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Originally Posted by Noclevername
They've been voiced by those individuals, as opinions and examples, not as proven facts or even supported theories. Who said something doesn't make it more or less valid, it matters whether what they said is backed up by evidence. To say that something is more likely to be correct just because it's Sagan or even Einstein who said it, is an "Appeal to Authority". Physicists didn't just accept General Relativity because of who proposed it, they tested it themselves.
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Sure, but the issue here is that my opinions are nothing more than what others themselves have stated on the topic. That mine are not so ATM as some might suggest. A little more insight into astrobiology and what some of the scientists involved are saying and writing might alleviate the perpetual "misunderstandings" RAF always expresses.
Be that as it may, I think nothing is "proven" with this topic, nor do I think some "authority" represents the final word.
I certainly don't seek validation of my opinions from anyone.