Close Encounters Of The Scientific Kind

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In summary, there is a conference on UFOs happening this weekend at the Telus World of Science that focuses on using them as a jumping point for research on extraterrestrial life. According to Matthews, part of the issue may be that people don't often look up into the skies. He also suggests that if there is life elsewhere, it is likely to be on planets similar to our own. The book "What is Life" by Erwin Schrodinger is recommended for further reading on this topic.
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Despite its perceived association with kooks and conspiracy theorists, there is an active and fascinating field of research that uses UFOs and extraterrestrial life as a jumping point, which is the focus of a conference on UFOs held this coming weekend at the Telus World of Science.

...Part of the issue may be that we just don’t look, well, up, enough, according to Matthews. “It’s not part of our lives to look up into the skies,” he explained. “They don’t understand what they’re seeing, and I can’t interpret it based on their description.[continued]
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“Well, if there is life elsewhere, they are almost certainly going to be living on planets possibly like our own,”
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matthyaouw said:
“Well, if there is life elsewhere, they are almost certainly going to be living on planets possibly like our own,”
:bugeye:

I'll add my own :bugeye: to that as well. I would also like to post the book

What is Life by Erwin Schrodinger

on the "Recommended Reading" list.

(Sorry for the spelling Erwin, I couldn't expediently find the "o" with an umlaut.)
 

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