[Gunnair]

[DrCaleb]

It's pretty cool stuff.

[saturn_656]

A giant rock in space.

[DrCaleb]

saturn_656 wrote:

A giant rock in space.

More than that. A giant rock, that could be full of valuable minerals, water, and maybe even the basic chemicals needed for life. And one more piece of the puzzle of how we came to be.

[saturn_656]

DrCaleb wrote:

saturn_656 wrote:

A giant rock in space.

More than that. A giant rock, that could be full of valuable minerals, water, and maybe even the basic chemicals needed for life. And one more piece of the puzzle of how we came to be.

You're really into this shit aren't you?

[DanSC]

saturn_656 wrote:

A giant rock in space.

And we're all just a colleciton of carbon-based compounds in space, but we seem to think a lot of ourselves.

[saturn_656]

DanSC wrote:

saturn_656 wrote:

A giant rock in space.

And we're all just a colleciton of carbon-based compounds in space, but we seem to think a lot of ourselves.

Probably because we have the ability to think. Most things made of star dust can't do that.

[DanSC]

saturn_656 wrote:

DanSC wrote:

saturn_656 wrote:

A giant rock in space.

And we're all just a colleciton of carbon-based compounds in space, but we seem to think a lot of ourselves.

Probably because we have the ability to think. Most things made of star dust can't do that.

And how could you possibly know that?

[saturn_656]

DanSC wrote:

And how could you possibly know that?

That inanimate objects can't think and low level life forms can't think?

I thought we all knew that.

[DrCaleb]

saturn_656 wrote:

DanSC wrote:

And how could you possibly know that?

That inanimate objects can't think and low level life forms can't think?

I thought we all knew that.

The definition of life might be far more complex than we know. How do we know that rock is inanimate?

And just as an FYI - when anyone tells you "everyone knows that ______" it is always false. Logical fallicy of 'appeal from authority'.

[saturn_656]

DrCaleb wrote:

saturn_656 wrote:

DanSC wrote:

And how could you possibly know that?

That inanimate objects can't think and low level life forms can't think?

I thought we all knew that.

The definition of life might be far more complex than we know. How do we know that rock is inanimate?

And just as an FYI - when anyone tells you "everyone knows that ______" it is always false. Logical fallicy of 'appeal from authority'.

You're not going to argue for living rocks, are you?

[DanSC]

People used to argue that matter could not be destroyed too.

[raydan]

[raydan]

They even have their own religion...

[Tricks]

DanSC wrote:

People used to argue that matter could not be destroyed too.

.... That changed?