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Not saying that I support this, but it gives an interesting touch to the creation of Adam in the Bible. In Genesis 2,7 it says:"Then the Lord God formed a man

Not saying that I support this, but it gives an interesting touch to the creation of Adam in the Bible. In Genesis 2,7 it says:"Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." [1] In the abstract of the paper it says "living organisms such as space-resistant and space-hardy bacteria, viruses, more complex eukaryotic cells, fertilised ova and seeds have been continuously delivered ever since to Earth". Besides from skipping lots of evolutionary steps, if those organisms have been delivered to earth by some cosmic object (a hand of God?), then man ultimately formed from that dust. I am by no means religious, but it's an interesting thought experiment. [1] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2&version=NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2&versi...

ak39 8y ago
It's a thought, that's all. It's not an experiment by any stretch of the meaning of the word experiment.
- mrleiter 8y ago
  That's exactly what I said.
  - ak39 8y ago
    Uhm no, it is not exactly what you said. You exactly wrote: "...but it's an interesting thought experiment". Your story is not a thought experiment of any kind. It's just an unstructured, unverifiable, lacking in continuity idea. It just a "thought" on its own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment
redial 8y ago
It is as interesting as any other vague creation myth that can be made to fit with whatever you want.
fsloth 8y ago
"man ultimately formed from that dust" I think this is just poetics, but I don't see how panspermia would make us any more cosmic beings than we already are. All elements heavier than helium were created in the hearts of stars through nuclear fusion. We are all children of supernova remnants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA Is composed of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and phosporus. 4 out of 5 elements there are guaranteed, certified remains of one ancient star or another. Or. Like Carl Sagan said, "We are made of star stuff".

ak39 8y ago

It's a thought, that's all. It's not an experiment by any stretch of the meaning of the word experiment.

mrleiter 8y ago
That's exactly what I said.
- ak39 8y ago
  Uhm no, it is not exactly what you said. You exactly wrote: "...but it's an interesting thought experiment". Your story is not a thought experiment of any kind. It's just an unstructured, unverifiable, lacking in continuity idea. It just a "thought" on its own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment

redial 8y ago

It is as interesting as any other vague creation myth that can be made to fit with whatever you want.

fsloth 8y ago

"man ultimately formed from that dust" I think this is just poetics, but I don't see how panspermia would make us any more cosmic beings than we already are. All elements heavier than helium were created in the hearts of stars through nuclear fusion. We are all children of supernova remnants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA Is composed of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and phosporus. 4 out of 5 elements there are guaranteed, certified remains of one ancient star or another. Or. Like Carl Sagan said, "We are made of star stuff".