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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sri_Sampath" data-source="post: 16267546" data-attributes="member: 264139">Chandra WickramasingheAstronomerNalin Chandra Wickramasinghe is a Sri Lankan-born British mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist. He is currently Professor and Director of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Buckingham, a post he has held since 2011.<img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chandra-Wickramasinghe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Born: January 20, 1939 (age 75), ColomboEducation: Trinity College, Cambridge<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Chandra-Wickramasinghe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Hoyle–Wickramasinghe model of panspermiaThroughout his career, Wickramasinghe, along with his collaborator Fred Hoyle, has advanced panspermia, the belief that life on Earth is, at least in part, of extraterrestrial origin. The basic propositions[21][22][23] of the Hoyle–Wickramasinghe model of panspermia include the assumptions that dormant viruses and desiccated DNA and RNA can survive unprotected in space;[24] that small bodies such as asteroids and comets can protect the "seeds of life", including DNA and RNA,[25][26][27] living, fossilized, or dormant life, cellular[28][29] or non-cellular;[25][26][27][28][30][31][32][33] and that the collisions of asteroids, comets, and moons have the potential to spread these "seeds of life" throughout an individual star system and then onward to others.[30][33] The most contentious issue around the Hoyle–Wickramasinghe model of the panspermia hypothesis is the corollary of their first two propositions that viruses and bacteria continue to enter the Earth's atmosphere from space, and are hence responsible for many major epidemics throughout history.[34][35][36]Towards the end of their collaboration, Wickramasinghe and Hoyle hypothesized that abiogenesis occurred close to the Galactic Center before panspermia carried life throughout that galaxy,[37] and stated a belief that such a process could occur in many galaxies throughout the Universe.[38]Participation in the creation-evolution debate[edit]Wickramasinghe and his mentor Fred Hoyle have also used their data to argue in favor of cosmic ancestry,[59][60][61][62][63][64] and against the idea of life emerging from inanimate objects by evolution.[65]“    Once again the Universe gives the appearance of being biologically constructed, and on this occasion on a truly vast scale. Once again those who consider such thoughts to be too outlandish to be taken seriously will continue to do so. While we ourselves shall continue to take the view that those who believe they can match the complexities of the Universe by simple experiments in their laboratories will continue to be disappointed.    ”Wickramasinghe attempts to present scientific evidence to support the notion of cosmic ancestry and "the possibility of high intelligence in the Universe and of many increasing levels of intelligence converging toward a God as an ideal limit."[66]During the 1981 scientific creationist trial in Arkansas, Wickramasinghe was the only scientist testifying for the defense, which in turn was supporting creationism.[65][67] In addition, he wrote that the Archaeopteryx fossil finding is a forgery, a charge that the expert scientific community considers an "absurd" and "ignorant" statement.[68][69]</blockquote>

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