Yeah, why would one want to know his own origin?
“”Another example of a finding that even if true, has no practical value other than satisfying someone’s idle curiosity.””
“Yeah, why would one want to know his own origin?”
Did you read the article? It provides evidence that not all plankton, algae and bacteria were killed by the asteroid impact. First off it has never been proposed that they were all killed. Such an assertion would be preposterous since these organisms are extremely hardy, numerous and widely distributed. If the impact was powerful enough to kill all of them all animals and other aquatic life would have also been killed. So the paper is attacking a straw man argument. Second, what practical information does this work provide? How can it be used? Why spend money on this? What are the benefits other than to satisfy someones curiosity?