Comments on: Panspermia – space exploration for the very small? http://djfelton.com/2010/02/06/panspermia-space-exploration-for-the-very-small/ Random witterings of a wannabe writer Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:47:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dave http://djfelton.com/2010/02/06/panspermia-space-exploration-for-the-very-small/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Dave Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:01:37 +0000 http://djfelton.com/?p=83#comment-14 Yeah. I guess it is these "scientific revolutions" that keep us rolling on. Yeah. I guess it is these “scientific revolutions” that keep us rolling on.

]]> By: John Schmidt http://djfelton.com/2010/02/06/panspermia-space-exploration-for-the-very-small/comment-page-1/#comment-11 John Schmidt Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:43:17 +0000 http://djfelton.com/?p=83#comment-11 If science were done by robots it might be possible to prevent dogmatism from creeping in. Science works because even if you cannot teach an old dogmatist new tricks, you can't keep down the new scientists who will just march right over the old dogma. If science were done by robots it might be possible to prevent dogmatism from creeping in. Science works because even if you cannot teach an old dogmatist new tricks, you can’t keep down the new scientists who will just march right over the old dogma.

]]> By: Dave http://djfelton.com/2010/02/06/panspermia-space-exploration-for-the-very-small/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Dave Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:28:02 +0000 http://djfelton.com/?p=83#comment-10 Thank you for your comment John. Many Earthbound animals produce a prodigious amount of young, the majority of which die, yet despite this a small number sucessfully reproduce. This same principle could well be employed in space if a method was found of getting out there. Who knows? To be honest, what I enjoyed about the original article is "conventional scientific wisdom" being disproven, or at least thrown into doubt. Too much science is currently dogmatic imho. If you want religion, join a church, not a science lab. Thank you for your comment John.

Many Earthbound animals produce a prodigious amount of young, the majority of which die, yet despite this a small number sucessfully reproduce. This same principle could well be employed in space if a method was found of getting out there. Who knows?

To be honest, what I enjoyed about the original article is “conventional scientific wisdom” being disproven, or at least thrown into doubt.

Too much science is currently dogmatic imho. If you want religion, join a church, not a science lab.

]]> By: John Schmidt http://djfelton.com/2010/02/06/panspermia-space-exploration-for-the-very-small/comment-page-1/#comment-8 John Schmidt Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:08:46 +0000 http://djfelton.com/?p=83#comment-8 When I admit to myself that faster-than-life travel is unlikely, my thoughts often turn to directed panspermia, but I'm not sure it makes sense to send biological life forms through space...not even in Kurt Vonnegut's "Big Space F##k" dreams. When I admit to myself that faster-than-life travel is unlikely, my thoughts often turn to directed panspermia, but I’m not sure it makes sense to send biological life forms through space…not even in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Big Space F##k” dreams.

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