I was aware of the life on earth from a meteorite theory but not of the name Panspermia. Hardly surprising following the findings of the satellite that collected dust from the comet tail some years back,

As a youngster I dreampt as did so many others of having inhabited space colonies by now and flying cars and such but alas it seems it will not be in my lifetime. Now with the recent revelation that extended time in space causes severe eye damage in some, we may be confined to our planet. What a ghastly thought that brings fore, the idea of billions more on this globe. Whereas we as youths though the ZPG or zero population growth movement of the 60's was doable and sensible we are now faced with large groups of uncaring and overbreeding demographics who view quantity as practical and a way to supremacy. A concept as unsustainable as the national debt that, and perhaps we need an "end of days" to bring the population back into realistic bounds. Regretable too is the intellectual supression fostered by the large religions on mankind for millenia. Where would we be scientifically were it not for the dark ages. Those who perceive themselves as great humanitarians devoting their lives to this god or that god and demanding near demonic dedication tho their dogma, suceeded only in delaying the arrival of cures for the pantheon of diseases affecting mankind and creating misery for millions.

Perhaps Stitchin's theory that were genetically modified models of early hominids created by aliens to mine gold for them is correct. Some even say this explains our endemic craving for the metal. If so, if we were indeed so created then I fear the experiment was a failure in the long term.