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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2018-04-28 02:05:53 +0000, J. Clarke said:   
      
   > On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:40:08 +1200, Your Name    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2018-04-27 05:32:22 +0000, Thomas Koenig said:   
   >>> Your Name  schrieb:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The real problem is that scientists are blinkered into the belief that   
   >>>> life of any sort /must/ have water, which is moronically silly.   
   >>>   
   >>> Water has a range of qualities that make it suitable for complex   
   >>> molecules. There is a lot of it around, it has such low energy,   
   >>> it will be found in a reasonably pure state, it allows for   
   >>> condensation reactions with polar leaving groups, it has   
   >>> very strong hydrogen bonds, it dissolves salts...   
   >>   
   >> All true, on Earth. Many other planets and other life forms are almost   
   >> certainly completely different.   
   >   
   > Unless you are postulating that the laws of physics are different on   
   > other planets, a notion which you will need to support with something   
   > beyond opinion, it will be true on any planet.   
      
   Oh, dear, as usual the reading-challenged fools on the internet fixate   
   on one tiny irrelevant detail rather than the actual point. Believe   
   whatever crap you want.  :-\   
      
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