A deep thought regarding life out there

[Lucanos]

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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)

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Yeah, I heard that a couple of years ago.

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

[Marty Ward]

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]

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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.

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

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Cap'n Q

[dogscoff]

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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There is an exception to every rule. Including this one.

[DirectorTsaarx]

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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")

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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.

[DirectorTsaarx]

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
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.

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I use the trick of clapping my hands together about 6-12 inches above them. When the moving air makes them take off, they fly right into my hands...

[capnq]

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I've been considering creating some Lovecraft-based races (the Fungi from Outer Space come to mind, among many others).

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The Fungi from Yuggoth (aka Mi-Go) would have Natural Merchant, I think. They shouldn't need spaceports, since they don't even need ships for interplanetary travel.

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Cap'n Q