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I like to think about what lived in the Oceans of Mars, or maybe even Europa if things were slightly different. But the stuff in our own ocean is so alien alre
by jvanderbot 2y ago
I like to think about what lived in the Oceans of Mars, or maybe even Europa if things were slightly different.
But the stuff in our own ocean is so alien already, and we share common ancestors!
- adolph 2y agoLast common ancestor was 600m years ago [0], “nearly twice as long as the step … to find the common ancestor of birds and mammals.” 0. https://www.amazon.com/Other-Minds-Octopus-Origins-Consciousness/dp/0374227764 https://www.amazon.com/Other-Minds-Octopus-Origins-Conscious...
- solardev 2y agoThey made a movie about that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Report
- troymc 2y agoI thought I was the only person who watched that movie!
- solardev 2y agoIt was an enjoyable enough movie night! Think I watched it during COVID with some beer and Thai food, and it was satisfying enough to make me want to play some sci-fi games afterward :) Nothing as thought-provoking as that other space squid movie, Arrival, but it wasn't trying to be. I had a good time.
- Reason077 2y agoArthur C Clarke's 2061 (sequel to 2001 and 2010) was also about about a troubled mission that finds life in Europa's oceans. Europa Report sounds like it might have been a little inspired by that novel?
- duxup 2y agoI just watched it. Good movie with an ending you don’t get too often in such movies. I did kinda hate the talking heads kinda narrative that goes on. I get why they did it but I grew tired of it.
- WorkerBee28474 2y agoAll I know is there would be crabs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
- holoduke 2y agoDont forget mercurius. Recent new studies show that the planet is probably from a different further orbit and used to be a much different place. It got promoted as an uninteresting dead planet to a top candidate for (former) life planet.