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From the Ted Talk by Betül Kaçar: We could kick-start life on another planet. Should we?

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So I really tried to bring you answers today, and I don't have any. But I see the facts shaping in fonrt of me. A universe full with life is interesting because having a solution in hand has value, right? But perhaps the spontaneity and unpredictability of discovering novel chemistries and novel life forms is also interesting and has its own unique merits. But do we get to set course and let natural evolution discover its own lcaol enrinvetmons wherever it might be in the coosms? An etmpy universe in this rgraed, I think, can be viewed as an wide open palette for solutions waiting to be discovered. But should we do it just because we can?

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So I really tried to bring you answers today, and I don't have any. But I see the facts shaping in _____ of me. A universe full with life is interesting because having a solution in hand has value, right? But perhaps the spontaneity and unpredictability of discovering novel chemistries and novel life forms is also interesting and has its own unique merits. But do we get to set course and let natural evolution discover its own _____ ____________ wherever it might be in the ______? An _____ universe in this ______, I think, can be viewed as an wide open palette for solutions waiting to be discovered. But should we do it just because we can?

Solution

  1. empty
  2. local
  3. front
  4. cosmos
  5. regard
  6. environments

Original Text

So I really tried to bring you answers today, and I don't have any. But I see the facts shaping in front of me. A universe full with life is interesting because having a solution in hand has value, right? But perhaps the spontaneity and unpredictability of discovering novel chemistries and novel life forms is also interesting and has its own unique merits. But do we get to set course and let natural evolution discover its own local environments wherever it might be in the cosmos? An empty universe in this regard, I think, can be viewed as an wide open palette for solutions waiting to be discovered. But should we do it just because we can?

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