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Re: Sinosauropteryx filament melanosomes challenged



On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Sim Koning <simkoning@msn.com> wrote:
>
> Yes and some mammals have been to the moon, split the atom and broken the 
> sound barrier, which is result of an extremely complex brain, as in the most 
> complex organ in the history of this planet. Again I was referring to higher 
> and lower degrees of complexity and energy consumption.
>
Sorry, but it seems like your argument is that more complexity = more
human-like, and that therefore more human-like life is more complex,
which is circular (and objections aside, is a version of the scala
naturae).

>
> The only form of life that could possibly have a chance of surviving the 
> death of our sun in 5 billion years would be a technologically advanced 
> civilization. A species that has effectively adapted to space in the same way 
> sea life adapted land could potentially last until the heat death of the 
> universe all while being driven by what would essentially be a form of 
> Lamarckian evolution. Based on estimates done by Fermi, Drake, and others, a 
> space faring civilization could colonize most of the galaxy in less than 100 
> millions years, which is only a small fraction of the age of the Earth.
>
Except that no such civilization is known to exist and there's no
compelling evidence that it ever will. On the other hand, there is
evidence to suggest that bacteria can be ejected from the earth by
impact events and lie dormant in space for a long time, potentially
seeding other planets. It's possible that single-celled life from
Earth has already accomplished this, no "complexity" required.