{"id":88997,"date":"2020-10-31T20:29:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T02:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=88997"},"modified":"2020-11-01T01:07:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T07:07:33","slug":"did-life-reach-earth-from-beyond-the-solar-system-has-intelligent-life-made-an-appearance-here-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/10\/did-life-reach-earth-from-beyond-the-solar-system-has-intelligent-life-made-an-appearance-here-yet.html","title":{"rendered":"Did life reach Earth from beyond the solar system?  Has intelligent life made an appearance here yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89003\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2020\/10\/1600px-Artists_impression_of_%CA%BBOumuamua-1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-89003\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2020\/10\/1600px-Artists_impression_of_%CA%BBOumuamua-1.jpg\" alt=\"Soon followed by 2I\/Borisov\" width=\"597\" height=\"390\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A December 2017 Wikimedia Commons public domain artist\u2019s impression of 1I\/Oumuamua, the first interstellar object known to have transited through Earth\u2019s solar system. Some reputable scientists even speculated, for a while at least, that it might be an intelligently directed interstellar spacecraft. It has now passed beyond the range of earthly telescopes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This passage in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/author\/david-jewitt\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">David Jewitt<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/author\/amaya-moro-martin\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amaya Moro-Mart\u00edn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/everything-scientists-know-so-far-about-the-first-interstellar-objects-ever-detected\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cEverything Scientists Know So Far about the First Interstellar Objects Ever Detected: Strange bodies from beyond the solar system have defied predictions,\u201d<\/a> <em>Scientific American<\/em> 323\/4 (October 2020): 42-49, caught my attention.\u00a0 For one thing, it tacitly acknowledges that the origin of life on earth remains an unsolved mystery.\u00a0 But we should note that the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panspermia#:~:text=Panspermia%20(from%20Ancient%20Greek%20%CF%80%E1%BE%B6%CE%BD,carrying%20unintended%20contamination%20by%20microorganisms.\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">panspermia<\/a>, or even of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Directed_panspermia#:~:text=Directed%20panspermia%20is%20the%20deliberate,seeded%20deliberately%20by%20other%20civilizations.\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>directed<\/em> panspermia<\/a>, doesn\u2019t ultimately answer the question of how life arose at all; it simply kicks the can further down the road:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Scientists estimate that over the eons several billion tons of interstellar material must have crashed into Earth.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Could these impacts have delivered life to our planet?\u00a0 The modern scientific notion of panspermia dates back to the 19th century.\u00a0 Surprisingly, asteroids and comets might be good protectors of fragile cellular life.\u00a0 Damaging cosmic rays, capable of breaking DNA, penetrate only a few meters into solid material, so living cells buried inside rocks might survive interstellar journeys lasting millions or even hundreds of millions of years.\u00a0 At near-zero interstellar temperatures, any cells would be in suspended animation.\u00a0 They would need to withstand the shock of planetary impact, but this might not be as problematic as it sounds.\u00a0 Experiments have already shown that earthly bacteria can survive impacts at cosmic speed.\u00a0 Although there is no evidence that life spreads through the galaxy while riding in the bellies of asteroids and comets, given our present state of ignorance we must acknowledge that this possibility remains.\u00a0 (49)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this Facebook post from a Latter-day Saint friend here in Utah also caught my attention:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">One of our neighbors was left an anonymous letter condemning them with great contempt for their yard sign.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I would hate to think its author would be anyone from our neighborhood, but it appears it probably is.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">The letter said they were \u201cembarrassed and disgusted\u201d adding, \u201cI can never look at you the same. And I will be slowly walking away from our friendship.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">The letter also implored them to \u201copen up your eyes and educate yourself\u201d \u2014 which I find ironic.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">\u201cWe live in a moment of particularly strong divisions,\u201d said Elder Quentin L. Cook In the October 2020 general conference. \u201cHowever, the millions who have accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ have committed themselves to achieving both righteousness and unity. We are all aware that we can do better, and that is our challenge in this day.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">I\u2019m blessed with an abundance of friends who accept me even when we disagree, and they inspire me to do the same for them. You can forget that not everyone has this blessing in their lives.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">In this political season \u2014 and through every season \u2014 I hope that we would all remember the sage advice of Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, \u201cWe must realize that all of God\u2019s children wear the same jersey.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He closes his note with a link to a recent talk by President Dallin H. Oaks, who currently serves as first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2020\/10\/17oaks?lang=eng&amp;fbclid=IwAR2qybfBdSKuEbKri82GfWM4DBQrOd4Tuf8GscDFgX0Qaada6VA6d4StLIU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cLove Your Enemies\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m deeply concerned about what is happening to our social fabric, which, it seems to me, is at serious risk of being torn apart.\u00a0 Consider these items, for example:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>The Guardian<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/oct\/31\/us-world-record-coronavirus-cases-24-hours?fbclid=IwAR2ABw3oT795U6MimfbzXbQQBuyploNN8e06y7VYAt8LRXQnPU0pkn8JyKM\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cUS sets world record for coronavirus cases in 24 hours: Daily caseload of 100,233 surpasses tally set in India last month: Study links Trump rallies to 30,000 cases and 700 deaths\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Politico<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/31\/trump-study-coronavirus-rallies-433760?fbclid=IwAR1hpWNh256ZjH_9g8-QSTyEPt2-Ld89GW-cj2XCPKjrfsF6weQfhLDxe_w\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cStudy links Trump rallies to more than 700 Covid deaths: The working paper, released late Friday, examined the impact of 18 rallies held between June 20 and Sept. 30.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Babylon Bee<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-wearing-a-mask-increases-your-risk-of-being-a-big-sissy?fbclid=IwAR1K-igLRMVB_iVAvbXRNig4VNLREc7hr6WO5Orp9aFq6_2-NHHvVm1q3lk\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cStudy Finds Connection Between Wearing A Mask And Being A Big Sissy\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boston.com:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/10\/26\/doctors-condemn-conspiracy-theory-coronavirus-trump\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cDoctors condemn conspiracy theory pushed by Trump that COVID-19 deaths are over-counted by hospitals\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CNN:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2020\/10\/30\/trump-biden-midwest-ilhan-omar-laura-ingraham-covid-19-acosta-tsr-pkg-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/this-week-in-politics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cTrump pushes baseless theory about doctors and virus deaths: President Donald Trump pushed a baseless conspiracy theory at\u00a0one of his rallies in Michigan, claiming that \u201cour doctors get more money if somebody dies from Covid.\u201d\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pg__background__image_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>CNN:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/28\/politics\/woodward-kushner-coronavirus-doctors\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cJared Kushner bragged in April that Trump\u00a0was taking\u00a0the country\u00a0\u2018back\u00a0from the doctors'\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Deseret News<\/em> (Salt Lake City):\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/utah\/2020\/10\/29\/21540624\/anti-mask-protesters-target-state-epidemiologist-dr-angela-dunn\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cAnti-mask protesters target state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>KUTV (Salt Lake City):\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/local\/who-is-organizing-the-protests-at-utah-health-officials-homes-angela-dunn\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cWho is organizing the protests at Utah health officials\u2019 homes?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>KSL (Salt Lake City):\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/50040121?fbclid=IwAR2ABw3oT795U6MimfbzXbQQBuyploNN8e06y7VYAt8LRXQnPU0pkn8JyKM\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cUtah governor, neighbors, others criticize protests at home of state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily Herald<\/em> (Provo, Utah):\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldextra.com\/news\/local\/utah-medical-association-condemns-protests-at-state-officials-homes\/article_1093d2c7-691f-5da7-83f5-61222c032fb6.html?fbclid=IwAR2BVR3prTxqxeEz26ze9J6_ycsa-ft55RuCXuoCs3dEoCsFfchDtgQgsv0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cUtah Medical Association condemns protests at state officials\u2019 homes\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily Mail<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8855647\/Dr-Fauci-forced-federal-agents-power-walks-hes-receiving-death-threats.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cDr. Fauci, 79, and his wife flanked by body guards while out walking after he receives death threats\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Fauci said it bothers him \u2018less than the hassling\u2019 of his wife, Dr. Christine Grady, and their\u00a0three adult daughters\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CBS News:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/security-guard-stabbed-face-mask-snipes-chicago-store\/?fbclid=IwAR3F_FmkHumbH-JEyI69UsJzHdnit-hJQxcmWo28qMVqf43VYrBaBmOC9XA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> \u201cStore security guard stabbed 27 times after asking sisters to wear masks\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Axios:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/pro-trump-caravan-biden-bus-texas-9eb931ba-aad0-4b52-a54c-f03a2bbcec10.html?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=onhrs&amp;fbclid=IwAR0jI9yFjUF79O5wHnpgXSk7NLLHb5mZQ1eyClbFEyK5NxfDaAMFOJbnR3Q\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cPro-Trump vehicles tried to run Biden campaign bus \u201coff the road,\u201d witnesses say\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Independent<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-election-2020\/us-election-biden-bus-trump-supporters-texas-event-cancelled-b1477876.html?fbclid=IwAR1lWNy3i1S-dUfaw2ChhcMGaiJS9TdtCI2Vnon1gCXVOu_zvEYmjJDiHHU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cUS election: Biden event in Texas cancelled as \u2018armed\u2019 Trump supporters threaten campaign bus\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily Herald <\/em>(Provo, Utah):\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldextra.com\/business\/utah-county-businesses-prepare-for-civil-unrest-as-election-day-closes-in\/article_5777dda1-902c-5914-829e-c9ac60b3d154.html?fbclid=IwAR3vY0XsaVn9MRkprx0Aqal199AZRVakO7uYFynK-gMDfFK0b8_8VvacnvI\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cUtah County businesses prepare for civil unrest as Election Day closes in\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Communities are fragile things, and it seems that some in our neighborhoods have decided that they don\u2019t particularly care about maintaining civil society.\u00a0 But maintaining peace and civility is, in almost all circumstances, far more important than this or that political dispute.\u00a0 And please understand that I say this as someone who did not vote for Joe Biden and as someone who recognizes that extremist intolerance (and occasional violence) exists not only on the political right (where I actually consider myself to stand, and where certain others noisily <em>claim<\/em> to stand) but, very much, on the political left.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well, how about closing with something more <em>positive<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26197\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2015\/09\/799px-Kolob_canyons.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-26197\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2015\/09\/799px-Kolob_canyons.jpg\" alt=\"A panorama of Kolob Canyon\" width=\"594\" height=\"154\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, between St. George and Cedar City, Utah<br>Photo by G. M. Hatfield, Wikimedia CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, driving down to St. George, we took a few minutes to exit I-15 and drive to the east for a look at Kolob Canyons, or (I guess more properly) Kolob Fingers, a relatively little-known sector of Zion National Park.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t resist, since the time and the lighting were absolutely perfect as the sun was beginning to set to the west.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I suspect that most people hurtling along the Interstate have little or no idea of the glory that is just a few minutes away, concealed by some intervening ridges.\u00a0 If you find yourself driving along the stretch between Cedar City and St. George and you have any time at all while it\u2019s light, go over and have a look.\u00a0 Especially if you\u2019ve never done so before.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Posted from St. George, Utah<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 This passage in\u00a0David Jewitt\u00a0and\u00a0Amaya Moro-Mart\u00edn, \u201cEverything Scientists Know So Far about the First Interstellar Objects Ever Detected: Strange bodies from beyond the solar system have defied predictions,\u201d Scientific American 323\/4 (October 2020): 42-49, caught my attention.\u00a0 For one thing, it tacitly acknowledges that the origin of life on earth remains an unsolved mystery.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1896,16837,1053,1878,14528,18730,18727,18724,5802,18721,13547,18712,18715,18718,4063,4591,9632,18706,11066,5072,782,10928,18709],"class_list":["post-88997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-asteroid","tag-biological","tag-biology","tag-cedar-city","tag-cell","tag-celllular","tag-comet","tag-directed-panspermia","tag-extraterrestrial","tag-interstellar","tag-kolob","tag-kolob-canyon","tag-kolob-canyons","tag-kolob-fingers","tag-life","tag-meteor","tag-origin","tag-oumuamua","tag-panspermia","tag-st-george","tag-utah","tag-zion","tag-zion-national-park"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Did life reach Earth from beyond the solar system? 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