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The Goldilocks Enigma Is The Idea That Everything In The Universe Is Just Right For Life, Like The Porridge In The Fairy Tale.

To Expect Alien Technology To Be Just A Few Decades Ahead Of Ours Is Too Incredible To Be Taken Seriously.

So How Can We Test The Idea That The Transition From Nonlife To Life Is Simple Enough To Happen Repeatedly? The Most Obvious And Straightforward Way Is To Search For A Second Form Of Life On Earth. No Planet Is More Earth-like Than Earth Itself, So If The Path To Life Is Easy, Then Life Should Have Started Up Many Times Over Right Here.

The Anthropic Principle Is An Unfortunate Name As It Implies Something About Humanity.

Things Changed With The Discovery Of Neutron Stars And Black Holes - Objects With Gravitational Fields So Intense That Dramatic Space And Time-warping Effects Occur.