The Secret Of Life Does Not Lie

The Question Not Many Ask Is: Why Are The Laws Of Physics Like They Are?

Man-made Computers Are Limited In Their Performance By Finite Processing Speed And Memory. So, Too, The Cosmic Computer Is Limited In Power By Its Age And The Finite Speed Of Light.

We Might Expect Intelligent Life And Technological Communities To Have Emerged In The Universe Billions Of Years Ago. Given That Human Society Is Only A Few Thousand Years Old, And That Human Technological Society Is Mere Centuries Old, The Nature Of A Community With Millions Or Even Billions Of Years Of Technological And Social Progress Cannot Even Be Imagined. ... What Would We Make Of A Billion-year-old Technological Community?

Most Life On Earth Is Microbes. We've Only Just Scratched The Surface Of The Microbial Realm. Probably Less Than .1% Of Microbes Have Been Classified Let Alone Cultured Or Had Their Genes Sequenced, So Really That Microbial Realm Is A Mystery.

Perhaps The Best Motivation For Going To Mars Is Political. It Is Obvious That No Single Nation Currently Has Either The Will Or The Resources To Do It Alone, But A Consortium Of Nations And Space Agencies Could Achieve It Within 20 Years.