This is so cool - I interpret this to mean that life will be found throughout the universe, as this allows for some micro organisms to survive deep space
Why else would life have this capability? Nature (evolution) prunes away unneeded features, so this capability, buried deep in various branches of life, is only useful when exposed to ionizing radiation…which only happens in deep space, or thru artificial means
Buckle yer safety belts folks, we gonna find some crazy moulds and stuff every where its warm and wet, including places that are “warm and wet” in a nuclear sense
i mean we are constantly bathed in ionizing radiation, just not that much of it.
Plus, maybe life just evolved on earth a lot earlier than we thought? In that case it might well have been exposed to greater levels of radiation than we currently are.
This is so cool - I interpret this to mean that life will be found throughout the universe, as this allows for some micro organisms to survive deep space
Why else would life have this capability? Nature (evolution) prunes away unneeded features, so this capability, buried deep in various branches of life, is only useful when exposed to ionizing radiation…which only happens in deep space, or thru artificial means
Buckle yer safety belts folks, we gonna find some crazy moulds and stuff every where its warm and wet, including places that are “warm and wet” in a nuclear sense
It dies not prune unnecessary features.
…fine, they get “de-selected”, or whatever the correct term is, and it takes time a looooong time, I know
Why else would DNA harbour an ability to eat gamma radiation if it had not been necessary?
FYI: Adding some additional info, other than just saying “wrong” would def make for more interesting convos…just sayin
i mean we are constantly bathed in ionizing radiation, just not that much of it.
Plus, maybe life just evolved on earth a lot earlier than we thought? In that case it might well have been exposed to greater levels of radiation than we currently are.
good points, and entirely possible