_and_Life_Science/panspermia/

If this is how life began on Earth it is unlikely that it accounts for the diversity we see today. There may have been a variety of organisms' date=' but they would all have been comparatively simple, single celled organisms. (The diversity of species today is very much due to evolution working over hundreds of millions of years on quite complex organisms that had themselves evolved from those simple cells over a couple of billion years)

[i']Pan spermia[/i] is not a popular idea, but a percentage of serious scientists do consider it a possibility.

You are absolutely right not to believe everything you read. Consider everything you are told carefully. Look for evidence. Consider the credentials of the author. The trick is to be open-minded and sceptical at the same time.

I understand evolution completely and I was just making a point that I think more than one species came in on that comet giving evolution a lot more to work with. I believe we were "seeded" big time.

Bettina

I'm a student and have often wondered if life really did start from a basic one cell organism. Since I believe we came from the ice brought in by comets, who is to say how many different organisms were brought here. Could have been thousands of different species with all or part of them surviving. Maybe thats where we got so many different ones.

Forgive me if I don't make any sense, I'm still learning, but sometimes I don't believe all I read.

Bettina

I think a lot of UFO sightings (light formations at night, etc) are military planes and things of that nature, and many times the governments want [/i'] them to remain unidentified. (Don't think I'm conspiracy paranoid person, though, I understand keeping things under wraps while testing...). Just my two cents.

That about hits the nail on the head. The Stealth plane was flying for 10 years before it was finally unveiled.

Bettina

Ok......I guess time will tell if I'm going to like it here or not.

Thanks....

Bettina

Incorrect,yet again! you do not discuss or debate any subject.Your only input is to slag off other peoples posts,picking incredibely old and boring put downs .You ask for reference material and proof of what are obviously only that persons ideas,yet you offer no proof for your often opinionated stance on subjects.And when you get put in your place by people you kick them,like Spaceman or philbo.why not be mature and let them back into the forum.Which has become boring without them,many people liked reading spacemans posts however ridiculess his claims,many members replied and debated his topics.I noticed ophiolite is still replying to him,how can he ever recieve a reply you booted spaceman.As for flamming and arguments your posts contain more than all posters here put together.I think as admin if you cannot even stay within the rules of the forum yourself you should have the decency to 'rap it in '

Have posters been kicked out of the forum for just disagreeing? Geez...I'm afraid to post my thoughts here now.

Bettina

Hello Bettina ' date='

where does that name come from ,is that your actual first name ,anyway I think it is a nice name ,is Kentucky where you were originally brought from ?

 

Well enjoy this site , I hope you enjoy it as much as I do already, good to see you take an interest in the real world experiences of curiosity & science, the universe is all yours to explore , starting here is the first step to walking the talk . (riddle)

 

Btw do you have a cat ?[/quote']

 

Yep...it's my real first name. I was born in Kentucky, and my descendants are Italian....no cat....but I have a wheaton dog.

Bettina

Just wanted to say hi. I'm 16 and in school, and want to know as much as I can about cosmology. That's me in the photo.....I'm gonna look around.

Bettina