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In response to "Looks like we're aliens;" by Loyola

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

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Aug 18 '09, 14:56

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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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