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Its already been leaked. They have found bacteria that has Arsenic as part of its DNA instead of Phosphorus.



Yup, although if you read the BBC article (not very technical) it appears that what you have is a bacteria that is capable of integrating Arsenic into its DNA when it is intentionally grown in an arsenic rich environment but which prefers to use phospherous.
"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

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NASA is scheduled to make an important announcement this afternoon . . .

http://www.necn.com/12/02/10/NASA-announcement-spurs-alien-life-specu/landing.html?blockID=364767&feedID=4213

NickD :)



Maybe the aliens will be zombieish with a twist, they need to feed on those with closed minds ... that would be cool:ph34r::ph34r:


I have found that most people consider anyone who doesn't agree with them "closed minded". If you think you have the answer to any question, you are, by definition, closed minded on that subject. That's why I wander around acting on a set of probabilities based on past experiences that may or may not prove to hold up in the next moment. As far as I know, this is all a dream...


Do you really think that when true alien life is found from somewhere out there that a few of the flat earthers, creationists, and others who might have a disdain for any change might have their rather small apple carts upset just a tad???

:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:


Exactly my point! I have yet to circumnavigate the Earth to prove it is not flat, watched creation or evolution in action or otherwise proven or disproven things others hold dear. Your mind is apparently closed on these issues. I am still merely working with heresay evidence and probabilities.
I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

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If you're watching, and her work holds up, you just saw Felisa Wolfe-Simon win the Noble Prize in Chemistry!

NickD :)



Which prize do you consider noble?
I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

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NASA is scheduled to make an important announcement this afternoon . . .

http://www.necn.com/12/02/10/NASA-announcement-spurs-alien-life-specu/landing.html?blockID=364767&feedID=4213

NickD :)



Maybe the aliens will be zombieish with a twist, they need to feed on those with closed minds ... that would be cool:ph34r::ph34r:


I have found that most people consider anyone who doesn't agree with them "closed minded". If you think you have the answer to any question, you are, by definition, closed minded on that subject. That's why I wander around acting on a set of probabilities based on past experiences that may or may not prove to hold up in the next moment. As far as I know, this is all a dream...


Do you really think that when true alien life is found from somewhere out there that a few of the flat earthers, creationists, and others who might have a disdain for any change might have their rather small apple carts upset just a tad???

:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:


Exactly my point! I have yet to circumnavigate the Earth to prove it is not flat, watched creation or evolution in action or otherwise proven or disproven things others hold dear. Your mind is apparently closed on these issues. I am still merely working with heresay evidence and probabilities.


DUDE.. you need to get higher... and its pretty evident there is curvature to the earth. I seen it so it must be so.


OK Neo.... you can wake up now:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:

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Oh, ...they found alien life forms in California. ...Who knew? :S:)



Damn.
All that money wasted on rockets to find alien life forms.[:/]
"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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Its already been leaked. They have found bacteria that has Arsenic as part of its DNA instead of Phosphorus.



Yup, although if you read the BBC article (not very technical) it appears that what you have is a bacteria that is capable of integrating Arsenic into its DNA when it is intentionally grown in an arsenic rich environment but which prefers to use phospherous.




Was this grown in a lab? Found in the field? Have we been invaded?

This is the way Sci-Fi movies start.
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

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Southern_Man    0

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Was this grown in a lab? Found in the field? Have we been invaded?

This is the way Sci-Fi movies start.



From the BBC article:


The "extremophile" bacteria were found in a briny lake in eastern California in the US.

The researchers began to grow the bacteria in a laboratory on a diet of increasing levels of arsenic, finding to their surprise that the microbes eventually fully took up the element, even incorporating it into the phosphate groups that cling to the bacteria's DNA.

Notably, the research found that the bacteria thrived best in a phosphorus environment.

It's not clear to me if the bacteria incorporate arsenic into their DNA in the wild or not.
"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

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NASA is scheduled to make an important announcement this afternoon . . .

http://www.necn.com/12/02/10/NASA-announcement-spurs-alien-life-specu/landing.html?blockID=364767&feedID=4213

NickD :)



Maybe the aliens will be zombieish with a twist, they need to feed on those with closed minds ... that would be cool:ph34r::ph34r:


I have found that most people consider anyone who doesn't agree with them "closed minded". If you think you have the answer to any question, you are, by definition, closed minded on that subject. That's why I wander around acting on a set of probabilities based on past experiences that may or may not prove to hold up in the next moment. As far as I know, this is all a dream...


Do you really think that when true alien life is found from somewhere out there that a few of the flat earthers, creationists, and others who might have a disdain for any change might have their rather small apple carts upset just a tad???

:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:


Exactly my point! I have yet to circumnavigate the Earth to prove it is not flat, watched creation or evolution in action or otherwise proven or disproven things others hold dear. Your mind is apparently closed on these issues. I am still merely working with heresay evidence and probabilities.


THANK YOU!

The original post here showed a completely disgusting level of idealogical elitism that is no better (nor is it different, fundamentally) than a closed mindset.

Not trying to debate creationism vs. evolution, but rather trying to show the OP that his post represents a level of such self-damning "open-mindedness" that he, himself, is acting in a manner consistent with those he victimized.

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