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Re:New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced li... by ddxxdd on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:10AM (#20163393)
>Maybe they're looking at us and think "What 21% O2? Surely no life could exist there, everything would just burn down immediately!"

I swear, this is an exact line from a Ray Bradbury story that I read as a child.

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Re:New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced li... by mannykannot on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:57AM (#20164037)
Also Clarke, in the title essay of 'Report on Planet Three'. The flaw in this argument is that an out-of-equilibrium concentration of oxygen implies a process to maintain it.
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