Even If We Don't Have A Precise

Scientists Have No Agreed Theory Of The Origin Of Life - Plenty Of Scenarios, Conjectures And Just-so Stories, But Nothing With Solid Experimental Support.

The Temptation To Believe That The Universe Is The Product Of Some Sort Of Design, A Manifestation Of Subtle Aesthetic And Mathematical Judgment, Is Overwhelming. The Belief That There Is "something Behind It All" Is One That I Personally Share With, I Suspect, A Majority Of Physicists.

Imagine A Civilisation That's Way In Advance Of Us Wants To Communicate With Us, And Assist Us In Our Development. The Information We Provide To Them Must Reflect Our Highest Aspirations And Ideals, And Not Just Be Some Crazy Person's Bizarre Politics Or Religion.

"are We Alone In The Universe?" This Is A Question Which Goes Back To The Dawn Of History, But For Most Of Human History It Has Been In The Province Of Religion And Philosophy. Fifty Or Something Years Ago, However, It Became Part Of Science.

When I Was A Student, The Laws Of Physics Were Regarded As Completely Off Limits. The Job Of The Scientist, We Were Told, Is To Discover The Laws And Apply Them, Not Inquire Into Their Provenance.