XPost: rec.arts.sf.science, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 4/29/2018 12:20 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2018-04-29 06:24:28 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:   
   >>>   
   >>> As I said all along: extraterrestrial life does not necessarily have   
   >>> to need water. Looking for life *only* where water occurs is   
   >>> blinkered stupidity.   
   >>   
   >> So how do we look for life that doesn't need water?  Until you can   
   >> answer that we're not the ones having a comprehension problem.   
   >   
   > I never said it wasn't the easiest option ... just that it wasn't the   
   > ONLY option. Water-required life forms could well be in the minority of   
   > the universe's life forms, which means they're also looking for the   
   > smallest needle in the haystack.   
   >   
   And I'll repeat what I've said twice before now.  HOW would we look for   
   non-aqueous life?  What should we be looking for THAT IS PHYSICALLY   
   POSSIBLE FOR US TO WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING OF   
   NON-AQUEOUS NON-CARBON BASED LIFE?   
      
   Until you can do that you are complaining that because people are not   
   doing something that we don't know how to do they aren't considering a   
   possibility they can't test for.   
      
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   instinct are running screaming.   
      
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