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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. -- Carl Sagan
While most of his colleagues talk up the potential for intelligent life beyond Earth, Guillermo Gonzalez isn't afraid to rebuff their prevailing optimism.See the full content of this document
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We Are Alone, Scientist Says
They believe. He does not.
Yet, as an astrobiologist looking for evidence of additional life in the cosmos, his doubt about finding it does not presuppose a strictly scientific world view. In fact, Gonzalez freely admits he believes in God."My religious views haven't changed, but views on extraterrestrials have."I'm a Christian, and I've changed my mind" on finding advanced extraterrestrial life in the universe. He was a "very strong advocate" of ...See the full content of this document
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