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Hydrogen cyanide, acetylene, propylene, ethane, propene would all react very quickly with oxygen, if it is being produced. I imagine like early earth, if there

Hydrogen cyanide, acetylene, propylene, ethane, propene would all react very quickly with oxygen, if it is being produced. I imagine like early earth, if there are organisms they are following an anoxic pathway

ianai 3y ago
So is it because the life signals so far suggest simple life that money isn't really pouring into an expedition? That's my inkling anyway. Turns out us apes are still far more interested in everyday stuff than even life outside our sphere. i.e. I would expect "enthusiasm" to look like discussions on building the infrastructure for multiple missions out there. Communications way points, some basic resource stuff, etc. Stuff to make getting things in that system more robust and timely. Edit: Maybe experiment/do the laser propulsion tech. "Lighthouses" at critical points.
- staplers 3y ago
  The discovery of even the most base simple lifeform outside Earth would be forever world-changing. Society, religion, mass institutions would be forced to reconcile with this fact. I don't think it's necessarily about money.
  - NateEag 3y ago
    What do you think would change about religions? The only one I know well is evangelical Christianity, having been raised in it. I've read through the Protestant Bible several times, and I'm not aware of anything in it that changes meaningfully if there's other life forms in the universe.
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  - martin-t 3y ago
    You overestimate people. Most wouldn't care at all, a few would say that's cool and move on. Religious people would just say their favorite god created those too. Unless the aliens were more advanced than us, nothing would change.
    - staplers 3y ago
      In the short term yes. The church accepted Galileo's heliocentric theory at first because it helped fix their calendars, later they realized what it truly meant as the general public started connecting the dots.
  - cwillu 3y ago
    The struggle with the religious types is forever that they can't be pinned down in the details: it's not that new information can't be assimilated because it conflicts with doctrine, it's that doctrine, aside from a few very core concepts, is extremely fluid and will seamlessly flow and change to admit the conflicting information without affecting anything of importance.
    - staplers 3y ago
      I never said religion would disappear

ianai 3y ago

So is it because the life signals so far suggest simple life that money isn't really pouring into an expedition? That's my inkling anyway. Turns out us apes are still far more interested in everyday stuff than even life outside our sphere. i.e. I would expect "enthusiasm" to look like discussions on building the infrastructure for multiple missions out there. Communications way points, some basic resource stuff, etc. Stuff to make getting things in that system more robust and timely. Edit: Maybe experiment/do the laser propulsion tech. "Lighthouses" at critical points.

staplers 3y ago
The discovery of even the most base simple lifeform outside Earth would be forever world-changing. Society, religion, mass institutions would be forced to reconcile with this fact. I don't think it's necessarily about money.
- NateEag 3y ago
  What do you think would change about religions? The only one I know well is evangelical Christianity, having been raised in it. I've read through the Protestant Bible several times, and I'm not aware of anything in it that changes meaningfully if there's other life forms in the universe.
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- martin-t 3y ago
  You overestimate people. Most wouldn't care at all, a few would say that's cool and move on. Religious people would just say their favorite god created those too. Unless the aliens were more advanced than us, nothing would change.
  - staplers 3y ago
    In the short term yes. The church accepted Galileo's heliocentric theory at first because it helped fix their calendars, later they realized what it truly meant as the general public started connecting the dots.
- cwillu 3y ago
  The struggle with the religious types is forever that they can't be pinned down in the details: it's not that new information can't be assimilated because it conflicts with doctrine, it's that doctrine, aside from a few very core concepts, is extremely fluid and will seamlessly flow and change to admit the conflicting information without affecting anything of importance.
  - staplers 3y ago
    I never said religion would disappear