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Re:Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarcti... by tshaddox on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @01:05AM (#26163251)
There are plenty of things that didn’t evolve to harm us but which can nonetheless harm us. Meteors are an obvious macroscopic example, while toxic chemicals are an obvious microscopic example.
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Re:Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarcti... by neuronic on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:20AM (#26163975)
I understand that the boundaries are blurry but this particular comment was talking about life harming other life.
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Re:Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarcti... by tshaddox on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:49AM (#26167704)
Right, and my point is simply that if inorganic chemistry is more than capable of harming life, it’s a bit strange to assume that organic chemistry and life would somehow have less capability to do so.
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