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Re:Phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus – an indica... by eloff on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:20PM (#24475283)
It is, but it's also sample size of 1. So yes, it indicates something but the confidence interval is really wide. Still, like you point out it's not meaningless as some people do try to argue.
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Re:Phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus – an indica... by baja_blast on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:36PM (#24486995)
If you take a bayesian approach to the problem it's far more likely that abiogenesis is common. This youtube video does a great job of explaining it: https://youtu.be/iLbbpRYRW5Y
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