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Looks like we're aliens;

Posted by Loyola Aug 18 '09, 14:54

"The amino acid glycine, a fundamental building block of proteins, has been found in a comet for the first time, bolstering the theory that raw ingredients of life arrived on Earth from outer space, scientists said on Monday."

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57H02I20090818 (www.reuters.com)

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Better than monkeys. -- nm - Creationists Aug 18, 15:47
We are the aliens, my friend. -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 15:11 1
- That's what I been saying! -- nm - Sitting Bull SI Aug 18, 15:13
or it could have just been mishandled by someone :) -- nm - GWAA Aug 18, 15:00
You know who lives in Outwr -- nm - Stephen Aug 18, 14:59 3
- Sfek.....you know who lives in outer space? - Stephen Aug 18, 15:00
- Hitler? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 14:59 1
  - Nope, he lives in the Earths core - Stephen Aug 18, 15:01
This is *awesome* -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 14:57
Isn't that a bit like the native americans looking at the ships of Columbus et al, and saying "Well, looks like we're limes." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 14:56 7
- uh, no. its saying the basic building blocks of life are also found not on earth - Guy Aug 18, 15:04 6
  - it's highly unlikely the amino acid was *anywhere* from the start. Exogensis or not, we got here somehow. - Beryllium Aug 18, 15:06 5
    - i think the point of the article is that what allows us to exist exists elsewhere -- nm - Guy Aug 18, 15:25 1
      - Which is a far cry from Loyola's definitive "We're aliens" statement, which is what I was attempting to clarify. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 15:29
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      - Panspermia cuts both ways; if it happened somewhere else, and it happened here, maybe intelligence happened somewhere else too -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 15:24 1
        
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~We are stardust, we are golden~ -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 18, 14:55

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