Question

Why is the Streetlight Effect relevant to our search for life on other planets and moons? Select one: It suggests that we need to think more imaginatively and creatively, like drunkards do. It suggests that we should forget about looking for alien life for the time being and focus instead on understanding our own biosphere better - searching where the light is, so to speak. It tells us that we might be wrong to assume that all biospheres must depend on photosynthesis. It tells us that crewed missions are the only type of mission that could conclusively demonstrate the existence of alien life. It warns us that our understanding of life here on Earth might handicap us in our search for alien life.

Answer 1

ANSWER:

Why is the Streetlight Effect relevant to our search for life on other planets and moons? Select one: It suggests that we need to think more imaginatively and creatively, like drunkards do. It suggests that we should forget about looking for alien life for the time being and focus instead on understanding our own biosphere better - searching where the light is, so to speak. It tells us that we might be wrong to assume that all biospheres must depend on photosynthesis. It tells us that crewed missions are the only type of mission that could conclusively demonstrate the existence of alien life. It warns us that our understanding of life here on Earth might handicap us in our search for alien life.

EXPLANATION:

The drunkard's search principle or streetlight effect is an observational bias, where people tend to search for something where it is easiest to find. In the field of science, researchers often try to find the answers where the looking is good, rather than trying to figure out where the answers may be hiding.

Hence, the understanding of life on Earth may hinder the researchers to find out other clues that make life possible on other planets and moons.

Hence, the correct option is (e).

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