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Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? by dieselgate on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:53PM (#34292658)
This made me laugh, yes I agree in a way. Maybe some day we will discover amino acid constituents on earth or another planet and it will fill in more of the blanks. It's the definition of chicken and egg though
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Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? by nobody9999 on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:08PM (#34292830)
Done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment

You may not have heard about it, as the paper describing the experiment was only published 69 years ago.

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Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? by dieselgate on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:16PM (#34292901)
Thanks for the link and for the reminder, did learn about this experiment actually in organic chemistry years ago. Suppose it's a bit nonsensical to look for amino acid "constituents" then. Not a fan of the snark though
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