Where did we come from?

WIZE

I was watching the Documentry on The Discovery Channel and they said life most likey started from minerals on an asteroid which crashed into Earth

Religous people will say Adam and Eve

So how did life end up on earth

That is the Question

TPD

I know the answer definitively but have decided to keep it quiet. For the craic.

GLaDOS

A combination of abiogenesis and evolution.


Alternately, your ma.

The_Minister

As a rational thinker, I know it was not God.







It was the Stork.

Ricardo G

Its all a VERY BAD DREAM !!

jd83

Im sure the guys over on the conspiracy theories forum know the answer to this

WIZE

ScienceNerd wrote: »

A combination of abiogenesis and evolution.


Alternately, your ma.

WIKI

I dont speak science

I have to click on every blue word to find out what it means which leads to more Blue Words

MitchKoobski

42?

plein de force

evolution, that's how

or maybe some supernatural being of which there is no evidence of made up by man put us here

yeah i think i'll go with evolution

WIZE

plein de force wrote: »

evolution, that's how

or maybe some supernatural being of which there is no evidence of made up by man put us here

yeah i think i'll go with evolution

Did we evolve from a rock ?

I mean how did anything alive get here including Trees plants bacteria and stuff

StormWarrior

Let's write our own version of how life started. I'll begin:

The Flying Spaghetti monster was flying through space. When he passed over the earth, his period started. It splodged onto the earth.....

Wolfe Tone

How did whatever evolved form in the first place?

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plein de force wrote: »

evolution, that's how

or maybe some supernatural being of which there is no evidence of made up by man put us here

yeah i think i'll go with evolution

Evolution is where life comes from? Way to show how much smarter you are than those nutty religious folks, you have an excellent grasp on science.

orourkeda

From some birds box

token56

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

How did whatever evolved form in the first place?

Without a time machine it would be impossible to know this, all we can do is theorize or alternatively say a magical man in the sky did it.

Wolfe Tone

token56 wrote: »

Without a time machine it would be impossible to know this, all we can do is theorize or alternatively say a magical man in the sky did it.

So is a higher being not a good theory?

jester77

WIZE wrote: »

So how did like end up on earth

That is the Question

its a simple answer, we all came in a spaceship built by Xenu

Antamojo

Mrs Garrison can explain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0WebCq3Ts8

Abrasax

This video explains everything in some detail.

plein de force

Konnor Huge Collie wrote: »

Evolution is where life comes from? Way to show how much smarter you are than those nutty religious folks, you have an excellent grasp on science.

I never claimed to have a grasp on science at all

it's just that's what there is evidence of therefore i believe that

PirateShampoo

Caprica.

Pacing Mule

WIZE wrote: »

Where did we come from

This may be one of the only times it is actually appropriate to yell Yore Ma !

Wolfe Tone

plein de force wrote: »

I never claimed to have a grasp on science at all

it's just that's what there is evidence of therefore i believe that

You mean thats what someone told you?

ejmaztec

jd83 wrote: »

Im sure the guys over on the conspiracy theories forum know at least 3000 different answers to this

fixed

bleg

WIZE wrote: »

WIKI

I dont speak science

I have to click on every blue word to find out what it means which leads to more Blue Words

Opportunity to educate yourself. Take a few minutes to understand something about your world. Alternatively you can go look at pictures of cats.

token56

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

So is a higher being not a good theory?

Depends on what you define as higher being and as good. Is this higher being super natural or natural? It's a valid theory as no one can say for certain that didn't happen because we cant prove it didn't happen. No one will be able to ever prove what "started life". We can come up with theory's and maybe even possibly demonstrated them some day, for example create life in a lab in accordance to some hypothesis, however there will always be questions and no definitive answer.

So is it a good theory? Well any theory is possible but I wouldn't call it a logical one if it involves a super natural being, but that's just my opinion.

Do you think it's a good one?

karlog

token56 wrote: »

Depends on what you define as higher being and as good. Is this higher being super natural or natural? It's a valid theory as no one can say for certain that didn't happen because we cant prove it didn't happen. No one will be able to ever prove what "started life". We can come up with theory's and maybe even possibly demonstrated them some day, for example create life in a lab in accordance to some hypothesis, however there will always be questions and no definitive answer.

So is it a good theory? Well any theory is possible but I wouldn't call it a logical one if it involves a super natural being, but that's just my opinion.

Do you think it's a good one?

Better than the atheist one IMO.

My name is URL

We came from the same place as everything else we see in the universe came from. Our bits are just assembled differently

WIZE

I dont want you people burning too many Brain Cells over this issue . I just want your simple Ideas

Wolfe Tone

token56 wrote: »

Depends on what you define as higher being and as good. Is this higher being super natural or natural? It's a valid theory as no one can say for certain that didn't happen because we cant prove it didn't happen. No one will be able to ever prove what "started life". We can come up with theory's and maybe even possibly demonstrated them some day, for example create life in a lab in accordance to some hypothesis, however there will always be questions and no definitive answer.

So is it a good theory? Well any theory is possible but I wouldn't call it a logical one if it involves a super natural being, but that's just my opinion.

Do you think it's a good one?

Well its the one I believe personally.

WIZE

My name is URL wrote: »

We came from the same place as everything else we see in the universe came from. Our bits are just assembled differently

yeah but should life not exsist on other planets in our Solar System then and assemble differently to suit other planets?

My name is URL

jd83 wrote: »

Im sure the guys over on the conspiracy theories forum know the answer to this

Well they may have a theory on it, which is more than you offered

What is it lately with people referring to the CT forum? Is this the best you can come up with, really?

Yakult

When meteorites crashed into not so dead Mars, it blew people all the way to earth. Thus humans on earth.

The problem with the "higher being" hypothesis is that it doesn't explain anything. There's no further predictions you can make from such a model, it doesn't give any new info, etc. Whereas if there are genuine scientific theories, they will be testable and so on.
Saying "I don't know so it must be...", well, refer to my sig for that

WIZE

R_H_C_P wrote: »

When meteorites crashed into not so dead Mars, it blew people all the way to earth. Thus humans on earth.

Id say that was some craic.

One minute on Mars then Next thing you know your on earth

Sparticle

plein de force wrote: »

I never claimed to have a grasp on science at all

it's just that's what there is evidence of therefore i believe that

I don't think you understand what evolution means. It's the process that leads to the diversification of organisms on earth through natural selection, gene drift ecetera. It is not a theory on the origin of life.

IMO life prob started by the chance formation of R.N.A or something along those lines near high energy thermal vents.

token56

karlog wrote: »

Better than the atheist one IMO.

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Well its the one I believe personally.

Fair enough, my own motto is each to their own really.

I personally think each person is natural disposed to either believe or not believe in a god, with you're environment and upbringing obviously having an influence. I mean I think some people just naturally cant or dont want to believe in a god, and that opposite is true, and another group in the middle somewhere.

Sparticle

My name is URL wrote: »

What is it lately with people referring to the CT forum?

A combination of morbid fancination and schadenfreude.

Sea Sharp

Life is a big elaborate cause and effect chain reaction that has its foundations with simple chemical reactions.

Wolfe Tone

But where did those chemicals come from?

token56

If people are interested in one side they should check Stephen Hawkings lastest series, in particular this episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8fI8wdvteU

its the first of 9 parts just to warn, so its pretty long. But even if you dont agree with it, its pretty interesting

Sea Sharp

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

But where did those chemicals come from?

The Chemical Brothers obviously.

yogy

Darwin, Dawkins et al have proven, beyond reasonable doubt and with concrete evidence, the whole God creating earth thing to be a load of bollix..

Evolution has been proven, creationism is just some fairytale dreamt up by organised religious groups to explain what could not be explained many years ago!

Wolfe Tone

yogy wrote: »

Darwin, Dawkins et al have proven, beyond reasonable doubt and with concrete evidence, the whole God creating earth thing to be a load of bollix..

Evolution has been proven, creationism is just some fairytale dreamt up by organised religious groups to explain what could not be explained many years ago!

So what did we evolve from?

DeVore

Gamma Ray Burst, exploding stars etc.

DeV.

Killer Pigeon

WIZE wrote: »

yeah but should life not exsist on other planets in our Solar System then and assemble differently to suit other planets?

Well, earth is nicely placed in the so-called 'habitable zone' in the solar system although there is still theories that suggest microbial life could have existed on Mars.

Killer Pigeon

Origin of Life: Shit happens.

token56

yogy wrote: »

Darwin, Dawkins et al have proven, beyond reasonable doubt and with concrete evidence, the whole God creating earth thing to be a load of bollix..

Evolution has been proven, creationism is just some fairytale dreamt up by organised religious groups to explain what could not be explained many years ago!

Just to point out, evolution or so called micro evolution is an observable effect in biology, its a process that happens, there can be no doubt about that. However the theory of evolution or macro evolution, i.e. Darwin's theory etc has not been proven. If it had why would it still be called a theory? For most people the majority of the evidence points to it being correct I agree. However its incorrect to say its been proven.

Sparticle

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

But where did those chemicals come from?

Stars fusing heavier elemensts which are then released in a supernova which then condenses to form a solar system. The elements react to form chemicals. High energy areas on earth increase odds of complex organic molecules forming.

bleg

Evolution is a fact. The way we think it happened (via natural selection) is indeed, in the strictest scientific sense, a theory.

token56

token56 wrote: »

. If it had why would it still be called a theory? .

A theory is a substantiated explanation of facts and observations.
A theory is never, ever going to "graduate" into a fact or a law. A theory is as good as it gets.
This is a scientific theory. It is not to be confused with "I had an idea..."

Evolution is both a fact and a theory. This is a good thing, not a "just".