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This is about as likely as guessing a 1024 bit encrypted key. “Match” means “match”. Not “similar structure and behavior”. If it is the same DNA then the onl
by willis936 6y ago
This is about as likely as guessing a 1024 bit encrypted key.
“Match” means “match”. Not “similar structure and behavior”. If it is the same DNA then the only compelling explanation is that it is from the same origin.
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- lawlessone 6y agoIf it's DNA at all then it would be from the same origin? How likely is it that alien life would also use DNA?
- gmuslera 6y agoEven if it is DNA, if it encodes the same proteins in the same way than the life here would a be very improbable event. Think in an alien alphabet looking like ours, but also making the same sounds and some common words and meanings with the similar looking symbols.
- willis936 6y ago“Origin” in this case would be something in the very physically close and near term. Something that excludes the possibility of serious evolutionary change. Even relatively static species undergo mutations in the long term. So if something is an exact match it is evident that they came from the same time and place (within some reasonable window). The origin would implicitly be Earth in the 1960s.
- castis 6y agoI meant match, similarly to saying curtains and carpets match.
- willis936 6y ago“Matching DNA” has only one meaning that I am aware of and it is an exact 1:1 sequence. The goal is to identify a living organism from DNA that has fallen off it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_profiling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_profiling
- castis 6y agomy apologies on not using terminology that suits you