One of my big surprises of 2024 was that we are actually making a lot of progress (albeit messy and with a great deal of argument) in the science of the origin of life on Earth.
If you’re under 40, we’ll probably have a pretty good understanding of it in your lifetime.
If you’re under 40, we’ll probably have a pretty good understanding of it in your lifetime.
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The newest studies on amino acids and rna are fascinating
NASA…..
Also said all alien life forms begin in the water.
-Hopefully not Hank
Stay tuned and find out!
https://mathscholar.org/2024/08/new-developments-in-the-origin-of-life-on-earth/
It mentions a new book from 2024 by Jack Szostak and Mario Livio called “Is Earth Exceptional? The Quest for Cosmic Life”.
Szostak is a leading scientist in the field (I haven’t read the book yet)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris
If it also needs to have cleared its orbit, there are 8 planets.
There are probably also definitions that exclude the terrestrial planets.
Hopefully the next intelligent life to evolve here won’t be as cruel and selfish. 🤷🏼♂️
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/silurian-hypothesis-would-it-be-possible-to-detect-an-industrial-civilization-in-the-geological-record/77818514AA6907750B8F4339F7C70EC6#
VS MAGA uniformed
You can use some tools to run models that will cost you less than a dollar.
#CouncilOfIndigenousGrandmothers2025 morning cuppa ☕️timeline
well... shit.
i.e. If you want to safely travel to another planet you need to bring your entire microbiome and planetary ecology along with you
I think it's called a broship
Q.E.D.
but if science is gonna say we didn't come from comet soup I'd definitely like to know before I'm compressed into a diamond to become haunted jewelry.
Ever heard of the bible?
*folds arms and grins smugly*
I'm picturing a double edged sword like nuclear fission but with an application more similar to what the wealthy want AI to be.
@hankgreen.bsky.social woke up on #NewYearsDay2025 & chose BlueSky violence.
😂🗡️
Sincerely,
#GenX #MedSky
GenX I presume?
2Much AI Sludge passin
as human society already
& the tech is ecocidal(see firin
back up ☢️ in US(you 2 🇨🇦 👀)
Can we just not?Until there’s no more war and they can’t be weaponized as such by psychopaths 🇺🇸🍁? Don’t restart or try & greenwash☢️⚡️ffs OF generated more revenue than AI
So knowing something is not the same as people accepting that knowledge. Esp. when you have a "Holy Book" that says something else.
when you were born we hadn't yet found black holes, exoplanets, or gravity waves
we hadn't discovered the apparent acceleration of the expansion of the universe that we've termed dark energy
so many cool things have happened in our lifetimes
i was thinking of the confirmation that we have our own black hole in the milky way, which happened in 1998
it’s like when they came out with a new bread in the 1980s. a little late for stuff like that
Here's a good TED Talk on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAz_3ifS2jM&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
I might recommend this followup from Be Smart, PBS and Eons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uAJY1mqtw4&ab_channel=BeSmart