NO. If solar wind caused a gas layer to evaporate, Earth shouldn't have the atmosphere it does. This planet should be like those surrounding it. Those same solar winds/radiation would have made sure of that. The issue I have with this is the same issue I have with evolution. If conditions were not created to favor life why are we the only planet with any known life & which is perfectly suited to a variety of life? Do you really think that's a coincidence? Scientists are constantly coming up with one ridiculous theory after another to explain why no evidence of life has been found outside our planet instead of just acknowledging that this planet is unique because it was designed that way.
> This planet should be like those surrounding it.
I don't know. The theory of development of planet systems is too young for my taste, so it could take it wrong. I believe that Earth was born between Venus and Mars, as current theories claim, but I wouldn't bet my hand that science will not claim something else in the next 20 years.
> Those same solar winds/radiation would have made sure of that.
They are not the same for Venus, Earth and Mars. They are stretched and weakened as they go away from Sun.
> Do you really think that's a coincidence?
No, anthropic principle is good enough for me. I mean it not the perfect explanation, but much better than creation, because if I assumed creation, than I'd need to build a big complex theories about creators having no evidence at all. If we got some evidence, if that evidence allowed us to reason about "how creation was done", "which forces was involved", and so on, than I'd like to throw away anthropic principle and to start speculate about creators and daydream of stealing their power. Like some ancient bloke who stole fire.
Huh? No scientist claims to have ultimate knowledge of why there is life on earth. But to claim that Earth was created for life is leap too far. I mean we used to believe storms where conjured up by the gods because we didn't understand how they really are created. What you are saying is essentially the same. We don't know so it must have been created. You are essentially invoking the God-of-the-gaps fallacy.
It's a coincidence that a carbon lifeform like you is standing on a planet perfectly suited for carbon life, wondering at the chances of happening to be on the right kind of planet?
I don't remember that scene from Hitchhiker's Guide, but it must be in there somewhere. The collolarry to the whale wondering why it is hurtling down towards the surface of a planet..
I hear you. Intelligent and abundant life on a planet that is PERFECTLY suited for it is a coincidence? Maybe, but it's tough proposition for me personally.
