A deep thought regarding life out there

Puke · #1 April 5th, 2001, 02:13 AM

I have not scanned this whole thread, so sorry if I am being redundant here. But I ran a cross a cool sig on slash a while back:

We may be all alone in the universe. We may not be all alone in the universe. Either way, its quite a concept, isnt it?

Instar · #2 April 5th, 2001, 02:47 AM

There are bacteria on earth that dont breathe CO2 or O2 you know. Its just that they live veeeeeeeery deep down in the crust and use a whole set of different chemical reactions to live. (I read this in Discover magazine, so its close enough to reliable I think)

Lucanos · #3 April 5th, 2001, 03:09 AM

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Originally posted by Instar:
There are bacteria on earth that dont breathe CO2 or O2 you know. Its just that they live veeeeeeeery deep down in the crust and use a whole set of different chemical reactions to live. (I read this in Discover magazine, so its close enough to reliable I think)

Yeah, I heard that a couple of years ago.

What is that anyway? A living particle? Is it carbonbased?

Marty Ward · #4 April 5th, 2001, 03:26 AM

I read about the exploration of the underground sea/ocean/lake they found in Antartica. They assume its been completely sealed up for millions of years. Imagine what could be in there, could be anything from the cure for cancer or an incurable plague.

capnq · #5 April 6th, 2001, 03:36 AM

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I read about the exploration of the underground sea/ocean/lake they found in Antartica. They assume its been completely sealed up for millions of years. Imagine what could be in there, could be anything from the cure for cancer or an incurable plague.

Or even Things Man Was Not Meant To Know. (see H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness")

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dogscoff · #6 April 6th, 2001, 12:42 PM

I think our first contact w/ non- human intelligent life will be of our own creation - AI. Neural net tech is getting closer and closer to the "processing power" of the human brain. The trick is filling that artificial brain with all the experiences and motivations it requires to achieve sentience. It will happen though. When it does, I hope we are grown up enough to respect their rights, and not treat them as slaves.

My favourite fly-swatting technique is to sneak my hand really really slowly up to them and then flick them into a wall or something.

Anyone have any more info on that non O2 / non CO2 life form - sounds really interesting.

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DirectorTsaarx · #7 April 6th, 2001, 10:52 PM

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Originally posted by capnq:
Or even Things Man Was Not Meant To Know. (see H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness")

YES!! Another Lovecraft fan... I've been considering creating some Lovecraft-based races (the Fungi from Outer Space come to mind, among many others). But I just can't find the time to do it.