Young alcoholic star 'covered in fluids needed for birth of alien life'

The Register ^ | 29th August 2012 14:15 GMT | Lewis Page

[Bratch]

[NCDave]

Okay...We Have an "unknown star" covered in some fluid...We needed this..LOL

[stylecouncilor]

[UCANSEE2]

"This could potentially tell us something about the possibility that life might arise elsewhere and whether precursors to biology are already present before the planets have been formed.”

Ahhhh..... the old 'chicken or the egg' mystery.

[UCANSEE2]

lots of speculation and little on facts.

All 'unknowns' are approached that way.

[UCANSEE2]

Here's what happens after you get covered in fluids from an alien.

[UCANSEE2]

In relation to the concept that planets might be formed with the complex molecules needed to create life already in place, is it possible that life on Earth started underground and then moved to the surface ?

It would seem that being underground might protect these early ‘complex’ molecules from damage during the timespan it must have taken to combine to form more active and mobile life forms. Early Earth was probably a real hell hole.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I was thinking the same thing.....

When I saw the words “Young Alcoholic Star,” I thought some Hollywood type went off the deep end again.

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Yeah...I read the headline and thought something happened to Miley Cyrus.

[coloradan]

I just love it when boffins get chuffed. Especially astro-boffins. Chuffed astro-boffins, huzzah!

[Delta 21]

Nah, that would take over three months at warp 10!

[MarkL]

And here I thought Linksay Lohan had been abducted by a UFO.....

I think we might share a brain!

Mark

[NYCslicker]

“Young alcoholic star ‘covered in fluids needed for birth of alien life’”

I thought this article was about Robert Downey, Jr.

[exDemMom]

Gee, after reading through the thread, I saw that I’m not alone in thinking some young Hollywood type went loco. Didn’t anyone proofread the headline before it went to press?

[exDemMom]

I find it really hard to place much credence in an article peppered with coulds, mights, possiblys, etc. Almost sounds like a global warming article with lots of speculation and little on facts.

When we scientists do research, we're entering unknown territory. We don't have any answer books to tell us if we're correct or not. No matter how positive we are that our experimental results are correct, someone else can always come along and show how we are wrong. So we are trained to write in such a way as to express the uncertainty implicit in our work. (Yes, I am a scientist.)

The time to be suspicious is if you see someone claiming to be a scientist who does not use what I call "hedge words" and, instead, says everything as if it is established, undisputable fact. They are most likely a quack trying to sell you a bill of goods. That is especially applicable in the "global warming" debate--most of those pushing it don't use hedge words.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Guess these guys thought that worked well so they are trying it!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Movie magic....LOL!