News: Mars Rover finds clue that may harbor life - Page 2

moijejoue

Cue David Bowie...

QuitmanDJ

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Originally posted by Changes

Why did I think this was about a TV show?

I thought it was the confirmation of an alien themed 5th season of AHS so you aren't the only one.

T.C

Not me thinking of David Bowie's song coming into this

RatedG²

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Originally posted by inspiration4

False title.

They didn't discover life on Mars, only the relative possibility of life on Mars. Not at all the same thing.

Chlorobenzene is a product from an electrophlic substitution of chlorine to benzene. Benzene is unreactive in nature except under extenuating circumstances.

Only organic organisms can synthesize it, it does not appear in nature. So life is confirmed

MaRy

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Originally posted by jpow

MaRy's coming

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Jberg

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Originally posted by RatedG²

Chlorobenzene is a product from an electrophlic substitution of chlorine to benzene. Benzene is unreactive in nature except under extenuating circumstances.

Only organic organisms can synthesize it, it does not appear in nature. So life is confirmed

Exactly.

Timber

Oh. They found organics, and apparently something is producing methane and something is quickly using it up. That sounds like life!!

inspiration4

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Originally posted by RatedG²

Chlorobenzene is a product from an electrophlic substitution of chlorine to benzene. Benzene is unreactive in nature except under extenuating circumstances.

Only organic organisms can synthesize it, it does not appear in nature. So life is confirmed

Oh, you might want to forward you 100% factual analysis to Nasa, because they haven't claimed life on Mars exists, in any capacity.

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The scientists also reported that for the first time, they had confirmed the presence of carbon-based organic molecules in a rock sample. The so-called organics are not direct signs of life, past or present, but they lend weight to the possibility that Mars had the ingredients required for life, and may even still have them.

hmm...

RatedG²

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Originally posted by inspiration4

Oh, you might want to forward you 100% factual analysis to Nasa, because they haven't claimed life on Mars exists, in any capacity.

hmm...

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It could have been created by a geological process known as serpentinization, which requires both heat and liquid water. Or it could be a product of life in the form of microbes known as methanogens, which release methane as a waste product.

Even if the explanation for the methane turns out to be geological, the hydrothermal systems would still be prime locations to search for signs of life.

I mean

. When something is confirmed (at least in the science community) it means that there is a general consensus that it's believed to be true and then will become a theory with more evidence or null if nothing can back it up.

I didn't mean actually confirmed, the only way for that to happen is the scientists finding life and like taking pictures or something

inspiration4

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Originally posted by RatedG²

I mean

. When something is confirmed (at least in the science community) it means that there is a general consensus that it's believed to be true and then will become a theory with more evidence or null if nothing can back it up.

I didn't mean actually confirmed, the only way for that to happen is the scientists finding life and like taking pictures or something

So basically you mean it's entirely unconfirmed, like I said.

Mariah4life

MaRy is bringing her troop.

KillingYourCareer

"Not alone, not alone, not alone..."

alexanderao

I hope it's inaccurate. You should read Nick Bostrom's paper about why 'silence is golden.'