The arguments in support of life as a cosmic phenomenon are not readily accepted by a culture in which a geocentric theory of biology is seen as the norm.
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Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, N. The case for life as a cosmic phenomenon. Nature 322, 509–511 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/322509a0
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