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Re:Discovery of peculiar modulations in a small fraction of ... by GregBuchholz on Thursday October 20, 2016 @01:09PM (#12754118)
>where are the Bracewell-von Neumann probes?

How sure are you that you are not (part of) one?

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Re:Discovery of peculiar modulations in a small fraction of ... by pklausler on Thursday October 20, 2016 @01:22PM (#12754240)
If we were, then the galaxy would be positively stuffed with all of the other copies.
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Re:Discovery of peculiar modulations in a small fraction of ... by api on Thursday October 20, 2016 @02:51PM (#12755065)
Maybe it is.

I think the parent was suggesting directed panspermia-- that the Earth's biosphere is itself a B-vN probe in the process of self-replication.

That's one way to do it.

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Re:Discovery of peculiar modulations in a small fraction of ... by pklausler on Thursday October 20, 2016 @03:21PM (#12755288)
That's how I read that comment, too.

If there are ETs, I really want to know whether they're using DNA with triplet codons that map to the same 20 amino acids.

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