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More condolences from the WoodBarter site where Paul was also a key member spreading his knowledge of wood...
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BillTre replied to the thread Alien life, probabilities, and interstellar propagation of human life.Who are you to say what has to do with definitions of life? There hundreds of them. One of the most prominent ones is the NASA...
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BillTre replied to the thread Alien life, probabilities, and interstellar propagation of human life.Makes sense to me based upon the particular definition you use, which often involve being able to reproduce. Are individuals not alive...
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Robert, deepest condolences to you and all of Paul's family. We appreciate your letting us know. Paul was a valued member and will be...
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BillTre reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Why Are You Still Here? A Curious Question with
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We cannot take our hard-won knowledge with us when we go, so we entrust it to PF, to pass on. We leave it here so google can index it... -
BillTre reacted to OmCheeto's post in the thread Why Are You Still Here? A Curious Question with Like.
Ditto! And where did being told I was a genius get me? Lugging gallon jugs of urine down endless halls of a university hospital. That's...
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BillTre replied to the thread Alien life, probabilities, and interstellar propagation of human life.The Fermi paradox is specifically about advanced life able to make contact with us. This is different from the origin of life, but life...
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BillTre reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread Alien life, probabilities, and interstellar propagation of human life with Like.
Seems dependent on a big enough 'soup' and a long enough time - My own take on the odds of life originating by chance alone is to...
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BillTre reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Alien life, probabilities, and interstellar propagation of human life with Like.
There are, by the way, replicative cycles in nature that are far, far simpler than DNA/RNA. The Krebs cycle (AKA citric acid cycle) is...
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BillTre replied to the thread Random Thoughts 7.Tried typing in a graphics program, flipping side to side, and then copied and pasted back into PF. The text came out normal. I also...
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I typed "upside down text" into google, and went to the first result. I presume it's just a lookup between pairs of glyphs that look the...
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I think it is a mixed bag, or nuanced, as much as subscription journals. The quality of journal articles depend on the author(s)...
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BillTre replied to the thread Random Thoughts 7.But not in a mirror. I would have liked to flip it from end to end but could not figure out how you rotated it. Please explain.
