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Think. Again.

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1. Interesting.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 07:51 AM

Oct 2024

But I'm not sure why we insist on limiting our recognition of "life" to only lifeforms that we already know and understand.

Yes, the solar radiation on Mars would prohibit the types of life forms that developed on Earth without that solar radiation, but what's to stop a life form that feeds off of that radiation from developing on Mars?

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Scientists Have Made a Chilling Discovery That Could Soon Reveal Whether Life Exists on Mars [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2024 OP

Interesting. Think. Again. Oct 2024 #1

Check out Scientific American Feb 2023 exboyfil Oct 2024 #2

Thanks! I will definitely check that out! Weird Life by David Toomey, right? Think. Again. Oct 2024 #3

Yes. Listened to the audiobook exboyfil Oct 2024 #4

Don't assume "we" are making that limitation. Exobiologists consider many possibilities. eppur_se_muova Oct 2024 #5