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How would we know whether there is life on Earth? This bold experiment found out (www.nature.com)
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[–] rwtwm@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

That's a great piece. Thanks for sharing.

The fact that most of our signals for extra-terrestrial life are based on life on earth has always made me concerned we'd miss something. This has made me reconsider a little. We would miss life unlike earth's with our approach, but without an analogy like this to draw on, how could we know?