The Bizarre Beliefs of Cosmic Biology
We have seen some mighty peculiar things passed of as science, including the non-science of astrobiology and even the — time to face it — pseudoscience of minerals-to-machinist evolution . Many believers in evolution (the knowledgeable ones, not the trolls on social media) admit that life could not have originated on Earth. The late astronomer Fred Hoyle had some views that seemed to incorporate Hinduism as well as evolution, and indirectly supported creation science . Instead of life evolving from minerals here, it came from way out yonder. Perhaps it was brought by comets, meteorites, and such. Artist’s depiction of Comet C/2012 K1 credits: NASA / SOFIA / Lynette Cook What really takes the rag off the bush is panspermia, which defies scientific realities. (Or even brought by aliens, which is called directed panspermia .) Then, life was given a boost now and then by other life materials from space. Such ideas are controversial even among those committed to naturalism, to