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		holografix on Oct 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Traces of ancient ocean discovered on Mars I dream that in my lifetime we’ll find signs of any form of life having existed on Mars. What a momentous discovery for humankind that would be!

popcorncowboy on Oct 31, 2022 [–]

If the most compelling recent hyopthetical solution to the Fermi Paradox is correct [0], finding anything other than a totally sterile Mars would be very, very bad news for humankind.

0: If Loud Aliens Explain Human Earliness, Quiet Aliens Are Also Rare - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2369

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