Carbon based ignorance
Apparently, the scientists have recently shifted course from "following the water" to "following the Carbon," in their incessant search for extra-terrestrial life. NASA now has to account for the amount of resources wasted in the last few decades by those who claimed water is essential for life. They might as well collect the records for the current "brain wave." Later, they may have to account for the money wasted in "following the Carbon."
Humans are really strange creatures. They have been endowed with a brain with capabilities of abstract thought but often it degenerates into ego driven discovery. For nearly 50,000 years they saw artifacts of themselves and all sorts of animals in the heaven. For the past 2000, they have become worse as they now see themselves transcending space and time. Some of them are called scientists and others religious believers – both competing on ego.
Now that only Carbon is "essential" for life, perhaps we can stop the madness for the desire to travel to Moon, Mars and other such near earth objects for the search of water. A recent president, not to be left behind by his predecessor, boldly declared that we have to go to Mars – as if Taco stands are easily accessible there. It seems unlikely that humans will ever reach the conclusion that what we know could be insignificant in the context of what could be known. Only few scientists, who made significant contribution to advancing knowledge ever recognized that knowledge itself is not attainable. Mediocrity envelops research and knowledge-seeking in contemporary science. Some claim that they developed new and untestable theories on the way to the opera. Others, claiming equivalence to the great scientists of the past, declare that knowledge itself is complete.
Could the ignorant visualize life based on Silicon or some other non-Carbon chemical? Or, are the scientists completely devoid of imagination? Please don't spend my tax dollars to seek Carbon based life in the solar system. We have good examples of them here on Earth – why look for them elsewhere?
Humans are really strange creatures. They have been endowed with a brain with capabilities of abstract thought but often it degenerates into ego driven discovery. For nearly 50,000 years they saw artifacts of themselves and all sorts of animals in the heaven. For the past 2000, they have become worse as they now see themselves transcending space and time. Some of them are called scientists and others religious believers – both competing on ego.
Now that only Carbon is "essential" for life, perhaps we can stop the madness for the desire to travel to Moon, Mars and other such near earth objects for the search of water. A recent president, not to be left behind by his predecessor, boldly declared that we have to go to Mars – as if Taco stands are easily accessible there. It seems unlikely that humans will ever reach the conclusion that what we know could be insignificant in the context of what could be known. Only few scientists, who made significant contribution to advancing knowledge ever recognized that knowledge itself is not attainable. Mediocrity envelops research and knowledge-seeking in contemporary science. Some claim that they developed new and untestable theories on the way to the opera. Others, claiming equivalence to the great scientists of the past, declare that knowledge itself is complete.
Could the ignorant visualize life based on Silicon or some other non-Carbon chemical? Or, are the scientists completely devoid of imagination? Please don't spend my tax dollars to seek Carbon based life in the solar system. We have good examples of them here on Earth – why look for them elsewhere?
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