XPost: rec.arts.sf.science, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: davidjohnston29@yahoo.com   
      
   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.   
      
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