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The Belief That There Are Other Life Forms In The Universe Is A Matter Of Faith. There Is Not A Single Shred Of Evidence For Any Other Life Forms, And In Forty Years Of Searching, None Has Been Discovered. There Is Absolutely No Evidentiary Reason To Maintain This Belief.

We Think We Know What We Are Doing. We Have Always Thought So.

Nobody Dares To Solve The Problems-because The Solution Might Contradict Your Philosophy, And For Most People Clinging To Beliefs Is More Important Than Succeeding In The World.

People Were So Naive About Plants, Ellie Thought. They Just Chose Plants For Appearance, As They Would Choose A Picture For The Wall. It Never Occurred To Them That Plants Were Actually Living Things, Busily Performing All The Living Functions Of Respiration, Ingestion, Excretion, Reproduction---and Defense.

For Our Own Species, Evolution Occurs Mostly Through Our Behavior. We Innovate New Behavior To Adapt.