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How Many Earths Are There?         


Author: Mark Earnest
Date: Aug 20, 2008 19:37

Philosophically speaking, there can be only one Earth, and it is the place
where we live, right?

But just supposing...what if there were many Earths...scattered throughout
the Cosmos...all a part of the same framework of construction?

And what if the inhabitants of each of those Earths considered his world
special, and that there could be no other Earth than his own?

Earth just means ground, right?

And surely all of us Earthlings are on solid ground.

So...from any angle...

...just how many Earths could there be?
And would they be worlds of human beings
and dogs and cats and so forth...as we currently know them?
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Re: How Many Earths Are There?         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Aug 20, 2008 22:42

On Aug 20, 7:37 pm, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
> Philosophically speaking, there can be only one Earth, and it is the place
> where we live, right?
>
> But just supposing...what if there were many Earths...scattered throughout
> the Cosmos...all a part of the same framework of construction?
>
> And what if the inhabitants of each of those Earths considered his world
> special, and that there could be no other Earth than his own?
>
> Earth just means ground, right?
>
> And surely all of us Earthlings are on solid ground.
>
> So...from any angle...
>
> ...just how many Earths could there be?
> And would they be worlds of human beings
> and dogs and cats and so forth...as we currently know them?
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Re: How Many Earths Are There?         


Author: Mark Earnest
Date: Aug 20, 2008 22:51

"Immortalist" yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0802ae5b-3bfe-4db0-b49e-261f8350a75c@v13g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 20, 7:37 pm, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Philosophically speaking, there can be only one Earth, and it is the
>> place
>> where we live, right?
>>
>> But just supposing...what if there were many Earths...scattered
>> throughout
>> the Cosmos...all a part of the same framework of construction?
>>
>> And what if the inhabitants of each of those Earths considered his world
>> special, and that there could be no other Earth than his own?
>>
>> Earth just means ground, right?
>>
>> And surely all of us Earthlings are on solid ground.
>>
>> So...from any angle...
>> ...
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Re: How Many Earths Are There?         


Author: bigfletch8
Date: Aug 20, 2008 23:33

On Aug 21, 3:51 pm, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Immortalist" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> news:0802ae5b-3bfe-4db0-b49e-261f8350a75c@v13g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Aug 20, 7:37 pm, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Philosophically speaking, there can be only one Earth, and it is the
>>> place
>>> where we live, right?
>
>>> But just supposing...what if there were many Earths...scattered
>>> throughout
>>> the Cosmos...all a part of the same framework of construction?
>
>>> And what if the inhabitants of each of those Earths considered his world
>>> special, and that there could be no other Earth than his own? ...
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Re: How Many Earths Are There?         


Date: Aug 21, 2008 01:55

In article posted.internetamerica>,
gmearnest@yahoo.com says...
> Philosophically speaking, there can be only one Earth, and it is the place
> where we live, right?
>
> But just supposing...what if there were many Earths...scattered throughout
> the Cosmos...all a part of the same framework of construction?
>
> And what if the inhabitants of each of those Earths considered his world
> special, and that there could be no other Earth than his own?
>
> Earth just means ground, right?
>
> And surely all of us Earthlings are on solid ground.
>
> So...from any angle...
>
> ...just how many Earths could there be?
> And would they be worlds of human beings
> and dogs and cats and so forth...as we currently know them? ...
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Re: How Many Earths Are There?         


Author: ZerkonX
Date: Aug 21, 2008 06:24

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:37:37 -0500, Mark Earnest wrote:
> And what if the inhabitants of each of those Earths considered his world
> special, and that there could be no other Earth than his own?

according to the Book Of Adams:

Since the universe is infinite but we know that earth type life is
limited, and so not infinite, the law of probability says earth type life
approaches zero probability.

therefore, mathematically speaking, the possibility of earth, life on
earth or earth type life anywhere is so remote that it becomes a near
impossibility.

ZERKON'S Modification to Adams:

If a near impossibility is know to exist therefore becoming an absolute
certainty, it is highly probable that probability is not probable and so
becomes a near impossibility. If this is the case, all life nowhere,
earth type or not, can not exist anywhere, probably anyway.
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Re: How Many Earths Are There?         


Author: bigfletch8
Date: Aug 21, 2008 16:14

On Aug 21, 11:24 pm, ZerkonX X.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:37:37 -0500, Mark Earnest wrote:
>> And what if the inhabitants of each of those Earths considered his world
>> special, and that there could be no other Earth than his own?
>
> according to the Book Of Adams:
>
> Since the universe is infinite but we know that earth type life is
> limited, and so not infinite, the law of probability says earth type life
> approaches zero probability.
>
> therefore, mathematically speaking, the possibility of earth, life on
> earth or earth type life anywhere is so remote that it becomes a near
> impossibility.
>
> ZERKON'S Modification to Adams:
>
> If a near impossibility is know to exist therefore becoming an absolute
> certainty, it is highly probable that probability is not probable and so
> becomes a near impossibility. If this is the case, all life nowhere, ...
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