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   Message 45,413 of 45,986   
   Gene Wirchenko to All   
   Re: Life on Europa in scifi?   
   04 May 18 15:21:54   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.movies, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Fri, 4 May 2018 18:39:54 +1200, Your Name    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2018-05-04 06:09:04 +0000, Thomas Koenig said:   
   >> Your Name  schrieb:   
   >>>   
   >>> It's not just water of course, they're stuck on the blinkered idea that   
   >>> life elsewhere must be like life on Earth, so to them that means water,   
   >>   
   >> So, again: What alternate solvent do you propose?  Please note it   
   >> should be thermodynamically stable, available (under reasonable   
   >> conditions) in large quantities and sufficient purity.   
   >>   
   >> Of course, it should also permit the sort of hydrophilic/hydrophobic   
   >> interactions (or, for a non-polar solvent, lipophilic/lipophobic)   
   >> that make water such a good candidate for life.   
   >>   
   >> Please show that you have at least a miniscule fraciton of a clue   
   >> what you are actually talking about when accusing scientists of   
   >> being lazy.   
   >   
   >Yet another disptick with reading comprehension issues.  :-\   
      
        That would seem to be more appicable to you.   
      
        If you think that so many people do not understand you, maybe,   
   just maybe, you are the one at fault.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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