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Re:Mimicking an impact on Earth’s early atmosphere yields al... by gnaritas on Thursday April 13, 2017 @04:33PM (#14110690)
> Solving this mystery would likely be the most significant turning point in human history.

I can't imagine how; most people will simply dismiss it and continue praying to their Gods and scientists already believe what it would prove so few minds would change and unless it directly leads to some practical output it simply won't matter to most of the world.

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Re:Mimicking an impact on Earth’s early atmosphere yields al... by apo on Thursday April 13, 2017 @06:20PM (#14111328)
With understanding of a process comes the possibility (or inevitability) of controlling it. I'm not referring to mythology, but rather technology.
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Re:Mimicking an impact on Earth’s early atmosphere yields al... by gnaritas on Thursday April 13, 2017 @10:39PM (#14112371)
Which is what I was referring to by some practical output; however it's possible and common to acquire knowledge without there being immediate things to do with it. Certainly the knowledge is progress, but you called it the most significant in human history, that's a bold claim, care to expand on how so?
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