Date: 14/03/2024 07:22:44
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 2134884
Subject: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

Interesting

Entirely new form of life possibly found off New Zealand coast

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/entirely-new-form-of-life-possibly-found-off-new-zealand-coast/news-story/c991897ceb227eb3f8f5d960711d157e

A team of marine scientists discovered nearly 100 potential new species, including an “unidentified life form.”

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Date: 14/03/2024 08:10:38
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 2134890
Subject: re: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

But is it really life but not as we know it?

Will read later.

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Date: 14/03/2024 09:35:53
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 2134911
Subject: re: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

The Rev Dodgson said:


But is it really life but not as we know it?

Will read later.

QI

I think this sums it up quite well:

““Finding new vertebrates is rare. There’s hundreds of thousands of invertebrates in the sea that we still don’t know. Vertebrates, we like to think that we know what’s out there, but the reality is, we just don’t,” he added.

The vast majority of the ocean remains unexplored: Of the 2.2 million species believed to exist in its watery depths, only about 240,000 have been noted by scientists, per Ocean Census.”

So not “not life as we know it” but unknown parts of life as we don’t know it very well.

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Date: 14/03/2024 09:42:25
From: OCDC
ID: 2134913
Subject: re: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:
But is it really life but not as we know it?

Will read later.

QI

I think this sums it up quite

So not “not life as we know it” but unknown parts of life as we don’t know it very well.

Clickbait made me hope it was more exciting than it actually was.

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Date: 14/03/2024 10:19:00
From: dv
ID: 2134923
Subject: re: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

This is an absurdly overblown headline.

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Date: 14/03/2024 10:21:32
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 2134927
Subject: re: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

dv said:


This is an absurdly overblown headline.

Are they saying that deep sea coral is the new lireform?

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Date: 14/03/2024 10:23:22
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 2134931
Subject: re: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

dv said:


This is an absurdly overblown headline.

Such is the way of headlines.

But I thought the actual article was well written.

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Date: 14/03/2024 10:29:38
From: dv
ID: 2134937
Subject: re: Entirely new form of life possibly found.

Tau.Neutrino said:


dv said:

This is an absurdly overblown headline.

Are they saying that deep sea coral is the new lireform?

They are just saying that among the new species of coral they discovered, there’s one they haven’t categorised yet: it might be the first known member of a newly discovered family.

“Entirely new form of life”
“entirely novel life form”
It’s an interesting new coral, keep your pants on.

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