Philosophy Wire: Searching for life. Why?

"Are we alone in the universe?" The question has fascinated, tantalized and even disconcerted humans for as long as we can remember. Cosmologists are searching Andromeda for signs of alien life. [1] Scientists looking for life elsewhere. How noble a cause. How futile and wrong. We are alive here. Existing. Being. Why look for any other trace of life? If not for re-affirming yours? Or out of fear that you might be alone? The lion roars in the jungle. But does not go in search for other lions. Scared little worms. Looking for other worms in the cosmos. A lion roars. The worms still looking around…

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