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Once Again About the Future of Civilization and Search for Other Worlds"
Are there any other living creatures in the Universe besides us, has anyone achieved the same level of civilization or a more intriguing question – has anyone forestalled us to such an extent that one can quietly fly to us, watch us and even influence events on Earth? What can be said by virtue of the scientific data available about the possibility of life in other worlds – about the existence of extra-terrestrial intelligence (the SETI1 problem)?
We know for a fact that life in its simplest form appeared on Earth actually immediately after conditions had arisen for it on our planet – moderate temperature on the surface, water and atmosphere; all this happened close to 4 billion years ago. One of intriguing moments is the very moment of the birth of living organisms from inorganic, inanimate matter that can reproduce themselves, give birth to offspring, and gradually alter their structure. Most popular versions so far are the effect of meteorites with organic molecules getting to the planet surface or the origination of simplest organisms near volcanoes and under the influence of electric discharges...
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