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'''Directed panspermia''' posits in regards to the question of [[origin of life]] on [[earth]] that "organisms were deliberately transmitted to the earth by [[Extraterrestrial life|intelligent beings on another planet]]."<ref>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-04zzz.html</ref> In 1973, Francis Crick and the chemist [[Leslie Orgel]] published an article in the [[International Journal of Solar System Studies]] (Icarus) which presented their Directed Panspermia proposal to the origin of life on earth.<ref>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-04zzz.html</ref> The abstract for the aforementioned Icarus article stated the following:
'''Directed panspermia''' posits in regards to the question of [[origin of life]] on [[earth]] that "organisms were deliberately transmitted to the earth by [[Extraterrestrial life|intelligent beings on another planet]]."<ref>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-04zzz.html</ref> In 1973, Francis Crick and the chemist [[Leslie Orgel]] published an article in the [[International Journal of Solar System Studies]] (Icarus) which presented their Directed Panspermia proposal to the origin of life on earth.<ref>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-04zzz.html</ref> The abstract for the aforementioned Icarus article stated the following:
{{cquote|It now seems unlikely that extraterrestrial living organisms could have reached the earth either as [[spore]]s driven by the [[radiation]] pressure from another [[star]] or as living organisms imbedded in a [[meteorite]].
{{cquote|It now seems unlikely that extraterrestrial living organisms could have reached the earth either as [[spore]]s driven by the [[radiation]] pressure from another [[star]] or as living organisms imbedded in a [[meteorite]].
We conclude that it is possible that life reached the earth in this way, but that the scientific evidence is inadequate at the present time to say anything about the probability.<ref>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-04zzz.html</ref>}}
We conclude that it is possible that life reached the earth in this way, but that the scientific evidence is inadequate at the present time to say anything about the probability.<ref>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-04zzz.html</ref>}}
== Behe's Criticism of the Materialistic Science of Francis Crick ==
In 1992, the science magazine ''[[Scientific American]]'' published an interview which explored Sir [[Francis Crick]]'s belief in the hypothesis [[Directed panspermia|Directed Panspermia]] as a proposed hypthesis for the [[origin of life]] on [[earth]].<ref>http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/spongen/spongen.htm Reprint of an [[Creation Research Quarterly]] September 2001 article ''The Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis'' by David P. Woetzel</ref> Behe wrote regarding the Scientific American interview the following: {{cquote|The primary reason Crick subscribes to this unorthodox view is that he judges the undirected origin of life to be a virtually insurmountable obstacle, but he wants a naturalistic explanation. <ref>http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/spongen/spongen.htm Reprint of an [[Creation Research Quarterly]] September 2001 article ''The Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis'' by David P. Woetzel</ref>}}
==Directed Panspermia and Science Fiction==
Directed panspermia is a major theme in a number of science fiction television shows. Gene Roddenberry's ''Star Trek: the Next Generation'' has one episode positing panspermia as the origin of life for a number of species, and building on this idea to suggest the need for peace amongst those species with common ancestry. ''Stargate SG-1'' also suggests all humanoid life is the result of panspermia from a predecessor, master humanoid race called only the "Ancients."
Directed panspermia is a major theme in a number of science fiction television shows. Gene Roddenberry's ''Star Trek: the Next Generation'' has one episode positing panspermia as the origin of life for a number of species, and building on this idea to suggest the need for peace amongst those species with common ancestry. ''Stargate SG-1'' also suggests all humanoid life is the result of panspermia from a predecessor, master humanoid race called only the "Ancients."
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