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California Lake's Arsenic Hints At a Shadow Biosphere
MichaelSmith writes "Scientists think that there might be arsenic-based life in Mono Lake, California. If it's shown to exist, such life could have evolved independently from our own, or it could have forked from ours at a very early stage."
I was similarly modded into trolldom a short while ago for having the audacity to point to the fact that there is no direct evidence of evolution (I do, however, believe in evolution, just the same).
You're now causing Jane to question herself. I think people that find you agreeing with them probably do that a lot.
It happens to me fairly regularly... especially when I point out the literal facts as opposed to the popular view. And most especially when I do not stress beforehand that I am about to do so. For some reason, some people seem to take that personally.
But you know what? It's kind of fun to kick up a little bit of debae and try to get people to think a bit for themselves now and then, even at the risk of a few Karma points.
You have completely missed my point (as did, no doubt, those who modded it "troll"):
The point is that it's not news. It's filler. Now it has been reported on slashdot where it can serve as a point for discussion and provide some entertainment, which is why it's at least worthy filler. And since troll apparently covers a lot of ground here... Anyway, science is alluded to. And we're talking about a paper['s web site], not a journal.
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