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Re: Science Struggle

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From: Alan McGowen
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 00:00
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John McCarthy wrote:

> It seems to me that the anthropic principle suffered a hit recently
> when the conditions for survival of prokaryote bacteria were
> discovered to be much less demanding than previously thought.

I'm not sure what this has to do with the anthropic principle, but
it does make one think again about panspermia.

--
Alan McGowen

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<blockquote TYPE=CITE>It seems to me that the anthropic principle suffered
a hit recently
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I'm not sure what this has to do with the anthropic principle, but
<br>it does make one think again about panspermia.
<pre>--&nbsp;
Alan McGowen
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From: Alan McGowen <amcgowen@cup.hp.com>
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Date: 1999/09/21
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