XPost: rec.arts.sf.science, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2018-05-04 02:09:53 +0000, David DeLaney said:   
   > On 2018-05-03, Your Name  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> 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,   
   >   
   > ... you DO know what the first three components of all three newsgroups you   
   > continue to crosspost this thread to without ever snipping anything out of   
   your   
   > replies ARE, don't you? And that people with actual science DEGREES, who have   
   > some familiarity with how science and scientists actually work and what types   
   > of research grant might be available, read and post here?   
   >   
   > Because I think YOU think you're posting to folks who don't know anything   
   about   
   > science or scientists and therefore won't call you on your bald and incorrect   
   > assertions, unsupported, of how scientists are handling the search for alien   
   > life. Hint: you're not.   
   >   
   > You're talking with people who can actually read through what's at the links   
   > you're posting and understand them; you might give it a try.   
   >   
   > Dave, another hint: the populations "scientists" and "sf readers" are NOT   
   >  disjoint, and never have been   
   >   
   > ps: the above also contains examples of how to be informative while still   
   being   
   >  condescending. you need some work on that, too.   
      
   None of that garbage you spouted remotely changes the FACT that I   
   posted - looking for life only where there is water *is* blinkered. Of   
   course, actually reading what I had posted would be difficult since   
   almost nobody on the internet has reading comprehension skills.   :-\   
      
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