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#Did yet ''another'' advanced civilization fire the missile that provided the seed of life from which the ''most recent launch authority'' had its own origins?
 
#Did yet ''another'' advanced civilization fire the missile that provided the seed of life from which the ''most recent launch authority'' had its own origins?
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For each step, the observer must ''regress'' one age into the past. The problem is that he never stops regressing. ''An infinite regression cannot have an identifiable first cause.''
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Unless an eventual origin of life is postulated (on another planet or in space), then for each step, the observer must ''regress'' one age into the past. The problem is that he never stops regressing. ''An infinite regression cannot have an identifiable first cause.''
    
== Classical illustrations of infinite regression ==
 
== Classical illustrations of infinite regression ==
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