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Are there aliens ?

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Our milkyway galaxy contains 100 billion stars. And our galaxy is one of 100 billion galaxies in the universe. And many of these stars have been in existence for billions of years. So if we were alone in the universe then the formation of life had to be a nearly impossible.  1) https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/origin-life-earth-explained But so far scientists have found that unicellular life originated in the earth very early in its formation. The basic building blocks of life are RNA  and DNA molecules.  They are formed from combinations of amino acids. Samples of asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission, were found to contain more than 20 different amino acids. They have also been found in meteorite impacts on earth.  Further a recent study in June 2022 2) https://phys.org/news/2022-06-scientists-breakthrough-life-earthand-mars.html found that RNA molecules can form easily in volcanic rocks in conditions. And given the tenacity of ...

Biased Media

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The bias of the media is a frequent lament of people. They will complain that this channel is owned by BJP. Others will complain that some other TV channel is owned by congress.  Bias is even more self-evident in social media. Social media like Twitter and Facebook have been criticized by Democrats and Republican parties in the USA as biased against them.  The recommendation systems of social media networks  are designed to get maximum engagement. It does not care for neutrality.  But is it possible for a neutral medium to exist anymore. If by strict laws social media and tv channels were made neutral . Then people will decry them as biased and chose a channel biased to their viewpoint. We want ourself want to be biased and refused to believe even facts which challenge our view points.  Then their is question of neutrality. If there is human intervention to ensure neutrality then it cannot be neutral anymore. And an AI can be biased itself. It may learn to promo...