Why do we focus on just earth conditions to determine other forms of life?

Subject: Why do we focus on just earth conditions to determine other forms of life?

Date: Wed Feb 9 16:26:36 2000
Posted by Greg
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Why is it that most scientists use the conditions of "intelligent" life on 
earth to determine if another planet has life on it?  Just because their 
conditions are different from ours doesnt meant they dont have life or 
intelligent life. Other species on other worlds would have adapted to 
their surrounding conditions. So why do most scientists focus on just 
earth habitable life, any discovery of life on other planets, even if it 
is so far, impossible for us to live there as of now, would be a great 
discovery, so why dont scientists not focus on just mars and europa, but 
rather all the planets? since life evolves with surrounding conditions.

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