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Everytime news like this comes up, I'm more certain that if we ever find life outside our planet, it would take years to be announced
by firekvz 5y ago
Everytime news like this comes up, I'm more certain that if we ever find life outside our planet, it would take years to be announced
- vmception 5y ago6 hours tops
- geenew 5y agoI had the same thought after the phosphine gas discovery at Venus was announced. It will take so long to be certain about a claim like this, and evidence will mount so gradually, that by the time the confirmation is made it will be unsurprising. Sort of like the discovery of ancient liquid water on Mars - it took so long to prove it that by the time proof was certain, it had become a joke (NASA announces discovery of water on mars for Nth time! haha). On the down side, we're less likely get a world-wide event to collectively celebrate; on the up side, we're less likely to panic subgroups of society.
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- pugworthy 5y agoMakes me think of how there is a huge hesitation to ever use the "F" word with any Mars photos. F - as in fossil. There are definitely natural mineral formations that can mimic fossils, but then there are fossils too that aren't always obviously such.
- chrononaut 5y agoLikely context of parent regarding fossils: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001
- hulitu 5y agoAnd seconds to be destroyed.