Life on Earth started elsewhere?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24488604

Of course the idea that life was carried to Earth from somewhere "out there" is not a new idea. But it seems to be gaining traction these days. Why? Could it be because scientists are finally starting to secretly admit to themselves that they can't figure out how life could have arisen on Earth, or how there is so much water on Earth, so they're ready to embrace and promulgate the idea that it came from space? Pushing life's origins to a more distant location, one that isn't yet easily accessible, tremendously lessens the pressure to figure out how it could all have begun on Earth. You know, "Life came from somewhere else, so we don't need to figure out its Earthly origins any more. And we can't carry out direct research on alien worlds yet, so we'll just postpone figuring out life's ultimate origins." Very convenient.

The only problem is, pushing the origin of life on Earth into space still doesn't explain how life would have arisen elsewhere. The question still remains. But it enables scientists to smugly say, "How did life first arise on Earth? It didn't. It came from space." And then they can leave it at that, because they have now explained the origins of life on Earth.

All they're doing is sweeping the dust under the rug and hoping nobody notices the lump in the rug.

New Death to Einstein! video on YouTube

I've posted a new video based on my book Death to Einstein!

Nobel Prize actually awarded for non-discovery

Given that the Nobel Prize has been awarded for the discovery of the Higgs boson, I want to be one of the lone voices of reason and point out that NO ONE is saying that the Higgs boson has been discovered. Even CERN will only say that the evidence "strongly indicates that it is a Higgs boson."

So why is the Nobel Prize being awarded for a non-discovery?

Actually, to be honest, I guess the Prize was awarded merely for the theory that predicts the Higgs boson. But still, in the announcement, the Prize committee says that the theory "...recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted particle..."

Wrong!

I hereby predict that in due course it will be reported that the evidence has turned against the recently discovered particle being the Higgs boson.

So what have I got against the Higgs boson? Absolutely nothing. I just refuse to go along with the propaganda that the Higgs boson has been discovered when no one will come out and say that whatever they found is definitely the Higgs boson. Whatever happened to scientific integrity and honesty?

"Virtually certain" is not certain. If I'm virtually certain that a particular girl will go out with me Friday night, I'm not going to make reservations for dinner until I actually get a "Yes."

I also like how CERN, high on the success of the Higgs "discovery," is now going to turn its attention to Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Good luck with that.