Do you reckon there is life out there?

[biggs682]

not as we know it jim

 

[Archie_tect]

Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee have gone into this. Their theory is that whilst very simple life forms like single celled bacteria might be common, complex life should be extremely rare as it relies on an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances.

In fact it's such an improbable combination that we don't exist....

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Heard about this today - a bacteria which lives on arsenic and even has it in its DNA. The boffins are suggesting it opens up the possibilty that there could be different forms of life.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/dec/02/nasa-bacteria-arsenic-phosphorus

 

[Fnaar]

I think there is Guinness in my DNA.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I think there is Guinness in my DNA.

Are you stout?

 

[Fnaar]

No, but I have the traditional head

 

[Norm]

Heard about this today - a bacteria which lives on arsenic and even has it in its DNA. The boffins are suggesting it opens up the possibilty that there could be different forms of life.

http://www.guardian....enic-phosphorus

Golly. I wonder why no-one posted that before. Say, oh, I don't know, at around 20:02:57 yesterday.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Golly. I wonder why no-one posted that before. Say, oh, I don't know, at around 20:02:57 yesterday.

Yesterday's news Norm, not interested - we want the here and now!

 

[Norm]

Yesterday's news Norm, not interested - we want the here and now!

It was exactly the same news. Not sure if the Beeb beat the Guardian or if Norm beat 3BM.

I would've posted it then but I was on the bog at the time.

Did you discover any new life forms in such a hostile environment?

 

[Archie_tect]

Did you discover any new life forms in such a hostile environment?
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It's a bowl of contention Norm.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

It was exactly the same news. Not sure if the Beeb beat the Guardian or if Norm beat 3BM.

Well everyone beats 3BM, but your post was just a lazy link whereas mine was a well crafted essay. Sort of. Maybe not.