Biosignatures - It's Never Aliens, Even When It's Aliens - Are scientists biased against the confirmation of extraterrestrial life and alien intelligence
I recall at the later part of the 19th century when electrical experiments were the rage.
Several cases of electric current being fed into a sterile flask of inorganic compounds, and
voila, strange organisms would emerge. Some fairly sophisticated forms swimming around.
It would seem, hence the electric nature of solar/planetary systems, life is going to pop up everywhere.
Technical augmentation is another layer on top of what already exudes from tectonic ooze to interstellar tube worms. This is the ultimate zoo. Thanks Bruce!
I remember talk of those experiment, but apparently all attempts at replication don't produce anything so would likely suggest they did not sterilise the samples sufficiently first, but who knows? At some stage, somewhere, even if not on earth, the first life had to somehow emerge from the non-life cosmic background!
I recall at the later part of the 19th century when electrical experiments were the rage.
Several cases of electric current being fed into a sterile flask of inorganic compounds, and
voila, strange organisms would emerge. Some fairly sophisticated forms swimming around.
It would seem, hence the electric nature of solar/planetary systems, life is going to pop up everywhere.
Technical augmentation is another layer on top of what already exudes from tectonic ooze to interstellar tube worms. This is the ultimate zoo. Thanks Bruce!
I remember talk of those experiment, but apparently all attempts at replication don't produce anything so would likely suggest they did not sterilise the samples sufficiently first, but who knows? At some stage, somewhere, even if not on earth, the first life had to somehow emerge from the non-life cosmic background!