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How would your perception change if life was discovered on the moons around Saturn and Jupiter? Does that increase the likelihood of life outside our system?
by troyvit 4y ago
How would your perception change if life was discovered on the moons around Saturn and Jupiter? Does that increase the likelihood of life outside our system?
- superposeur 4y agoYes, I would then think it's probable to be many places (and would be very happy about this as I would not like to be alone in the cosmos).
- geertj 4y agoIt would prove life is abundant, but it would still not prove that intelligent life is.
- pfdietz 4y agoIf it was biologically similar to Earth life, it wouldn't prove much of anything, as it could have gotten there by impact panspermia. Discovery of a fundamentally different biology, even on Earth, would indicate two OoL events had occurred near each other. This would be very strong evidence that OoL cannot be rare.