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   Message 45,414 of 45,986   
   Titus G to David Johnston   
   Re: Life on Europa in scifi?   
   05 May 18 16:01:52   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.movies, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: noone@nowhere.com   
      
   On 05/05/18 12:56, David Johnston wrote:   
   > On 2018-05-04 5:31 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2018-05-04 22:21:54 +0000, Gene Wirchenko said:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Nope. It's because far too many people do not actually read what's   
   >> written .   
   >   
   > Right.  If they read what you wrote, they'd know that you know nothing   
   > and hence not bother to ask you a question.   
      
   Exactly.   
      
   But, like Quadiblock, he is so stupid that posters try to help him by   
   giving a serious reply. (But I quite enjoy the replies which usually   
   inform me in some subject I know little about so I don't want to   
   complain too loudly.)   
      
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