It now seems unlikely that extraterrestrial living organisms could have reached the earth either as spores driven by the radiation pressure from another star or as living organisms imbedded in a meteorite. As an alternative to these nineteenth-century mechanisms, we have considered Directed Panspermia, the theory that organisms were deliberately transmitted to the earth by intelligent beings on another planet. We conclude that it is possible that life reached the earth in this way, but that the scientific evidence is inadequate at the present time to say anything about the probability. We draw attention to the kinds of evidence that might throw additional light on the topic.
Discussion
We're going to colonize Mars with a mushroom, aren't we?
same as how life got here i think
would just need to be a fungus that can live off abiotic carbon bubbling up from the earth's core... one of the oldest known forms of carbon that humans discovered and used was a kind of tar that bubbled out of one lake in the middle east somewhere, can be used for lighting and heating, and is the most likely medium for the most primitive form of life, something that just eats tar
or radiotrophic fungi
Could this be similar to us landing probes "contaminated" with life that then makes it? Then the sending civ doesn't make it at their star? We get to move amongst the stars, but we have to reset each time?
I might need a bong hit to finish my paper ha
I didn't think Panspermia was a bad contender. But I also don't understand why life necessarily had to start elsewhere if it had to start somewhere. It very well could have started here as a chemical reaction.
Yeah it doesn’t have much explanatory power, it just moves the explanation to another planet. Not really that interesting science wise, but fun to think about.
Just finished Entangled Life which touches on this (not specifically directed). Seems organisms are pretty harder. If you consider selective breeding life could get pretty darn hardy.
Could presumably get naturally occurring directed breeding such as a planet that looses its atmosphere over time for example.
It would be awesome to have support for creating highlights (kind 9802) in #Amethyst.
https://otherstuff.shaving.kiwi/609a4b616804956c42ae96604d8c9452aa161f7e9196491b9c20a40d9208cfb6.webp nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcscpyug can we have that?
Also support for the comment tag would be great, but I understand that it is not described in the NIP so supporting it can be problematic.