Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment and made a new discovery

Re:Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment an... by mannykannot on Friday October 29, 2021 @08:57AM (#29037837)

This explains why it may not be a sound argument, not a demonstration of its invalidity. The distinction matters, because while invalid hypotheses can be summarily rejected, valid ones might turn out to be right.

Of course, if some people don't understand that this one is not an established fact, and that annoys you, I can't say you are wrong.

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Re:Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment an... by pfdietz on Friday October 29, 2021 @09:07AM (#29037909)

Yes. Of course, I was not arguing that life must be rare, I was arguing that the evidence we have does not compel one to believe life must exist elsewhere in the universe. The opposite of belief is not belief in the opposite.

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Re:Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment an... by raxxorrax on Monday November 01, 2021 @07:19AM (#29065294)

There are rare instances where people say that life exists elsewhere, other just state that there is a possibility > 0.

I agree that it is arbitrary that the dimension of the exponent of n has to be larger than the negative one of p. That probably stems from the assumption that the universe is endless.

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