Mathematics Is Not Something That You Find

When I Was A Student Almost Nobody Thought There Was Any Life Beyond Earth. Today It's Fashionable To Say That There Is Life All Over The Place, That The Universe Is Teeming With It, But The Scientific Facts On The Ground Haven't Really Changed.

Science Can Proceed Only If The Scientist Adopts An Essentially Theological Worldview. ..even The Most Atheistic Scientist Accepts As An Act Of Faith The Existence Of A Law-like Order In Nature That Is At Least In Part Comprehensible To Us.

It's Only Fashion That Has Said The Pendulum Has Swung From Extreme Skepticism About Extraterrestrial Life To Extreme Credulity. The Truth Is Somewhere In Between.

I Suppose My Interest In Looking For Life Elsewhere In The Universe Really Dates Back To My Teens. What Teenager Doesn't Look Up At The Sky At Night And Think Am I Alone In The Universe? Well Most People Get Over It, But I Never Did And Though I Made A Career More In Physics And Cosmology Than Astrobiology I've Always Had A Soft Spot For The Subject Of Life Because It Does Seem So Mysterious.

We Know That Within The Solar System Is Very Unlikely There Will Be Anything More Advanced Than Microbial Life, But If We Think Outside The Solar System And Then, The Distances Are, Of Course, Immense, Then There Could Be Earth-like Planets With More Advanced Form Of Life.