Originally Posted by CTD
I heard about that. I just had to laugh. The space alien believers are insanely superficial. They jump up and down and call press conferences when what? 1 of 1000 requirements might possibly be met?

There's so much more to habitability than location, but they don't care to consider all that. They're pushing a wish, and the motive behind that wish is pure rebellion.


I could've said a little more, I suppose.

Take any of the other eight known planets, right? Suppose it to be orbiting in place of the Earth. Does that give you life?

The whole "whoopie - we're going to discover alien life" spiel was based only on location, after all. Is anyone seriously to imagine Venus would be habitable, if only it were in a better position?

But we needn't even go that far to show how silly it is. Relatively close by there already is another body co-orbiting alongside Earth. Would you care to live on the moon?

These jokers are being intentionally stupid, and hoping their stupidity will become contagious. Nobody is naturally that stupid. It takes effort.

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