667-Neighbor of the Beast
Feb 28 2008, 03:40 PM
QUOTE (OldTimeRadio @ Feb 27 2008, 09:53 AM)

Nobody's certain that Life exists beyond the Earth.
So university exobiologists aren't supposed to take their work seriously? They're just paid as a joke on the taxpayers?
It's extremely difficult for me to believe that you are being serious.
Logic and reasoning could tell you that life should exist SOMWHERE outside of earth, and there is a good need to find this life, whether intelligent or not, as we are slowly destroying our own planet. I don't think anyone would argue that exobiology is a warranted and needed field of study.
However, last time I checked, an exobiologist was someone who specialized in searching for extraterrestrial life, and had absolutely nothing to do with the survival of the human spirit after death here on earth, which is what I was commenting on.
And yes, if I found out that UC was spending my tax money to pay for someone to look for ghosts, I would be rather upset. "Ghost hunting" is an intersting activity, but does not warrant spending tax payers money on, just to satisfy curiosity. I think there are many other more important things they could put that money toward, such as research for AIDS, cancer, diseases, and so forth.
Now, astrobiology is a good field to study. I would take your advice on that any day.
And as far as me being serious, read my first post. I don't take it that serious, and I stated that. I have yet to see any type of conclusive proof that life exists after death. I am curious about it, and I have studied and researched it my whole life. But, like I said earlier, how can someone take it seriously when we are not even sure it exists??