Re: Vox - Why scientists really want to know if there was ever life on Mars
a425couple <[email protected]> Mon, 4 Jul 2022 08:04:17 -0700
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On 7/3/2022 3:02 PM, R Kym Horsell wrote: > In alt.astronomy a425couple <[email protected]> wrote: >> from >> https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2022/6/29/23171032/mars-nasa-perserverance-search-for-life-luca >> >> Why scientists really, really want to know if there was ever life on Mars >> If there was life on Mars billions of years ago - even just microbial >> life - it could change our understanding of how life begins. >> >> By Brian Resnick@[email protected] Jun 29, 2022, 1:00pm EDT > ... > > Note the doublethink. > Life on earth was here billions of years ago and despite planet-killing > asteroid strikes and other major disasters is still around. > > But life on Mars is all safely dead and in the past. > > If history has taught us anything it's that a slew of phds are gunna > be based on overturning the relevant "everyone knows that X". > Huh?? "If history has taught us anything it's that" PhDs are going to do what they can to keep themselves well paid and fully employed. Hopefully they also add to human knowledge and understanding of who we are, where we are, and how we got here.