In Science, A Healthy Skepticism

It May Seem Bizarre, But In My Opinion Science Offers A Surer Path To God Than Religion.

Should We Find A Second Form Of Life Right Here On Our Doorstep, We Could Be Confident That Life Is A Truly Cosmic Phenomenon. If So, There May Well Be Sentient Beings Somewhere In The Galaxy Wondering, As Do We, If They Are Not Alone In The Universe.

I Should Say We Know That There Are Many, Many Other Earths Out There. We're Almost Certain That There Will Be Upwards Of A Billion Earth-like Planets In Our Galaxy Alone, So There Is No Lack Of Real Estate Where Life Might Happen, But What We Don't Know Is How Likely It Is Given The Real Estate, Given A Wonderful Pristine Planet Like Earth How Likely Is It That Life Will Pop Up Inhabited? We Don't Know The Answer To That.

We Could Tell Them [alien Civilization] Things That We Have Discovered In The Realm Of Mathematical Physics, But There Is Stuff That I Would Like To Know. There Are Some Famous Problems Like How To Bring Gravitation And Quantum Physics Together, The Long-sought-after Theory Of Quantum Gravity. But It May Be Hard To Understand The Answer That Comes Back.

There Is For Me Powerful Evidence That There Is Something Going On Behind It All. . . It Seems As Though Somebody Has Fine Tuned Nature's Numbers To Make The Universe. . . The Impression Of Design Is Overwhelming.