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I don't understand why this is such a big deal. It always seemed common sense to me that there are Tashmere Send a noteboard - 02/12/2010 10:40:22 PM
all sorts of things that we don't know anything about and just because it doesn't fit in our realm of experience doesn't mean it can't happen. To say that our limited experience is the only knowledge that counts is too arrogant to be believed.

And who is to say what the sun's fuel is hydrogen and helium? We have no way of knowing that it isn't some gas we have never heard of or imagined. Better to say our best educated guess is that it is hydrogen and helium.

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More Important Than Soccer: Completely new type of DNA discovered beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 04:48:51 PM 1764 Views
that is TOTALLY inappropriate LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 04:58:47 PM 974 Views
Of course there is... Jacob - 02/12/2010 05:02:30 PM 980 Views
I saw, I'm just not in the proper habit yet LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 05:35:33 PM 1069 Views
Crazy awesome. nossy - 02/12/2010 05:07:49 PM 1039 Views
Re: Crazy awesome. TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:32:56 PM 874 Views
It's confusing, that's for sure. nossy - 03/12/2010 02:01:11 AM 879 Views
lol, or maybe not nossy - 09/12/2010 07:49:19 PM 1250 Views
So the movie Evolution was real! Stephen - 02/12/2010 05:24:16 PM 959 Views
Nice reference, but not quite. TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:32:04 PM 920 Views
Thanks for clearing that up Stephen - 02/12/2010 11:23:36 PM 1017 Views
Wow. *NM* Gher - 02/12/2010 05:32:08 PM 549 Views
I love how it was found in a massively polluted lake beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 05:35:22 PM 892 Views
Dang. I thought it was naturally occurring. Missed the part where it was grown in a lab. Gher - 03/12/2010 02:16:16 AM 1057 Views
The answer to your question is: Pretty damn cool. *NM* Nate - 02/12/2010 05:33:54 PM 516 Views
Goddamnit I am SO PISSED that I have a meeting at 2!!! Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 05:50:21 PM 861 Views
I won't pretend I know enough about biology to understand the impact of this ironclad - 02/12/2010 06:26:24 PM 1017 Views
It's like finding a type of rock that eats laughter beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 06:51:15 PM 867 Views
... without coming down and dealing with the nasty stomach cramps. Joel - 02/12/2010 09:49:06 PM 1095 Views
I think I had an ex once that was made of arsenic. *NM* Craig - 02/12/2010 07:10:57 PM 490 Views
Maris? *NM* ironclad - 02/12/2010 07:33:14 PM 532 Views
Well you are made of poison, so that makes sense. *NM* snoopcester - 02/12/2010 07:39:09 PM 504 Views
Curse you, poetic justice! Curse you! Craig - 04/12/2010 03:38:37 AM 1054 Views
So, is it an alien? Lordling - 02/12/2010 07:19:49 PM 1013 Views
I don't see why it couldn't be natural LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 07:22:49 PM 934 Views
They haven't mentioned anything saying it's not from Earth, I think beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 08:03:44 PM 1036 Views
It was funded by NASA, I think Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 08:15:15 PM 1044 Views
lols. *NM* LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 08:17:40 PM 504 Views
The bacteria in question is part of a known lineage Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 08:07:34 PM 1250 Views
see my note below LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 08:13:35 PM 1019 Views
Maybe Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 08:23:16 PM 965 Views
it could be there are some in the lake naturally LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 09:00:42 PM 877 Views
Huh! I must have missed that part. *NM* Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 09:05:15 PM 488 Views
No it isn't! snoopcester - 02/12/2010 07:39:34 PM 1026 Views
I really didn't understand that, either. jh - 04/12/2010 10:44:51 AM 1040 Views
So, apparently, this bacteria doesn't use arsneic for its DNA in its natural state? LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 08:06:02 PM 922 Views
While awesome, it's a bit of a problem. Ghavrel - 02/12/2010 09:04:22 PM 924 Views
Re: While awesome, it's a bit of a problem. TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:34:34 PM 867 Views
True, but I'm not "looking for" anything in particular, so I just like it *NM* LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 11:09:21 PM 524 Views
It's interesting, but not completely shocking BlackAdder - 02/12/2010 08:08:46 PM 1101 Views
Less cool a revelation than I was hoping, but certainly not a complete disappointment. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:35:33 PM 483 Views
I don't understand why this is such a big deal. It always seemed common sense to me that there are Tashmere - 02/12/2010 10:40:22 PM 1062 Views
I think it just makes them happy that they can widen the parameters for life-sustaining planets. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 11:00:31 PM 482 Views
yah. it's one thing to theorize, another thing to find something to hold true. LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 11:10:23 PM 933 Views
It's much more than an educated guess. Dreaded Anomaly - 02/12/2010 11:59:18 PM 1126 Views
You can't "know" from this distance. Tashmere - 03/12/2010 03:13:05 AM 839 Views
Why not? Isaac - 03/12/2010 04:42:15 AM 1114 Views
obviously you have not learned to look at the back label on the car *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/12/2010 07:04:42 PM 461 Views
Yes, we can. Dreaded Anomaly - 04/12/2010 06:04:48 PM 1271 Views
The problem probably is with me. Tashmere - 04/12/2010 08:00:56 PM 917 Views
No, they aren't. Dreaded Anomaly - 04/12/2010 10:01:25 PM 955 Views
Depends on how you view evidence, no? Nate - 05/12/2010 04:50:11 AM 1172 Views
There are correct and incorrect ways to view evidence. Dreaded Anomaly - 05/12/2010 05:42:41 AM 866 Views
Are you baiting me to bait you? Tashmere - 05/12/2010 06:41:49 AM 1126 Views
I'm just carrying on a conversation. Dreaded Anomaly - 05/12/2010 07:26:39 AM 1104 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Tashmere - 05/12/2010 07:08:04 PM 887 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Dreaded Anomaly - 05/12/2010 07:56:43 PM 1077 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Tashmere - 06/12/2010 03:15:37 AM 1045 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Dreaded Anomaly - 06/12/2010 09:18:51 PM 969 Views
Okay. Tashmere - 06/12/2010 11:22:44 PM 1118 Views
I made my students watch the NASA channel for over two hours today Larry - 02/12/2010 11:11:40 PM 839 Views
I watched that and was very intrigued Fox and Ravens - 03/12/2010 01:31:29 AM 787 Views
It's neat, but I object to the circus act Isaac - 03/12/2010 02:52:46 AM 1066 Views
yah, and it's kind of shooting themselves in the foot anyways LadyLorraine - 03/12/2010 09:10:21 AM 961 Views
xkcd ironclad - 03/12/2010 10:35:24 AM 1106 Views
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