bggarchow wrote:
wrote:
Author of Parallel Worlds; stated in the documentary alien worlds
that life is an accident, millions of accidents, so simple, direct
and
straight forward. All life on earth is based on pure chance, in a
similar pond like the one in your yard.
I too saw the program and cringed when Dr. Kaku said that because I
*knew* it would be mis-interpreted.
In scientific context, the terms chance, random and accident mean
'not
pre-determined'.
Who said it was?
The topic of the program was-what might life on other planets look
like?
What Dr. Kaku ment was that the *specific* course evolution on Earth
took was not pre-determined but rather the result of adaptation to
chance (not pre-determined)environmental conditions.
Chance is not pre-determined.
If life exists on other planets, it would probably be very different
because conditions there (the chance part) would likely be very
different.
No Morals required.
Huh?
survival of the fitest is based on chance.