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Re:Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath s... by fsloth on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:27AM (#24117416)
I don't think you should confuse life and agency. I fail to see how a bacteria would have any agency.
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Re:Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath s... by bryanrasmussen on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:57AM (#24117544)
Well then if you found a place with bacteria but nothing advanced you would put in your captain's log that "the fundamental requirements for agency to arise were found, but as yet agency had not been achieved" or some such phrasing.
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Re:Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath s... by ajuc on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:04AM (#24117578)
> I fail to see how a bacteria would have any agency.

It does stuff on its own. That's agency.

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Re:Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath s... by Razengan on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:34AM (#24117455)
> I fail to see how a bacteria would have any agency.

Why would it not?

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