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NASA finds Titan's lakes may be creating vesicles with primitive cell walls

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277 points Gaishan | 3 comments | 10 Sep 25 00:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dash2 ◴[10 Sep 25 06:50 UTC] No.45194159[source]▶
This feels very cynical, but what incentive does NASA have to do research showing alien life is not very likely in our solar system?
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robbomacrae ◴[10 Sep 25 08:03 UTC] No.45194669[source]▶
Regardless of incentives I think this is some of the most important research they should be doing. As a species we need to get a better understanding of the probability of life on other planets and therefore a better understanding of fermi's paradox in case the dark forest theory is correct. So if NASA has an incentive to discover potential pathways for extraterrestrial life... great!
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1. pavel_lishin ◴[10 Sep 25 13:52 UTC] No.45197707[source]▶
> a better understanding of fermi's paradox in case the dark forest theory is correct.

We know so little about this, that we can't even begin to estimate the probabilities. It seems like other things are known potential dangers to us, no?

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3. robbomacrae ◴[12 Sep 25 08:43 UTC] No.45220066[source]▶
Yes and this helps us make a start. It slightly increases the odds of life elsewhere. And yes there are other dangers.. climate change, nuclear armageddon, bio weapons etc but the existence of another problem doesn’t mean you shouldn’t also attempt to tackle this one. Specially as unlike the others a band aid seems somewhat tractable..

Researcher: “with this new device we think we can attempt to create a gravity wave in the lab” Professor: “we should consider whether this might violate the 2028 embargo on dark forest beacon technology”