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Ours as mammals maybe. But there is life "as we know" it that works perfectly fine without gravity. Just look at the recent news about fungi growing all over th
by petschge 7y ago
Ours as mammals maybe. But there is life "as we know" it that works perfectly fine without gravity. Just look at the recent news about fungi growing all over the ISS. No gravity necessary and quite obviously life by our standards.
- soulofmischief 7y agoMy initial comment did not focus on biological life, so that's a subpar cop-out.
- komali2 7y agoWhat format of life is non biological?
- quakeguy 7y agoAsk Conway?
- nkrisc 7y agoThis non-biological life you're apparently aware of is the real breakthrough in science.
- soulofmischief 7y agoDrop the snarky attitude. I'm not referring to life at all. I said systems which includes all manner of self-perpetuating and self-correcting systems.
- dang 7y agoWould you please stop now? You've crossed into flamewar. That means it's time to stop.
- soulofmischief 7y agoSorry; I didn't mean to flame anyone and will continue to adjust my responses to be more positive. But come on dang, I got thrashed by a bunch of aggressive nonsense that doesn't belong on HN, with several direct attacks against my intelligence. I understand if saying someone has a snarky attitude is too much for HN, but I didn't insult anyone like several of the posters did to me. I wouldn't have even posted the comment in the first place had I anticipated such a response from the community. I felt like I was defending myself the entire time. If I bared a little teeth in the process, I apologize and will continue to strive to improve my communication skills. However, rate-limiting me and not any of the users who were throwing around personal insults doesn't seem fair.
- dang 7y agoBelieve me, I know the feeling. But in some of these cases, there's a primary commenter who putting energy into the argument long after it has become clear that nothing good will come of it, and that's the user we ask to stop. That's the impression I had of this very large, flamey thread. I can't say I read these comments closely, though, or in many cases at all. We don't have the cycles to do that. If we missed cases of commenters being aggressive or otherwise breaking the site guidelines, that's likely why. You'd be welcome to point them out to us. There's certainly no intention at our end to take sides or scold you more than others.