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Letter: The odds of alien life are better than you think (2)

Published 21 January 2026

From Andrew Shead, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

Decades ago, Âé¶¹´«Ã½ ran a feature about Rupert Sheldrake’s hypothesis of morphic resonance, which posits that once something comes into being, recurrence becomes easier. He used crystallisation as an example: once accomplished, it becomes subsequently easier to do. We are in the universe; the universe is in us. All is one. As far as we know, the universe is vast. Chances are that life happens in more than one place. It is just that instances of life aren’t within our hailing distance.

Issue no. 3579 published 24 January 2026

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