XPost: rec.arts.sf.science, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   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 ... they skim it, they read what they think was written, they   
   read what they think /should/ /have/ /been/ written, they go off on a   
   divergent tangent that has little or nothing to do with the original   
   post ... it's especially bad on the internet.   
      
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