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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by andsoitis on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:40PM (#34637217)
> quite possible rocks are lifeforms

Humans are closer to fungi than rocks are to life.

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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by Rury on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:41PM (#34637222)
This statement has nothing to do with what I am saying.
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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by andsoitis on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:48PM (#34637258)
To posit that rocks are quite possibly life forms takes the meaning out of what we mean when we say “life”.
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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by Rury on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:53PM (#34637292)
That's my point, and by extension, to say that life could take forms that we don't even understand, is flawed, because what life means is whatever definition we want to give it. Do we not understand our own definitions?
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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by andsoitis on Friday February 03, 2023 @12:01AM (#34637335)
Right. I’m doubling down on your point. We’re singing in chorus.
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