Re: Science Struggle

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From: John McCarthy
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 00:00

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Alan McGowen <amcgowen@cup.hp.com> writes:

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> John McCarthy wrote:
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> > 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.

If the conditions for life are less demanding than previously thought, 
it isn't so much of a miracle that life is possible on earth.
-- 
John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

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From: John McCarthy <jmc@Steam.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: Science Struggle
Date: 1999/09/21
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