I was lucky as an undergrad to attend a small lecture by Tommy Gold [1] near the end of his life, where he advocated the ideas described in his book Deep Hot Bi

I was lucky as an undergrad to attend a small lecture by Tommy Gold [1] near the end of his life, where he advocated the ideas described in his book Deep Hot Biosphere. He was often ahead of his time and unafraid to take controversial positions to get there (including the now-accepted, but once derided, phenomenon that we know today as the pulsar). You might be right again, Tommy. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gold