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I think an interesting analogy here is the idea that there is (or was) life on Mars. Most assumptions are that there is life on Mars and time is simply whittli

I think an interesting analogy here is the idea that there is (or was) life on Mars. Most assumptions are that there is life on Mars and time is simply whittling away at the probability, rather than, as the article says, assumptions are made that there is no life and probabilities are increased as evidence suggests that there is.

lutusp 13y ago
> Most assumptions are that there is life on Mars and time is simply whittling away at the probability ... Certainly not, at least not among scientists. To a scientist, there's nothing up there but sand and thin air, until evidence proves otherwise. Popular reports naturally enough get this scientific, appropriately skeptical outlook completely wrong.