Life in the Universe

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The Immortals win real Collisions & Planet X win real

Date:	01-27-04
Host:	George Noory
Guests:	David Grinspoon, Lloyd Pye

Tuesday's main guest, Planetary Scientist David Grinspoon chatted about his unconventional new book Lonely Planets(1), which delves into the origin of life on Earth, as well as conjectures on what life might be like elsewhere. For instance, he suggested that a group of beings that survive for a million years would "become virtually immortal," and that as the universe goes on there will be more of these civilizations.
Grinspoon conceptualized of the universe as "a conscious entity," and was open to the idea that consciousness rather than matter might be the primary element. He discussed the notion of "astrotheology," outlining our (and potentially other planets') quest to know that we are not alone in the universe.
He also touched on the possibility of a Planet X in our solar system, and after being told that it was allegedly on a 3,600-year elliptical orbit, he said its location could be theoretically modeled. Grinspoon also shared his experience attending Steven Greer's Disclosure gathering, where he experienced "cognitive dissonance" because he found the speakers to be intelligent, yet he thought some of their claims such as "there are cities on the moon," to be things he couldn't accept as being true.

1. http://www.funkyscience.net/lonelyplanets/index.html

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Bumper Music

Bumper music from Tuesday January 27, 2004

1.	Black Velvet Alannah Myles	2.	Brandy Looking Glass	3.	Desert Rose Sting
4.	Faithfully Journey	5.	Hooked on a Feeling Blue Swede	6.	I Know You're Out There Somewhere Moody Blues
7.	Inca Dance Cusco	8.	Lady in Red Chris De Burgh	9.	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse
10.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder	11.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder	12.	Stardust Willie Nelson
13.	Stardust Johnny Crawford	14.	Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley	15.	Throwing it all Away Genesis
16.	Tusk Fleetwood Mac	17.	Turn Turn Turn Byrds	18.	Baby It's You Smith