Re: Fw: [NOVA] "Origins"

[Aidan Karley <aidan_karley@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com> wrote:
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> Next on NOVA:  "Origins"
> 
> http://www.pbs.org/nova/origins
> 
[sNIP]
> Are We Alone?
> Paleontologist Peter Ward says that as intelligent creatures,  we
> humans are probably not alone in the universe,  just very lonely.
> 
    That sounds almost like a plug for Conway Morris's "Life's
Solution" book. I wonder if they tried getting him to appear ...

[more SNIP]
> A Brief History of  Life
> Review the grand march of organisms from over  three billion
> years ago to the  present.
> 
    ... which would have worked well with the Burgess stuff. And the
newer Chinese stuff (Yinxian ? give or take several consonants. And
vowels.)
    You don't see SCM doing much "talking head" stuff, or at least I
haven't. Maybe not his style, or perhaps he doesn't feel a need to
"reach out" to get public support.

> ET Gallery
> Sci-fi films and T.V. shows reveal how limited our  imagination
> is when it comes to alien  life.
> 
    Oh dear, more Star Trek extras in rubber masks. <SIGH>

-- 
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen,
Scotland


                
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