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Octopus tetricus is hiding under a rock in Clovelly Pool, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Octopus tetricus is hiding under a rock in Clovelly Pool, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

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1633
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Sarah Chaffee
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Ann Gauger
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00:13:32
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On this ID the Future from the vault, biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper published recently by several very serious scientists. Panspermia tries to sidestep problems in origins biology by suggesting that, to quote the title of an old science fiction movie, “it came from outer space.” And yes, according to this explanation, maybe aliens even sent it our way. Maybe (honest — this is a real theory) the first octopuses came here special delivery, as encapsulated embryos falling from the sky. Anything but intelligent design, for these very serious scientists. Tune in to learn from Dr. Gauger what precisely drove these scientists to such an explanation.

Ann Gauger

Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Culture
Dr. Ann Gauger is Director of Science Communication and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture, and Senior Research Scientist at the Biologic Institute in Seattle, Washington. She received her Bachelor's degree from MIT and her Ph.D. from the University of Washington Department of Zoology. She held a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, where her work was on the molecular motor kinesin.
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abiogenesis
Evolution
Intelligent Design
octopus
origin of life
panspermia