Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing

Re:Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Not... by tptacek on Sunday January 10, 2010 @05:54PM (#1043831)

What'd I mess up?

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Re:Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Not... by Semiapies on Sunday January 10, 2010 @05:59PM (#1043842)

For one, there is no "ergo, we are doomed" - quite the opposite:

"So this is why I conclude that the silence of the night sky is golden, and why, in the search for extraterrestrial life, no news is good news. It promises a potentially great future for humanity."

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Re:Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Not... by TheSOB88 on Sunday January 10, 2010 @07:19PM (#1043957)

I think you are reading the root comment with the wrong perspective in mind. He is saying we are doomed if there is life on Mars.

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Re:Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Not... by Semiapies on Monday January 11, 2010 @01:14PM (#1045589)

Nor is the writer saying that.

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