A Weird Paper Tests The Limits of Science by Claiming Octopuses Came From Space

https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 28 DECEMBER 2021 | MIKE MCRAE

[Red Badger]

A few years back, a local bar owner went fishing and caught an octopus. Instead of throwing it back, he took it to his bar and put it in his aquarium.

The Octopus would rearrange the contents of the aquarium, plants, objects, decorations, etc.

The man would put them back where they came from, but during the night the octopus would rearrange them back again!....................

[RandallFlagg]

With grammar issues.
I thought it wasn’t “Octopuses”
I thought it was “Octopi”

[MercyFlush]

In my grandmother’s lifetime the notions of powered flight, space flight, and television were all considered ludicrous by ‘sensible’ people.

Hell, the notion of a Donald Trump presidency was mocked and ridiculed right here on FR as ridiculous, absurd, a clown show, and etc.

[HighSierra5]

Octopus and their relatives were created by God. Another example of HIS wonderful works.

[MercyFlush]

Rush used some of that junk science to hear.

[Nateman]

Silly theory. Anybody find viruses in today's Comets? Things happen very slowly in the far reaches of space so if viruses were there , they'd still be there for us to discover.

What was the cause of the Cambrian explosion then? Lots of oxygen. Earth was once an ice-ball from pole to pole. Volcanoes eventually pumped out enough carbon dioxide to warm up the planet. That in turn made plant growth go wild. Plants make oxygen so they created it in vast amounts. Suddenly animals are given a boost of energy and that is why evolution happened so quickly after so many years under the ice.

[Larry Lucido]

They cheat at cards.

[Red Badger]

Well, yeah, they got 8 hands..................

[varyouga]

I think it is not that far fetched and a more valid theory than complex life appearing from nothing.

We know some eggs, embryos and sperm/pollen can be frozen indefinitely.

It’s possible to have a planetary impact so massive that rocks with life deep in their crevices are ejected into orbit and flash frozen in space. These rocks can then travel for millions of years with the center in a cryogenic state and protected from radiation.

If the rock happens to fall on a suitable planet one day, life can thaw, exit the crevices and live on.

I think we are far from alone and the Universe is big game of cosmic billiards far beyond the scale of any human. In our very limited lifetime here, most of us don’t even get to see one “ball” so it seems far fetched. But over millions of years, there have been many rocks that arrived from very distant places.

[Salamander]

Http://lolthulhu.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/internet-o_rlyeh.jpg

[Rio]

...and I thought it was the dolphins.

2022. 20 + 22 = ?

[Paco]

The earth is a roundish planet orbiting the sun in space and is smaller than a spec of dust in the entire universe. Yet somehow, we're supposed to believe that this molecule of a planet that has been bombarded by space debris (hate to call it that) for eons hasn't had life deposited upon it from elsewhere. That doesn't make any logical sense.

I watch Ancient Aliens...the circumstantial(?) evidence is overwhelming.

[Salamander]

Season 2 is coming soon.

I’ve never laughed like that in my life.

/ can’t wait

[pax_et_bonum]

It would be interesting to see the pattern of the octopus’ arrangement.

[pax_et_bonum]

Lol!

[Pearls Before Swine]

Alien cookbook: “To Serve Man.”

—Simpsons

[Carriage Hill]

I know that I have a hard time believing it, too, but the octo’s and squid’s etc unusual DNA are found nowhere else on Earth. Most unusual. Not sure I believe in AA’s “panspermia” premise, but it’s something to ponder.

[Red Badger]

[\/\/ayne]

"We are just here to lend a helping hand."

[coloradan]

Plot twist: Humans also came from space.