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    Why?

    Go with your instincts.
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    because it the best answer for the question why.....because it just IS
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    why not

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    Originally posted by Tiffanybar
    because it the best answer for the question why.....because it just IS
    Yeah.. I think it just IS, too. Or is it?
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    Originally posted by Artashes


    Yeah.. I think it just IS, too. Or is it?
    Why Not?

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    I can't vote on this topic because it doesn't contain my answer to it:

    Who gives a *bleep* *censored* *expletive deleted* *word removed by FOX censor*?

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    What?

    I think therefore I am.

    Pardon ?
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    What?

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    Philosophers and Prophets have had their own answers to this question for hundreds of years, but scientists are still looking. However, there are many clues as to why life exists on Earth rather than the other planets in our Solar system. As to the question "why does life exist?" - well that's another question altogether!'

    First and foremost, Earth is within what could be called the 'Green Zone' of our solar system - the band around our sun where it is neither too cold for water to continuously be a solid, nor too hot that water would boil and exist only as water vapour. Water is absolutely essential for life as we know it. It is the universal solvent in which our cellular processes can work. With the exception of viruses (which it could be argued are not living) all living things are made of cells containing water. The Human body has about 68% water, while Jellyfish (Coelenterates) can be more than 95% water.

    Scientists have argued that the primitive atmosphere of the Earth some 3,500 million years ago was suitable for the origin of life. Experiments have shown that complex molecules such as carbohydrates, amino acids and nucleotides could have been formed using the energy of lightning flashes. There was no free oxygen then - this gas upon which we depend has been put into the atmosphere by the photosynthetic activities of plants.

    Life then played an important part in not only creating our atmosphere, but in maintaining it for the best part of four billion years. Carbon dioxide gas has been essential in maintaining the 'warm blanket' around the earth. This gas has been continuously locked up in the planet and then released by volcanic activity. Deposits of limestone and chalk have been created by the activity of organisms in the plankton of the ocean. As the crustal plates of the earth's surface have moved, so carbon dioxide rich rocks have been taken deeper until their trapped gases have been released back into the atmosphere from volcanic activity.

    Studies of our neighbouring planets, Venus and Mars, have shown that the Earth has been remarkably stable in its orbit around the sun. Affected by not only the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon, but also by that of the nearest planets, Earth has maintained its rotation, tilting on its axis - an axis that rotates every 26.000 years.

    It is thought that this comparative stability has been caused by the close proximity of the Moon with its strong gravitational pull - a feature lacking in both Venus and Mars.

    Venus now has an incredibly dense atmosphere and a surface temperature of almost 500 c, while Mars has little or no atmosphere and a surface too cold to sustain life.

    Astronomers have searched the skies for other planets that might support life, but not until January 1999 was one found. It lies some 30,000 light years away on the other side of our galaxy. However, because of its great distance from Earth, there is really no way we could ever find out if it does support life. Since then other planets have been discovered. However, if they do support life, it has not yet reached the level of intelligence whereby it can send radio signals, for none have yet been received by the various programs attempting to detect them (SETI - Search for extra-terrestrial intelligence)

    The evolution of life on Earth has now been detailed quite precisely by generations of palaeontologists, with new discoveries coming thick and fast. There is now no doubt that life on Earth has evolved from very simple beginnings. The earliest known fossils are of organisms resembling modern Cyanobacteria. These are found in rocks dating back some 3.5 billion years. It is unlikely that fossils earlier than these will be found.

    What is not known though, is how the first life forms reproduced. It's one thing having a complex molecule but quite something else for that molecule to replicate itself. The chances are that we will never know exactly what happened all those years ago. If there is no evidence, then we can only guess.

    There are plenty of people with a multitude of beliefs who have no doubt whatsoever about how life originated on this planet. Regrettably their beliefs have no scientific basis.

    Those of us who want scientific and provable answers will no doubt have to wait a very long time.

    For certain the answers will not be available in our lifetimes!

    And that is why
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    akash ...................


    wow....


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    No.. that's just not right..

    Why?

    BECAUSE I SAID SO

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    What ?

    Could you run that past us again.
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    Originally posted by TheDoctor
    What ?

    Could you run that past us again.
    Sure


    Originally posted by akash
    Philosophers and Prophets have had their own answers to this question for hundreds of years, but scientists are still looking. However, there are many clues as to why life exists on Earth rather than the other planets in our Solar system. As to the question "why does life exist?" - well that's another question altogether!'

    First and foremost, Earth is within what could be called the 'Green Zone' of our solar system - the band around our sun where it is neither too cold for water to continuously be a solid, nor too hot that water would boil and exist only as water vapour. Water is absolutely essential for life as we know it. It is the universal solvent in which our cellular processes can work. With the exception of viruses (which it could be argued are not living) all living things are made of cells containing water. The Human body has about 68% water, while Jellyfish (Coelenterates) can be more than 95% water.

    Scientists have argued that the primitive atmosphere of the Earth some 3,500 million years ago was suitable for the origin of life. Experiments have shown that complex molecules such as carbohydrates, amino acids and nucleotides could have been formed using the energy of lightning flashes. There was no free oxygen then - this gas upon which we depend has been put into the atmosphere by the photosynthetic activities of plants.

    Life then played an important part in not only creating our atmosphere, but in maintaining it for the best part of four billion years. Carbon dioxide gas has been essential in maintaining the 'warm blanket' around the earth. This gas has been continuously locked up in the planet and then released by volcanic activity. Deposits of limestone and chalk have been created by the activity of organisms in the plankton of the ocean. As the crustal plates of the earth's surface have moved, so carbon dioxide rich rocks have been taken deeper until their trapped gases have been released back into the atmosphere from volcanic activity.

    Studies of our neighbouring planets, Venus and Mars, have shown that the Earth has been remarkably stable in its orbit around the sun. Affected by not only the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon, but also by that of the nearest planets, Earth has maintained its rotation, tilting on its axis - an axis that rotates every 26.000 years.

    It is thought that this comparative stability has been caused by the close proximity of the Moon with its strong gravitational pull - a feature lacking in both Venus and Mars.

    Venus now has an incredibly dense atmosphere and a surface temperature of almost 500 c, while Mars has little or no atmosphere and a surface too cold to sustain life.

    Astronomers have searched the skies for other planets that might support life, but not until January 1999 was one found. It lies some 30,000 light years away on the other side of our galaxy. However, because of its great distance from Earth, there is really no way we could ever find out if it does support life. Since then other planets have been discovered. However, if they do support life, it has not yet reached the level of intelligence whereby it can send radio signals, for none have yet been received by the various programs attempting to detect them (SETI - Search for extra-terrestrial intelligence)

    The evolution of life on Earth has now been detailed quite precisely by generations of palaeontologists, with new discoveries coming thick and fast. There is now no doubt that life on Earth has evolved from very simple beginnings. The earliest known fossils are of organisms resembling modern Cyanobacteria. These are found in rocks dating back some 3.5 billion years. It is unlikely that fossils earlier than these will be found.

    What is not known though, is how the first life forms reproduced. It's one thing having a complex molecule but quite something else for that molecule to replicate itself. The chances are that we will never know exactly what happened all those years ago. If there is no evidence, then we can only guess.

    There are plenty of people with a multitude of beliefs who have no doubt whatsoever about how life originated on this planet. Regrettably their beliefs have no scientific basis.

    Those of us who want scientific and provable answers will no doubt have to wait a very long time.

    For certain the answers will not be available in our lifetimes!

    And that is why
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    lol akash...

    Because I said so should have been an option.. but I voted why not
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    This question was given on a College Philosophy exam some years ago and people were given 2 hrs to complete it.

    Some walked out in a few minutes, more walked out in under an hour, some didn't even finish.

    The answers:

    Why Not - got you 100%
    Because - got you 50% a passing grade
    Anything else - wrong, you fail

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