Canals on Mars? (Martian Life, Alien Life, Extraterrestrials, Exobiology)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Theory of Intelligent Life on Mars
Lowell wrote several books about the planet, including 19 o six. He believed that mars is inhabited by beings of some sort - but it's not known what they are. But he was able to deduce a good bit about them based on their global canal system. Lowell even drew inferences about martian psychology.
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Transcript
After 19th-century astronomers said Mars has a worldwide network of canals, people speculated there was not just life but a civilization there. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore whether there is life on Mars, and if so, how it got there and what it is like. 
